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Regular poster 221 posts Roger Litwiller Regular poster 221 posts
Roger Litwiller

A9BFBF8.jpeg VIA Rail 6404 runs through the wash area after completing maintenance in the shop and new paint on my layout, The Trenton Subdivision in N Scale. 

Just finished this Kato USA, Inc. F40, including modifications to the shell, installing an MRC sound decoder and a full repaint in VIA colours. Decals are from Highball Graphics Decals. 

ps. Some modellers have issues with the MRC decoders and I have had a couple of fails myself. But, this is the 4th F40 engine I’ve built using the #1810 sound decoder and everyone continues to work flawlessly with good sound volume.

Roger Litwiller -Author

View my layout, "Trenton Subdivision in N Scale" on the Railroading Page on my website.  rogerlitwiller.com

READ my MRH Blog.
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avrinnscale Regular poster 230 posts
avrinnscale

Custom N Scale Kato F40 in VIA Rail

Looks great!  Nice work!

Geof Smith

Modeling northern New England in N scale. 
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Roger Litwiller Regular poster 221 posts
Roger Litwiller

Thanks Geof. 

Thanks Geof. 

Roger Litwiller -Author

View my layout, "Trenton Subdivision in N Scale" on the Railroading Page on my website.  rogerlitwiller.com

READ my MRH Blog.
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Dave K skiloff Prolific poster 4,030 posts
Dave K skiloff

Nice work

I have one of the Rapido ones on order, but that looks pretty great.  What's the next project?

Dave
Playing around in HO and N scale since 1976
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Roger Litwiller Regular poster 221 posts
Roger Litwiller

Thanks Dave. I have a Rapido

Thanks Dave. I have a Rapido F40 on order too. This is the 4th of four Kato engines I bought several years ago, long before Rapido’s product announcement.  This is the last of my outstanding custom projects (for now), so might work on a few buildings or maybe spend some time running trains. Cheers. Roger 

Roger Litwiller -Author

View my layout, "Trenton Subdivision in N Scale" on the Railroading Page on my website.  rogerlitwiller.com

READ my MRH Blog.
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