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I've personally had a lot of fun bashing Athearn BB engines. When I first got back into the hobby I'd pick up used ones at local shows for a few bucks, strip the paint off and do my thing with them. Some time ago a friend painted and decorated their SD40-2's for CP's headquarters, they would pass them out to customers and retiring employees. He would buy them by the case and whenever we got together he would give me a few. As a result I've detailed and customized many of these (dummy) engines, something I would not have done if I would have had to buy those by Kato. Several of these BB models that I've worked on have appeared in my magazine articles, the latest being a CP SD40-2 with large "elephant ear" air intake hoods over the rear radiator intakes. These were similar to what SP tried for their engines encountering overheating problems in tunnels. My article on this model will be in the March issue of "Model Railroading" magazine (due out shortly). I doubt if I would have had the interest to do the same on a more expensive model. Bob Boudreau
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