IIRC Bachmann is also doing an SD45- at least in N....
Charlie
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Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 6:03 AM
Subject: [BRHSlist] SD-45 trucks
> There's been recent talk about both Kato and Proto2000 issuing SD-45
> models on HO. It's got me thinking about doing a Q unit in premerger
> green and black. After going there some books and some online
> research, all the pictures show the SD-45s with 3 brake cylinders on
> there trucks. Pictures of ther roads sd-45s show the typical 2 brake
> cylinder trucks. See pictures in Mike Spoor's Vol 2, page 33 and
> page 114.
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> I believe the Q was one of the first roads to purchase the Sd-45s
> from EMD, did EMD originally use trucks from SD-9s or SD-24s and then
> switch to a 2 brake cylinder design? Where these trucks from traded
> in units? From a modeling standpoint, could I use the
> trucks/sideframes from a SD-9 or SD-24, are the axle spacings the
> same. All the reference material I have (drawings in mags) show the
> 2 brake cylinder design.
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> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Jerry Krueger
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