Beautiful engine! I have the Atlas O version. Can't wait for my Amtrak Siemens Charger from 3rd Rail. Thanks for the tip about running 2 rail on 3 rail track. I'm a 3 railer that run DCS and Legacy, but also have a NCE Power Cab for running my N and HO DCC engines. " Big Ups👍from Chicago!"
Those Siemens chargers are going to be super cool. Unfortunately they weren’t in the budget this year but I look for to checking them out in videos on RU-vid
Very nice. I like the start-up sequence, probably the most realistic that I have heard and I've started a lot of these in real life. Even though I am a post-war/MPC era modeler, I appreciate the good scale stuff. I think that Lionel and MTH could make a decent model with an optional fixed pilot, although they have gone in a good direction with the new 'kinetic' pilot, if I have the name right. A fixed pilot would be good for some of the guys with larger layouts with wide curves. Either way, an excellent video.
I think it sounds pretty nice as well. They keep getting better and better with sounds as the years go on. I love the post war stuff as well. My main focus is on the scale stuff now though. I’ve got an atlas sd40-2(formerly mth model) which I’m currently putting fixed pilots on. It’s the WSOR 4170 so it’ll go good with this model. Just have to find scale wheels for it. Thanks for the watch!
We're getting closer to having a SD45-2 in O scale! (It's the same underframe as the SD40-2) Will be nice to get a snoot nose SD40-2 & SD40T-2 in next release.
I would have to believe that 3rd rail will do some of those variations in the future. I’m sure these will be a very big success. The quality and attention to detail is second to none with 3rd rail. They definitely will have many orders from me in the future
Nice locomotive. I was wondering if you had ordered one. Are you going to have a 2-rail layout? The 3-rail versions have fixed pilots and are set up for kadees.
My plan is to have a 2 rail layout with a 3 rail loop for some of my older stuff. Now if I only had time to work on it haha. I’ve got to get your locos finished and then maybe this winter work will slow down a little so I can work on the trains
Very nice review. Curious if the the wheelbase is scale correct. All the Weaver/MTH/Lionel models have the same wheelbase as a straight SD-40, which I believe is 4 feet shorter than a Dash 2, a full inch in O gauge. I am not a purist, but if the wheelbase on a Dash 2 is not correct, I find it more distracting than the swinging pilots or center rail. Also, it sounds like it should, with the great turbo whine. Great job!
The wheelbase on these is correct - which we all requested to Scott Mann of 3rd rail. The Weaver/MTH/Lionel models all have the incorrect cabs as well - The Dash-2s have an overhang on the back of the cab, gives a little protection from rain.
@denniss7420 said it right! These do have the correct wheel base and cabs for the -2 model. I would definitely have to agree with you about that being a distraction on the mth, atlas and Lionel models. Now I just wish I would have ordered two of these. Hopefully Scott will do WSOR in the next run as well because I will definitely order another one or two of these
