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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CPPedler Am I expecting too much to think that for a loco ( SD40-2) that costs $250 should at least have ditch lights or did Broadway Limited just forget them or think that no one would notice??? CPPedler. [V][V][:(] [/quote] BLI probably made the model like prototype was when they were new, since the ditch lights were added only a few years ago. If the Union Pacific have silver trucks, they are back dated. Many model the seveties and eighties, and the ditch lights were not used except on Canadian and Union Pacific units that were setup for interchange with Canada. I recall the UP had ten units or so that had ditch lights for this purpose almost from the time they were new. They are listed in the Union Pacific books, but other railroads did not use them until they were mandated later. I would prefer the units without them like the new SD45T2's from Athearn. They are listed as early models.
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