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HO, SDP40F in Amtrak bloody nose colors. Athearn makes an FP-45, which is the closest thing, but not quite the same (I've read it's possible to convert it to an SDP40F, but wouldn't be at all easy for me). I have found an unpainted shell that fits the Athearn FP-45, but I'd rather have RTR as my painting skills are not the best. At least one company seems to make this loco in N scale, but I need HO. This is the locomotive I remember most from my youth, when I first started riding long distance trains. I'd love to model a 1970's era Amtrak train just as I remember it but it's impossible without an SDP40F. (I can use other 70's-era locos, but it's just not as I remember it.)
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