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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #60 on: March 16, 2016, 08:44:43 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on March 07, 2016, 03:11:17 PM
Oh yeah, Phase 3 would be nice, and plausible.

But the Phase 1 one  would be great for the PC era...


Hmmm, if MRL could have one, I wonder if the Idaho Belt bought one used for road power......
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #61 on: March 16, 2016, 11:13:06 PM »
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Quote from: basementcalling on March 16, 2016, 08:44:43 PM

Hmmm, if MRL could have one, I wonder if the Idaho Belt bought one used for road power......

MRL never owned any SDF40-2's they had former BN F45s.
as for the ex Amtrak units with I believe one exception the final 17 were all scrapped when BNSF started purging their SD40 fleet in 2002. I remember a news feature in Trains that stated there was no market to sell them due to their non standard configuration...

If your railroad's mechanical department was willing to deal with cowl units I think it would definitely be a plausible acquisition.
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #62 on: March 24, 2016, 04:49:28 PM »
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hmmmm
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #63 on: March 24, 2016, 11:43:58 PM »
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Quote from: basementcalling on March 16, 2016, 08:44:43 PM

Hmmm, if MRL could have one, I wonder if the Idaho Belt bought one used for road power......

The real question now is whether to get one of the first runs or wait for the inevitable notched-nose versions that the Kato Rep's like to tease us about...
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #64 on: May 10, 2016, 06:00:23 PM »
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #65 on: May 10, 2016, 07:28:38 PM »
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There should be enough room in this to fit a nice sized speaker...
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #66 on: May 10, 2016, 07:41:33 PM »
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Yup, have a Lok sound and speakers just wating for the loco to arrive
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #67 on: May 11, 2016, 10:15:16 AM »
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That sure looks like someone was thinking Coast Starlight... what a tease. 
The second car is not supposed to be a sleeper, but maybe a better stand-in than some old Con Cor I was planning to use...
Maybe future releases include some additional cars to their line-up? 

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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #68 on: May 11, 2016, 10:50:52 AM »
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Quote from: milw156 on May 10, 2016, 07:41:33 PM
Yup, have a Lok sound and speakers just wating for the loco to arrive

As much as I would like to power all my units with sound, it will just be the lead units that get sound for now. 
For anyone else looking, I checked the TCS website, and the non-sound version of drop-in decoder is the K7D4. 

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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #69 on: May 11, 2016, 11:24:47 AM »
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There will be ESU LokSound DCC and sound equipped versions of the SDP40F's available from Kato also.

http://katousa.com/N/SDP40F/index.html

Enjoy!

Kelley.
www.dufordmodelworks.com
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #70 on: May 11, 2016, 04:52:15 PM »
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 :o

When did they sneak that in?
I just changed my order!   
...but now I got to wait longer.  +1
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #71 on: May 11, 2016, 06:31:06 PM »
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Quote from: sp org div on May 11, 2016, 04:52:15 PM
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When did they sneak that in?


They did the same with the FEF3. I would call this a "Kobo-light" offering: sound decoder custom-installed, without any added "Kobo-style" detail parts.
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #72 on: May 12, 2016, 12:41:38 AM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on March 07, 2016, 03:11:17 PM
Oh yeah, Phase 3 would be nice, and plausible.

But the Phase 1 one  would be great for the PC era...

Just stumbled across this picture:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=803171
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Re: Kato SDP40F test shot photos
« Reply #73 on: May 12, 2016, 04:24:31 AM »
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Oooh sign me up for a Ph. III version!  :drool:
Hopefully they come out soon, this money is burning a hole in me pockets!
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