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The model railroading website of Ed Kapuscinski.

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Running Repairs on a Kato SD45

07/24/200912/22/2014 Ed Kapuscinski

The 10 year old Kato SD45 mechanism that will be powering my model of Conrail 6147 has put many scale miles under its wheels. While working on the paint and decals on the shell I realized I should also pay the mechanism some attention.

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N Scale Conrail SD40 6303

01/01/200612/22/2014 Ed Kapuscinski

Conrail’s SD40s were hard working locomotives. It inherited 118 of them from the Penn Central (originally from the PRR) and the CNJ. They proved to be more reliable than their bigger brothers, the SD45s, and as such served in much more widespread and longer service.

Conrail Locomotives, Models

N Scale Conrail SD40 6287

01/01/200612/22/2014 Ed Kapuscinski

Conrail 6303 is an ex-Penn Central SD40. It is a Kato SD40 that I custom painted.

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N Scale Conrail SD35 6032

01/01/200612/22/2014 Ed Kapuscinski

Conrail’s SD35 were mostly retired by 1985. A few survived being pressed into service during traffic surges, but their dilapidated condition shows that their time was running out.

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