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Have the two UP SD40's and must say I really like those locos. Along the lines of what Trakster said, I just had them out with the 2 new UP C40-8's (Atlas) and they're a closer match to the C40's yellow than the UP armour yellow on the Kato SD90's and Genesis SD70's - and I think the C40's yellow is not near yellow enough. So I guess de facto I agree with Trakster on the SD40's yellow, though I actually like these SD40's yellow much more than the C40's. I also have the I&M RL SD40. The color is a bit wrong on it too (the blue is perhaps too bright) but I still like it. Oddly enough, in this case I like the wrong blue. I have the ATSF blond bonnet SD40 as well. Kato's yellow on these and on the SD45's is a very faded or washed out yellow, and is very different from the yellow on the Atlas GP's and the P2K GP's and SD's. I prefer the Atlas or P2K ATSF yellow, though the Kato ATSF yellow arguably still looks prototypical because the real units yellow often fade in a variety of shades. Overal, IMHO the SD40's are very nice locos and can be had very reasonably these days (my LHS had a slew of them, in many roadnames, on sale this past weekend for $63.00). Enjoy the hobby. <br /> <br />Greg <br /> <br />Greg.
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