Kato 176-4814 N SD40-2 Early w/DB Wisconsin Southern #4004 ProductID_11513909 KD® couplers

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Thirty-six years to the day after passengers strode down a red plush carpet to the first run of the Century - inspiring the phrase ''red carpet treatment'' - the new incarnation of America's most famous train pulled out of Grand Central Station behind a homely boxcab electric

Its key features are: All cars and locomotives are DCC friendly

there is still one model still operating in Pennsylvania today

not all railroads accepted their allocation of cars immediately

Kato 176-4814 N SD40-2 Early w/DB Wisconsin Southern #4004 ProductID_11513909 KD® couplersThis is Kato 176 4814 N SD40 2 Early with Dynamic Brake Wisconsin Southern #4004. As a prototype, the SD40 2 was the most popular second generation diesel with sales of over 3000 in the U. S. and more than 700 in Canada. There were many variations of this popular diesel because of the long production run, with Early units representing a pre 1990 appearance and Mid Production units depicting later runs of locomotives. Mid Production EMD SD40 2