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Hmmm, got to thinking, Athearn could do Santa Fe FP45s in different versions. <br /> <br />1967-1971: The early version of FP45s when they pulled Santa Fe's passenger trains. These could be in the traditional Warbonnet scheme and have working Gyra lights. [:D] (hey proto does it on their E units with a MARS light, how much harder could a gyra be?) <br /> <br />1972-1988: By this time nearly all FP45s had been striped of their passenger equipment, and all had been repainted into the Blue Bonnet scheme. They often pulled the famed Super C intermodel trains and power ATSF executive specials. They also of course did general freight work. During this time all FP45s (and F45s) were rebuilt to SDFP45s (or SDF45s). <br /> <br />1989-1998: This is the greatest version. The FP45s were the first locomotives to be painted into the new "Superfleet" paintscheme. They could be found doing lots of intermodel and freight work, and also helped on specials (93 and 95 ran with ATSF 4-8-4 #3751 on it's first excursion run). With the BNSF merger of 96? all the FP45s were retired one by one. I don't know if any ever got the BNSF patch. <br /> <br />And, just think, what if Athearn did these in the Genesis series with sound![:)]
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