AHM's SD-40 model featured dual flywheels and 8-wheel drive. The
Yugoslovian-made EMD c-truck diesel featured a similar design to that found on other Mehano tooling. The SD-40 nose,
cab and long hood are one piece and the frame, pilots and handrails are another one piece section. This casting style
does provide the model with treadwalk, not a usual feature of models of the day. At the time of its release, AHM's SD-40
was given some serious efforts by many modelers to make a fairly prototypical looking model.
This same SD-40 may also be found in Mehano packaging and more recently
from IHC. Certain later examples feature a revised tooling with open pilots to allow for the swing of a truck mounted
coupler, this is not a known spotting feature of any AHM examples.
Below is what would at first appear to be an AHM Baltimore & Ohio SD-40, however the model is
a custom run B&O paint offered at one time by Bev-Bel. The Bev-Bel line offered many exclusive roadname offerings
on models produced by other companies, notably Athearn and Life-Like, but as seen here also AHM.
