[Accrs-ho] Kato BN SD40

[ACCRS HO Scale]

Dean,

I like option 3, keeping the color variety is nice. It's good to have some
Kato equipment in our collection. Thanks for taking the time.

On Sat, Apr 6, 2019, 10:27 PM ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
wrote:

> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net
>
> During the recent train show (?) or later, someone came in and donated
> some equipment.   A few passenger SP passenger cars and a Kato SD40. It
> is in the BN green and black scheme.
>
> I picked it up yesterday and brought it home to clean it up.  Very dusty
> and had those old style "horn hook" couplers,  Pulled the pins holding
> the couples out, removed the couplers (one had the coupler part broken
> off).
>
> Removed the shell and low and behold, put it on a test track and it runs
> like a Kato.  My intention is to put a DCC decoder in it.  The dust
> cleaned up nicely.
>
> The question is:
>
> 1.  I can leave it DC only.
> 2.  I can add a decoder and put it in service, as is, with the BN scheme.
> 3,  I can add a decoder, and do a "patch" for Sierra Western.
> 4.  I can add  a decoder and paint it orange and letter Sierra Western
>
> If I am looking for the least challenging option and most useful for
> all,  it would be #3 above
>
> Any comments as to what I should do for the "new" club engine.
>
> Dean
>
>
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