Kato N scale EMD SD45 diesel locomotive by Kato. DCC ready for your decoder.

Features:

• DCC ready for your drop-in decoder
• Powerful Kato mechanism powered by a 5-pole flywheel motor
• Smooth rolling blackened metal wheels
• Body mounted KATO magnetic knuckle couplers
• Directional white LED headlights and pre-printed number boards

Notable as the first locomotive with an engine larger than 16 cylinders upon its introduction in 1965, the EMD SD45 was used on nearly every railroad at one time or another. Over the course of six years, EMD built a whopping 1,260 SD45 locomotives for freight use on more than 25 railroads, with many more acquiring them second-hand. The SD45, while sharing the same common frame as the EMD SD40, was distinguished by a number of characteristics such as the flared radiator that stretched across the side of the locomotive's long hood.

SPSF 'Kodachrome': The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads attempted to merge their companies in the 1980s; in anticipation, a number of locomotives were painted in a paint scheme that combined the SP red with Santa Fe's distinct 'Warbonnet' decoration. The intention was for each locomotive to carry the 'SPSF' logo, but before they could be completed the merger was denied by Interstate Commerce Commission. A number of locomotives remained in this paint scheme, carrying either the 'SP' or 'SF' designation to identify which railroad they belonged to. This particular paint scheme was nicknamed the 'Kodachrome' scheme, due to its similarity to the distinct coloring of Kodak film of the same name.

You'll receive the road number described though the road number pictured may be different