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@rdunniii posted:

THE question you have to ask yourself... this will most likely be a Kraus Maffei project numbers wise.  Are you prepared to spend $1200 per unit to get them done like the K-M folks are?  For me the answer is yes.

The Dash 9s are in the same predicament.  The FAs are slightly better off.  The SD40-2 project is better now but still short the numbers to keep them at $8-900 each.

Santa Fe, Milwaukee Road and Wisconsin Central are popular railroads.  The FP45s lasted well into the double stack container era on Santa Fe and WC.  They were used in passenger service then later freight.  I don't think there will be a problem obtaining orders for these.  The MK locomotive???  We can argue all points forever, but it doesn't matter.  Sunset can put it on their website and see where the orders take them.

As far as the Dash-9 and SD40-2......these are locomotives for a market different than what Sunset currently has now, so it might take a while.  If there is still a lack of orders, perhaps a transition locomotive needs to be done, such as the SD45?

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