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. 

Each of our Paragon4 Series SD45 models has our newest Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC control system featuring Rolling Thunder, and is equipped with integral GoPack capacitor packs.  All of our models have road-specific details and lighting.

List of individually controllable lights in our EMD SD45 models:

• Headlight
• Rear Light
• Mars Light (where prototypically accurate)
• 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
• Rotary beacon type/location
• Front headlight arrangement type
• Rear number board type
• Radiator fan type
• Four front pilot options
• Four rear pilot options
• Multiple MU Receptacle arrangements
• Prototypically accurate bell placement