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The simplified design of the class 52 was intended to reduce the man-hours and skills needed to make it and an adaptation to war-time shortages of materials

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Decal sheet for girders

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Athearn RTR 1243 HO Scale EMD SD40-2 Missouri Pacific MP 3153 DC Roadname_M&StL The simplified design of theAthearn RTR 1243 HO Scale EMD SD40 2 Missouri Pacific MP 3153 DC The SD40 2 was introduced in January 1972 as part of EMDs Dash 2 series, responding to competing products from GE and ALCO. Reliability and versatility of the 3,000 horsepower SD40 2 made it the best selling model in EMDs history and the standard of the industry for several decades after its introduction. The SD40 2 was an improvement over the SD40, with modular electronic control