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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by brothaslide Obviously engine manufacturers look to the prototype to determine which road names to model but when it comes down to a decision of modeling one road name over another, how do they choose that? It would seem to me that they would choose which road names are going to sell the most. I want to purchase an SD38-2 from Kato in Southern Pacific. SP had several of these engines but Kato does not offer this model in SP. They do offer it in Duluth Missabe & Iron Range, Elgin Joliet & Eastern, and US Steel (plus UP and CNW). In my opinion, these road names are pretty obscure compared to Southern Pacific - why does Kato choose these obscure names over SP? I'm not confident in my own custom painting skills but maybe this is a great time to jump in and try custom painting a model. Take care, [/quote] I believe the SP only had six units of this type, and Kato might have overlooked them.. I believe they were used at Colton yard. Email Kato and let them know we want some, and who knows, the second run might get done in SP.
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