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 Posted - March 11 2015 : 11:18:30 PM
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Walthers is finally bringing back the GE Dash 8-40B(W) in HO scale, but now it's in the Mainline series!
https://www.walthers.com/page/npc/2-2015/general_electric.html
I may get one of the Standard-DC Santa Fe locomotives. Hopefully it'll be DCC-ready, unlike the Trainline versions were!
Only a few roadnames right now, but so far it looks good!
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Posted - March 12 2015 : 12:28:10 AM
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That's great they're bringing them back. I don't think they've made those bad boys since the 1990's or 2000's.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 12 2015 : 04:50:01 AM
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Wouldn't mind an Amtrak Pepsi Can - any word on price?
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 14 2015 : 11:40:22 AM
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quote:Wouldn't mind an Amtrak Pepsi Can - any word on price?
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â March 12 2015Â :Â 04:50:01 AM
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I think it's $129 for the Standard DC version, and $199 for a sound/DCC-equipped version.
Not sure how detailing is with the Walthers Mainline series. I think it's basically Walthers's equivalent to the old Life-Like Proto 1000 series (the Mainline series also includes a few former Proto 1000 locomotives.)
The Trainline locomotives normally have detailing similar to lower-end Bachmann or TYCO, but high-quality can motors and all-wheel drive, and usually a flywheel. The Trainline Dash 8-40B(W)s had dual-flywheel motors and reversing headlights, as I think they were a little more upscale in the Trainline series. Even though they aren't DCC-ready, these Trainline Dash 8s are actually quite easy to do a hardwired decoder install on, hence me having two DCC-equipped Trainline Dash 8s (an Amtrak Pepsi Can and a BNSF Warbonnet.)
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Posted - March 14 2015 : 5:40:10 PM
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Roger that, the Trainline series looks to be an easy upgrade, I worked on my BNSF unit last night and got it running again. It has dual flywheels as was mentioned, and runs super-smooth. Very happy with the $5 I spent to get it out of the thrift store 
Jerry
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Posted - March 16 2015 : 8:34:31 PM
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quote:Walthers is finally bringing back the GE Dash 8-40B(W) in HO scale, but now it's in the Mainline series!
https://www.walthers.com/page/npc/2-2015/general_electric.html
I may get one of the Standard-DC Santa Fe locomotives. Hopefully it'll be DCC-ready, unlike the Trainline versions were!
Only a few roadnames right now, but so far it looks good!
Originally posted by wiley209Â -Â March 11 2015Â :Â 11:18:30 PM
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I have a CSX model from te previous run. Runs decent but boy its plain looking. I prefer their F40 and FA models. They look good and run decent. Also very easy to convert to DCC.
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Posted - March 16 2015 : 10:07:00 PM
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quote: quote:Walthers is finally bringing back the GE Dash 8-40B(W) in HO scale, but now it's in the Mainline series!
https://www.walthers.com/page/npc/2-2015/general_electric.html
I may get one of the Standard-DC Santa Fe locomotives. Hopefully it'll be DCC-ready, unlike the Trainline versions were!
Only a few roadnames right now, but so far it looks good!
Originally posted by wiley209Â -Â March 11 2015Â :Â 11:18:30 PM
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I have a CSX model from te previous run. Runs decent but boy its plain looking. I prefer their F40 and FA models. They look good and run decent. Also very easy to convert to DCC.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - March 16 2015 : 8:34:31 PM
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 They are rather plain but they're definitely not bad.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 10 2016 : 12:13:59 PM
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So I finally picked one of these Walthers Locomotives up. I got the non sound DCC ready version and paid $49 for it. Looking around, that seems to be a pretty good price as I have seen them as high as 80. It runs well, pulls decent and looks decent. This might be an unfair comparison but Here is a photo of it next to my Atlas Dash 8:
It think the diffrences speak for themselves. The atlas was about 100 dollars more so taking that into consideration, the Walthers model is a good deal. Add some detail on it and it will look right at home next to the atlas model:)
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Posted - February 19 2016 : 8:44:23 PM
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| That looks cool! Once BlueRail Trains makes their plug-in Bluetooth decoders available, I'll buy one of those DCC-ready Santa Fe Warbonnet locomotives, install the Bluetooth module, and have a nice second locomotive to operate with my Bachmann E-Z App system!
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