I was more than a little PO'ed that Athearn is doing the SD75I in N scale. I'm a CN (and CP) guy and CN has 173 SD75I's in service, so it's a model I need (ONR's 5 SD75I's come into Toronto often on CN too). This is a model I have been waiting for... waiting for Kato to do that is. Seeing as there is little competition between mfg's on locomotive models in N, Athearn may have locked up the SD75I and if they don't produce a model that is as good as Kato then I'll be more that a little resentful of Athearn. I won't reserve any because I need to hear some reviews and see one run before I consider buying... but I'd rather they were by Kato.
Mike