Well I just bought it and my quick impressions....
Pros: It's Southern Pacific complete with mars lights. It's scenarios have high average run times compared to the UP SD45's. Dead notch up sound between notches 5 and 6 fixed.
Cons: Droning fan sound and the engine not being throaty/loud enough is still there. Unlike the UP SD45, there isn't a scenario rated higher then EASY. No snow plow. Headlight doesn't light down the tracks.
Pro or con: The paint is a much lighter and weathered Southern Pacific paint scheme then say the SD40-2 or SD40T-2 SPs that come with the Donner Pass route.
At the end of the day it's a Southern Pacific, it's EMD and it's an SD45. That's good enough to make it a must buy for me.
