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hearn announced their model. While some people would be frustrated, I was overjoyed. I always welcome new mod- els with open arms and an open wallet. This locomotive is one that all Erie Lackawanna modelers have been wanting for years and, until Athearn stepped up to the plate, brass models were the only game in town. The Erie Lackawanna SDP45 is
available in four different road num- bers: 3636, 3641, 3648 and 3650. These four locomotive numbers are offered in d.c. and also equipped with DCC and Tsunami sound. Future runs are prom- ised with new numbers and even the Bicentennial paint scheme. The EMD SDP45 was originally of-
Erie Lackawanna SDP45: HO scale Mfd., by Athearn Trains, 1600 Forbes
Way, Suite 120, Long Beach, CA 90810;
www.athearn.com. There is almost certainly a secret
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book containing the rules of model rail- roading. One of those rules is that if you spend months building a model, a major manufacturer will offer it ready-to-run shortly after its completion. Of course, I am joking around here, but it always seems like this is the way things hap- pen. Such is the case of the Athearn Genesis Erie Lackawanna SDP45. I had just completed building two of these locomotives for myself when At-
fered as a passenger engine of all things. The extra room at the rear of the locomotive housed equipment for passenger car heating system. The longer carbody resulted in a “stretched” SD45 that, besides the steam equipment, had a larger fuel tank. This feature is what caught the eye of Erie Lackawanna management. They were looking for greater fuel ca- pacity which would keep hotshot pig- gyback trains such as NY100 from hav- ing to refuel en route. The Erie Lackawanna SDP45’s came to the property sporting the huge 5,000 gal- lon fuel tank but lacked all of the un- necessary passenger equipment. The Erie Lackawanna also request-
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