Review: Athearn Genesis HO Gas Turbine w/DCC and Tsunami 2 Sound!

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Review: Athearn Genesis HO Gas Turbine w/DCC and Tsunami 2 Sound!

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jlwii2000

Жыл бұрын

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@stephenrickjr.7519 Жыл бұрын

The last 2 years I have been purchasing quite a few athearn genesis locomotives. I have not been disappointed in any of them. I will be adding more to my collection!

@hollywood1340 Жыл бұрын

It's cool it has the low speed diesel and as you increase power the turbine comes to play.

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

yep, neat feature.

@grootsan Жыл бұрын

Nice loco and review James ! It has the same appearance as my DDA40X from Athearn Genesis also with Tsunami 2 Sound but they are very different in Sound and trucks. This one looks like a BoBoBoBo where the DDA40X has a DoDo (4 axles per truck) wheel arrangement with each truck driven by a separate motor. And there is no tender with the DDA40X. I just bought the E6 Atlantic from BLI so I better slow down right now 😃Happy Christmas and New Year to you !

@floydbeard5073 Жыл бұрын

Very nice review James

@roberttrains8696 Жыл бұрын

Good review James I like the truck on it awesome details on that. Nice looking Tender sounds great it over powering your voice. That a loud horn the lightning effect are cool. Over all great reviews. Robert

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

Yeah my microphone is messed up, unfortunately by the time I realized it most of my reviews were recorded for the next several weeks. It will get resolved in January when I have to record more videos.

@nikospapageorgiou57 Жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful model. I own the MTH GTEL ones and a custom OMI brass super turbine, which I personally like the most, but I love anything train related that contains the word turbine, nonetheless!

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

OMI is beautiful!

@alaskarailroad3996 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Loco. Thanks james.

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@UnionPacific-gg9jn Жыл бұрын

Very nice loco wanting to get one

@dogprowilhelm7630 5 ай бұрын

Great presentation. Does it have 16 wheel drive?

@ferrovocho28 Жыл бұрын

nice video! would love to see a comparison with the previous run.

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

unfortunately I don't have the previous run but if I get it I may do more comparisons.

@farmerdave7965 Жыл бұрын

I recently bought one. Now I just need a slab side turbine to complete my collection.

@nabilonly Жыл бұрын

congrats

@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan Жыл бұрын

Key functions 6 actually lights up the number boards

@thomasharroun8068 Жыл бұрын

Light on tender can be lit with track power and super capacitor. scrap the wire connection

@johnkelley4874 6 ай бұрын

Is the RTR version packaged in the yellow striped box? And do you know what the difference is between them?

@YeOldeGeezer Жыл бұрын

I have the 1st gen genesis slab side turbine with accompanied tender. Want to buy the 2nd gen so bad.

@timgriffin441 Жыл бұрын

Hi cool UP Ho Gas Turbine how long is your UP Ho Gas Turbine? Without the tenders I saw your other video of the UP Ho Gas Turbine. The one with the six axle engine. What are length's of the two from the nose of the engines. To the rear of the engines. from the nose

@oswaldjacobs1882 2 ай бұрын

tf ?

@hunterkiller86 Жыл бұрын

Do the number boards light up?

@devinstillings5411 Жыл бұрын

Did they make the turbine in a single unit w/ tender or/and the 2 unit w/ tender setup?

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

I think it's just the single unit with tender.

@dirkmontgomery5983 Жыл бұрын

Nice now I want one

@maximaguy97 Жыл бұрын

F5 - Gyra light F6 - number boards F24 - class lights F25 - rear light on locomotive (not tender) in reverse ONLY E-stop - red Gyra light

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@tonyansill3093 Жыл бұрын

Did the number boards light up?

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

yes they do.

@kennethholbrook5021 Жыл бұрын

Back in the late 60's My Mom ran a Cafe About 100 yards from the UP Depot in Sidney Nebraska. These Turbines (Blows as the Railroad crews called them) would stop and change engine crews right at the Depot. I would watch the crew change and Listen to the noise while washing dishes. The noise of these Blows was deafening even at idle. I guess California out lawed them for this reason. Lots of memories!

@sparky107107 Жыл бұрын

think they got all the details,, wow,, is the wire to long> between tender and loco ?

@cheryltysver4819 Жыл бұрын

Glad that you are getting into the turbines! They are one of the most interesting types of motive power and seemed well ahead their time! Imagine what they would be like with their horsepower ratings, if they had AC traction motors in those days (obviously, along with the necessary computational support). We might as well throw in some AI while we are at it. I don't know if you realized the microphone issue after this video was made, but if you made the video after responding to my earlier comment about the background noise overwhelming your voice... then you still are, extremely hard to hear (as other viewers have noted)! Did you happen to check the weight on this model and how many axles or trucks are powered and which ones? Lastly, how many traction tires (if any) does the engine have... and would I be right in assuming that it has only got one motor? Thanks in advance for your addressing all of this and wish you the best throughout the holidays! Thanks for your quick response 'JLWii2000... and the other questions that I asked about with regard to the number of powered axles, the presence of and number of traction tires, and whether all of the trucks are powered... can have a huge impact on the performance of the locomotives...and is not something that is readily visible, to the viewer, as is true in the case of determining the weights of the locomotives. These observations also provide clues as to the efficiency and durability of the various models and their power trains (or transmissions) when compared to other manufacturers. The best example of what I am getting at might be the performance review of the Trix PA passenger locomotives by Model Railroader a number of years ago. It was pointed out that each unit only had 2 traction tire equipped powered axles per unit and yet they somehow managed to develop the highest tractive effort numbers of any HO scale locomotive that they had ever tested! The pair of units that I had were destroyed by our cat, who had gotten on the test track and decided to get into a fight with another cat through the window, that see saw walking by outside on our pool deck. Just some thoughts for you to consider, if you will... even though you pretty much, are already at the top of your class! Take care and again, hope you all have a safe, healthy and happy holidays!

