Santa Fe #5809 SD45-2 Ho scale Athearn Genesis Review.

Here is a locomotive that I found to be very interesting during the Santa Fe Era This locomotive paint scheme was the result of a failed Merger attempt between Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway known as Santa Fe for short and Southern Pacific Railroad during the 1980s however the ICC known as the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission stated that Santa Fe and Southern Pacific couldn't merge because of the ICC denying it here is the link to prove my data https://utahrails.net/sp/sp-atsf-merger.php anyways Athearn Trains and part of the Genesis line Athearn has really recreated a long lost famed failed Merger during the Santa Fe Era now this model is a old gen meaning it has the features of incandescent light bulbs and 1st gen soundtraxx tsunami 1 sound decoder I'm currently working on a other SD45-2 known as the bicentennial locomotive once that one is finished then I will come back and start on this one to overhaul.