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How many SD-40 H0 models have been released?

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Saturday, March 3, 2018 5:05 PM

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The ones I know of are: Athearn (Blue Box and RTR)GSBAHM/IHC (Mehano)Bachmann (old style with pancake motor drive)Bachmann (new)KatoIntermountainAlco (KMT)Overland ModelsBowserBLI 

Scale trains.

Re: ScaleTrains.  Don't confuse the SD40-2 with the SD40.  Scale trains doesn't make an SD40, only an SD40-2 .

Athearn didn't offer an SD40  in blue box, only and SD40-2.  The Athearn SD40 was issued in RTR form after they acquired the Rail Power Products and eventually the molds we unusable and Athearn retooled the SD40 and has offered it again with an improved shell in the past 3 or so years.

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Posted by xboxtravis7992 on Saturday, March 3, 2018 1:39 PM

I love the SD40 series. I have Athearn's SD40N and its one of my favorite locomotives I own.

With that said, it is silly sometimes to think just how many companies produce models of the SD40. The good news is, it seems more and more companies are beginning to branch out and make more and more unique prototypes than just the bread and butter SD40 (Rapido's B36-7 the other day comes to mind). If making SD40's pays the bills and keeps the lights on, allowing manufactures to later on approach more unique locomotives its fine with me!

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Posted by mbinsewi on Saturday, March 3, 2018 11:27 AM

khier
Is there a single manufacturer who did not release an SD-40 ?

I thought he means who DIDN'T sell anSD40.  For what ever the OP's reason is? Confused

Mike.

EDIT:  No wait, just before that he ask how many different interpretations have released???  Confused

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Posted by csxns on Saturday, March 3, 2018 11:15 AM

khier
Atlas

khier
Atlas?
 

No.

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Posted by khier on Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:42 AM
Atlas?
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Posted by csxns on Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:34 AM

Darth Santa Fe
The ones I know of are: Athearn (Blue Box and RTR)GSBAHM/IHC (Mehano)Bachmann (old style with pancake motor drive)Bachmann (new)KatoIntermountainAlco (KMT)Overland ModelsBowserBLI

Scale trains.

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:05 AM

The ones I know of are:

Athearn (Blue Box and RTR)
GSB
AHM/IHC (Mehano)
Bachmann (old style with pancake motor drive)
Bachmann (new)
Kato
Intermountain
Alco (KMT)
Overland Models
Bowser
BLI

I have one of the GSB models.  Nicely detailed aside from the thick handrails, and the chassis had the porential to be something great, but they kind of goofed in a few areas and went out of business not long after.

NittanyLion
There's some blurry lines, though.  Rivarossi never marketed an SD40, but they made the AHM SD40.

It was actually Mehano that made the SD40 for AHM and later IHC.  They still have all the tooling, but haven't used it for a while now.

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Posted by NittanyLion on Saturday, March 3, 2018 8:46 AM

Presumably, anyone that went out of business before or shortly after there were SD40s around did not!  Or makers that focused on rolling stock.  Exactrail, for instance, never made SD40s.  

There's some blurry lines, though.  Rivarossi never marketed an SD40, but they made the AHM SD40.

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How many SD-40 H0 models have been released?
Posted by khier on Saturday, March 3, 2018 1:03 AM

Hi All,

 

I do not mean number  of models  built or sold, I mean how many H0 interpretations have been released. Is there a single manufacturer who did not release an SD-40 ?

Thanks

 

Walid

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