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Chassis of sd40-2 vs sd45-2

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Chassis of sd40-2 vs sd45-2
Posted by ford86 on Saturday, February 19, 2005 1:59 PM
Now from what i've read the lengths are the same but what about the fuel tank length?

im asking since that rail power was bought out sd45-2 chassis are hard to come by, was thinking of putting a kato or athearn chassis on the shell but im not sure if the fuel tank length would be correct or not

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 19, 2005 2:47 PM
They both use the same 4,000 gallon tank.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:30 PM
Didn't the Erie Lackawana run some with 5,000 gallon tanks?
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Posted by nfmisso on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:21 PM
The RPP chassis is correct for both. Athearn's chassis is shorter than prototype to allow on operation on tighter curves.

E-L's were SDP45
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