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

@echohunter4199 10 ай бұрын

You sir are an interesting person! To begin with, I have the older Athearn RTR “veranda” turbine model and my Conure parrot decided to redecorate the tender top grating and hand rails with her beak! It was an expensive lesson for being a new bird owner (we adopted her when her owner passed away). I love turbine units, U50’s and Mallet type steam engines. It’s interesting on what you described about the traction power from minimal drive wheels, I wonder if the model was designed that way to apply maximum weight focus on that axle as per the prototype? The first run version of this model runs great on the club layout and it’s a high quality layout so I’m not sure how it would respond to lower quality track. I can say that the first run Scale Trains “Big Blow” turbine did have problems with the lead truck commonly picking switch points or derailing in turns if track elevation wasn’t just right. I was able to remedy this pretty easily so it’s no longer an issue but I know Scale Trains had to do quite a bit of repairs but subsequent production runs ironed the issue out. I suppose that is good advice for anyone looking to buy a used “Big Blow” that’s an earlier run to find out if it was repaired or not before buying it. I notice some of our club members running long trains with their locomotives and despite the weight and an added traction tire, it makes little to no difference but I can say that the Veranda turbine has 4 powered axles pulling the engine as the other trucks (both lead and last trucks) are not carrying any weight onto the rails, they’re kept in contact with the rails via a light spring pushing the non-powered trucks onto the rails just hard enough to keep them in contact so they won’t pick through switch points or derail on uneven connections. I also advise a little caution when lifting the model as the front and rear trucks can eventually be damaged since they dangle when picked up so what I do is secure both sides of the model at the front and rear trucks then lift the model, the power pick up wires are very delicate as well. Would be great if someone put out a model of the coal burning turbine that UP experimented with, what a beast!

@cheryltysver4819 3 ай бұрын

I am just seeing your reply. Thank you for your response and kind words. The information and performance parameters are what usually determine whether or not I decide to get the model in question, not unlike the real world railroads. Nothing like getting getting a super power articulated or turbine locomotive that can be out pulled by a 4-6-2 or 4-8-4 BLM! That's one of the reasons that JLW is sitting at the top of the pyramid... along with his response to questions and apparently everything else he does in his life!

@JasperWest Жыл бұрын

Your accutrack speedometer looks like it's set to kph instead of mph. Thanks for the review

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

its not, it just blinks down there to that area when testing.

@bobkohl6779 Ай бұрын

Turn the engine sound, can't hear you

@jakes_trains Жыл бұрын

Is this version all wheel drive or just the middle 4 axles again? I know MTHs version is 4 axle drive and the older version from Athearn is

@maddennis55 Жыл бұрын

You didn't start the turbine,

@persistentwind Жыл бұрын

@ 10:18 it kicks in.

@johnhermanson5249 5 ай бұрын

As it first started, I noticed the front pilot going up and down slightly (note gap disappearing and opening as it goes). Did that clear up after break in?

@matthewanderson3864 Жыл бұрын

Hey James do you think you could please do a Layout update soon please and also review the New Athrean Genesis Hutchison Northern box cars please fun fact i live in Newton KS and is about 45 minutes from Hutchison KS

@firestarspelt Жыл бұрын

be nice if they made the things 16 wheel drive instead of 8

@farmerdave7965 Жыл бұрын

I've thought about that a lot.

@oswaldjacobs1882 2 ай бұрын

that's impossible

@James-Railyard Жыл бұрын

Could not hear you over the engine. Great looking engine, just a tad too loud.

@denisebasile3813 Жыл бұрын

Really like your videos I would like send you pictures of my layout how do I send it to you

@ChuckBigbie Жыл бұрын

That looked like you measured KPH?

@Torquewrench1 Жыл бұрын

How bout telling the cost of each item you review

@jlwii2000 Жыл бұрын

0:11 has costs at both MSRP and retailer average.

@Jabond07 4 ай бұрын

🤩🤩🤩🎈🍭

@sergioarroyoguerrero5434 8 ай бұрын

Gas turbine locomotive DCC with sound. Athearn Génesis HO scale. LED lights. Sound funtions. Gas turbine locomotive DC ready for DCC Athearn Génesis. DD40X Union Pacific in N scale Bachmann. Unboxing DD40X Union Pacific Athearn Génesis HO scale DCC with sound.