Athearn Genesis HO Scale EMD SDP45 Burlington Northern/BN #9863

Athearn Genesis HO Scale EMD SDP45 Burlington Northern/BN #9863
Athearn Genesis HO Scale EMD SDP45 Burlington Northern/BN #9863
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In the 1960s, railroads were looking to replace aging EMD E-units and Alco PAs for passenger service. EMD responded by adding a steam generator compartment to the long hood end of their SD45. This required a longer frame and resulted in the creation of the SDP45. Three railroads originally purchased SDP45s: Southern Pacific, Great Northern, and Erie Lackawanna. During the merger of Northern Pacific and Great Northern in 1970, the newly formed Burlington Northern assigned GN SDP45s passenger locomotive numbers 9856 through 9863. To protect them from being taken by Amtrak, BN swapped them with F-units. The SDP45s operated for a few more years with their passenger numbers in patched Big Sky Blue and were gradually repainted Cascade Green and black. In April 1974, they were renumbered as freight units 6592 through 6599. As BN units, they remained assigned to Havre, MT until they were retired between 1984 and 1987. SDP45 features: • Safety tread on walkways • Fine-scale handrails for scale appearance • Factory applied wire grab irons • Windshield wipers • See through cab windows • Detailed and painted cab interior • Sliding side cab windows • Metal lift rings • Fully-assembled and ready-to-run • DCC-ready features Quick Plug™ plug-and-play technology with both 8- and 9-pin connector • Scaled from prototype resources including drawings, photographs, and more • Accurately painted and printed paint schemes • Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers • Genesis driveline with 5-pole skew wound motor, precision machined flywheels, and multi-link drivetrain for trouble free operation • All-wheel drive with precision gears for smooth and quiet operation • All-wheel electrical pickup provides reliable current flow • Wheels with RP25 contours operate on Code 70, 75, 83, and 100 rail • Incandescent bulbs for realistic appearance • Bi-directional constant lighting so headlight brightness remains constant • Heavy die-cast frame for greater traction and more pulling power • Packaging securely holds for the model for safe storage • Minimum radius: 18" • Recommended radius: 22" BN SDP45 features: • Ex-Great Northern • GN-style steam generator hatch and exhaust • Carbody with correct walkway light placement for water fill step-ups • Correct placement of walkway water fill • EMD low snowplow with steam line door • Front trainline hose with drop elbow and silver end • 3-hose MU hose clusters with silver ends • Front drop step • Front short MU stand • 81" short hood with SDP notched brake wheel and class lights and gaskets • Antiglare patch painted on top of nose • Standard "35-Line" cab with armrests and sunshade tracks • Dual sealed beam cab headlight with anti-glare shields • Sunshade on right side only • Windwings with lower mirror fore of cab side windows • Leslie S-3L-R air horn • Firecracker antenna • Standard range dynamic brake • Diamond grid radiator intake grilles • Flat long hood end • Rear anticlimber • Rear pilot mounted MU receptacle • Rear trainline hose with silver end • Frame mounted bell • Salem dual air filter with piping • Dual end sanding lines • Operating Western-Cullen beacon when used with DCC • Front late coupler cut levers with loops painted white • Notched front pilot face • Dual single louver battery box door with lift-off hinge and sub-base door with stiffener rib and lift-off hinge • Deleted water fill • Oval builder’s plate • Detailed 5,000 gallon fuel tank with wash-out plugs • Rear early "straight" coupler cut levers • Flexicoil-C Trucks with high/low brake cylinders and Hyatt bearings • Era: 1977 thru mid-1980s

Athearn Genesis HO Scale EMD SDP45 Burlington Northern/BN #9863


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Item model number G63562
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Product Id 1765913
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