[Accrs-ho] Kato BN SD40

[ACCRS HO Scale]

I like option 2, because I think it’s nice to have a variety of railroads for our dcc locomotives. Thanks for taking on fixing the locomotive.
Nick 

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> On Apr 7, 2019, at 6:14 AM, ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
> 
> Message From: Joel Clark  clark.joel.a at gmail.com
> 
> 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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