PRE-ORDER: Broadway Limited 9819 - EMD SD45 DC Silent Montana Rail Link (MRL) 369 - HO Scale

Pre-Order Due Date:  June 12 2025

Most manufacturers give a Pre Order ETA which can be seen near the 'add to cart' button. They also give a due date which is indicative of when the product is expected to go into production.

There is a 5% NON-refundable deposit for preorders, this amount will be deducted from the price of the product when it arrives.  You will see how much downpayment is required after adding the item to your cart.

For any pre-order submitted after the due date, we will try our best to fulfill your order, but are at the mercy of the manufacturer and if they produce more than were preordered by their dealers.

Pre-Orders will show a 0 shipping cost now, and shipping will be included on your invoice at time of product arrival.

When the product(s) are available to ship, you will receive an invoice via email and text through Intuit QuickBooks for the remaining 95%. Message and data rates may apply.

Please note that Estimated Arrival Dates can change at any point. Midwest Model Railroad is not responsible for manufacturers delaying production.

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Built on the same frame as the SD40, SD38 and several other EMD staples, EMD produced 1,260 SD45s between Decembers 1965 and 1971.  These freight haulers sported EMD's 645E3 20-cylinder engine which had 3,600HP output.  EMD's SD45s served on the Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, Great Northern, UP, NP and many other railroads.  Today, locomotives are currently preserved at the GN Railway Historical Society, the St Louis Museum of Transportation, the Virginia Museum of Transportation, the Utah State Railroad Museum, the Illinois Railway Museum and the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. 

These are No-Sound / DCC-Ready models that operate on DC out of the box, or a modeler can easily install their DCC decoder of choice.  Out of the box, Front and rear lights are directional, and other lights are always ON with track power.  Additionally some lighting functions may be missing depending on selected aftermarket decoder the modeler installs.  All of our models have road-specific details and lighting. 
 

List of individually controllable lights in our EMD SD45 models (note that light options may be limited in Stealth Series models):

• Headlight
• Rear Light
• Numberboard Lights (Front & Rear)
• Front Classification Lights
• Rear Classification Lights
• Cab Light

Road-specific detail options in this production, prototypically accurate for each road name:

• Two short hood options
• Dynamic brake hatch style
• Wind Deflector/Mirror
• Cab Window Armrest type
• Cab roof antenna type and location
• Front headlight arrangement type
• Rear numberboard type
• Radiator fan type
• Four front pilot options
• Four rear pilot options
• Multiple MU Receptacle arrangements
• Prototypically accurate bell placement