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I picked up this new old stock Athearn blue box SD40-2 on ebay. It started life as an undecorated "chickenwire" version. I guess it was (at the time) an improved tooling model. The radiator grilles also have nice fan detail. I installed a simple soundtraxx decoder for DCC, but it has no sound...

Over the past week I've decided to stop putting off the process of applying scenery to my layout. It's been past due for a while. I started by ordering a tree making kit from ebay. It contained wooden dowels intended to make tall evergreens. The kit also included small branches for making twigs...

Greetings, a few weeks ago I found these two SD40-2s on Ebay. A factory CN #5930 and MRL #250. Someone had changed the number of the MRL to #254, and it's paint quality was some what questionable. After some research I realized that there was only one true MRL SD40-2. Number 250. So I attempted...

Hey there, I think this is my first post. My name is Tim and I've been lurking around here for a while. I enjoy reading the informative posts and viewing the pictures of everyone's layouts and models. After a long absence I've only been back into the hobby for just about a year now. I don't have...