N Scale Atlas GP 40 Review

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3 ай бұрын

Review of the Atlas GP 40 Master Line Gold Series Locomotive.
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@nynscaler2482 3 ай бұрын

Great review. It’s a nice model. I bought the NYSW version and was pleasantly surprised to find it also has rear ditch lights (I knew about the front ditch lights). Mine ran smooth right out of the box. Hopefully there will be more 4 axle locos in N scale. It seems 6 axle is the trend lately.

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

i'm guilty of loving the big 6-axle diesels - but these little 4-axles still have their place and honestly, watching a string of them lashed up pulling a train is pretty cool so hopefully the other manufacturers catch on. Would love to see ScaleTrains take on a GP38 or some other smaller switcher for N scale. The operating ditch lights front and back is a winner for me - especially because i like seeing them run long hood forward.

@AbelG8781 3 ай бұрын

Although there were no roadnames for me this run, Atlas has consistently improved their quality in locomotives in recent years!!

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

Atlas has always been a staple in my modeling - not always the most detailed - but good models, reliable mechanism, and now with V5 sound - worth the price.

@joeystrains.9316 3 ай бұрын

Excellent sounding EMD.

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

i love how accurate they can get the sounds now - it's not generic anymore they have these real recordings and it's pretty awesome.

@ajoepetrucceJr 3 ай бұрын

Always great to watch for ideas and how To's

@OldcampRanch 3 ай бұрын

Nice, I enjoyed watching your layout👍🏻

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

thanks!

@NScale85 3 ай бұрын

Great overview 👏🙌💪

@joesestito4342 3 ай бұрын

Nice review, I have a few myself. The layout looks great…..

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

thanks!

@wmjm74 3 ай бұрын

Thanks fot the video review! I have been on the fence with these but I am happy to see the ditch lights are nice and brights. Wasn't it the GP40-2Ws that had anemic ditch lights?

@gerdeguelle1967 3 ай бұрын

Nice video

@tommynorwood5184 3 ай бұрын

Hi C Mastracci , a nice review there on the Atlas GP 40 . I’m waiting on my Atlas GP 38-2s. Last night I got my weekly news letter from Scale Trains and they have addressed the issue with the SD 40-2s. There is an issue with the fuel tanks. Screw is not all the way in. They posted a how to fix the problem. I didn’t know if saw this or not. Thanks for sharing. Have a good weekend. 😎😎 👍

@CentralJerseyRailfan 3 ай бұрын

The Atlas N GP38-2 Ph2s are on the way! They won’t have ditch lights which is a bummer though…they were designed in 2019 and postponed.

@AbelG8781 3 ай бұрын

They're already enroute??@CentralJerseyRailfan

@CentralJerseyRailfan 3 ай бұрын

@@AbelG8781 Likely on the water at this point, as per the production schedule on their site

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

I saw ScaleTrains' email about them but now the proud owner of 4 of them - i don't have any issues with them running the layout. two of them i messed with the CVs for smoother operation and notice little difference but in general, all four are operating acceptably well. I actually had a jerkier start with this Atlas version but it calmed down too with some running. There's another MOW road number in this run and might get it to pair up with my others. That'll let me assign 2 to MOW work and then throw a random MOW loco into a standard consist for some fun.

@mikehowey4869 3 ай бұрын

9709 is a GP40.The other unit is a GP38.

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

Spot on. after i did the vid, i dug through all the loco cases and find 9707's box - definitely a GP38.

@charleswoods9938 3 ай бұрын

Hey buddy you have there a CSX GP 40 number 9709 and CSX GP 38. 2. Number 9668

@AlleghenyNorthern 2 ай бұрын

You know, i knew the old one was a 38, i had a momentary lapse in comparing them. should have been a clue when they had a little different configuration but....

@larrybaughman618 3 ай бұрын

🤠🖐🚂

@lightningsvt54sc1 3 ай бұрын

9664 is a Gp38 from March of 2004

@AlleghenyNorthern 3 ай бұрын

good eye. yes, i had to dig out the box for it but it is indeed a GP38. so that little guy is 10 years old - wow - pretty sure i got it within a year or two of production.