@prrhorseshoecurve posted:Well because the market pretty much has been flooded with them, especially the 3 rail side. Weaver did a couple of runs B4 selling the tooling to MTH. MTH did them in PS2 and PS3 with 3/2 trucks. Omi did them in brass, kts from lws, clw and others. ATLAS O did the similar SD40. Lionel has also made both the SD40-2 and the SD40.
The MTH and Lionel offerings are so inaccurate they are borderline caricatures of the real thing. No offense to either of them overall, they have made great models of other diesels - just not this one.
As for Atlas's SD40 - I'm sure it's great as are my Atlas SD35s, but an SD40 is quite a bit different looks wise. The SD40-2 is a very unique looking prototype with the big front and rear porches.
To anyone that owns an existing SD40 or SD40-2 from the other manufacturers, I guarantee an accurately done SD40-2 will look like nothing else on your layout. I think this is what makes the FP45 so compelling too as it's a very different looking prototype, even though it saw limited use.
