ATHEARN AMTRAK FP-45 #235

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ATHEARN AMTRAK (HOSCALE) FP 45 POWERED LOCOMOTIVE 235 IN GREAT RUNNING CONDITION ALL WINDOWS ARE PRESENT AND LIGHTS WORK GREAT THIS HAS BEEN A WELL CARED FOR LOCOMOTIVE IN MY COLLECTION KEPT IN DUST AND SMOKE FREE CASE PLEASE SEE PHOTOS TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF! THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND PLEASE ANY QUESTIONS LET US KNOW? PLEASE SEE PHOTOS BEFORE BIDDING OR BUY IT NOW. PLEASE OUR OTHER ITEMS AS WE WILL BE LISTING A LOT OF ITEMS THIS WEEKEND AND ALL WEEK. CONDITION EXCELLENT IN THE ORIGINAL BOX. SHIP U.S.A. AND CANADA ONLY NO RESERVE, HIGHEST BIDDER WINS. YES, I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS PURCHASED WITHIN A 7 DAY PERIOD, TO SAVE ON SHIPPING FEES. ALL ITEMS SOLD ARE WITH A 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE FP 45: The EMD FP45 is a cowl unit type of C-C diesel locomotive produced in the United States by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). It was produced beginning in 1967 at the request of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , which did not want its prestigious Super Chief and other passenger trains pulled by freight style hood unit locomotives, which have external walkways. The railroad preferred a cowl unit . The EMD SDP45 was a good passenger locomotive, but to the Santa Fe Railway it did not look the part. EMD therefore designed a lightweight "cowl" body to cover the locomotive, though read more