New Walthers E9m Review in HO Scale

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Күн бұрын

I missed the last run of the Walthers UP E9m excursion set in HO scale several years ago, so I was really happy when they ran it again! I didn't miss out this time!
He is a review I recorded this week as soon as they got dropped off by Fedex.
I ordered the single UP 951 as DCC and LokSound, and the 949/963 set ad DC, and installed LokPilots.
The ABA set pulled 72 Atlas coal hoppers around the layout. This included up the 2%+ grade on a curve.
They did slip a little, but never did stall!
Also, with the coupler pocket that drupes, the units kept coming uncoupled. I fixed that by changing the couplers to Kadee 118 shelf couplers.
Any questions? Leave them down below!

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@mikehumphrey7413 Ай бұрын

Great layout. UP Locomotives by Walthers have great pulling power on the coal train and also look great on the Pass train. Mike HO from Australia

@echohunter4199 4 ай бұрын

Wow. And I thought I had a lot of stuff in my train room. Thanks for the great video sir.

@signalupproductions 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! To be fair, many of the trains on the layout are owned by friends, and not necessarily the layout owner.

@derekalexander4030 4 ай бұрын

That was a great review, thank you. Turn on the camera…….. BLOOPER!

@donaldstokes484 5 ай бұрын

Been looking for instructions too. Thx for your video that saved my two units from probable damage. Keep it up!

@signalupproductions 5 ай бұрын

Just don't forget to take off the couplers before trying to remove the shell!

@ian1modelbaanTV 4 ай бұрын

cool loc nice geluid in dar.

@TwistedMacGyversTrains 5 ай бұрын

Really nice looking Union Pacific locomotives👍

@StormySkyRailProductions 5 ай бұрын

Nicely detailed models, seem to pull well! Quite the layout! (Dave).

@Cowboy_Steve 5 ай бұрын

That is some impressive pulling power. Nicely done and thanks for sharing 🤠

@signalupproductions 5 ай бұрын

And I put them to the extreme test. I don't think I'll ever run them with such a long train in normal operations.

@alcomotive 5 ай бұрын

Excellent review! thank you!

@hillbillyrailfan 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful is all i can say.

@ronaldrondeau7870 5 ай бұрын

Thanks great review

@roulernbleu4532 5 ай бұрын

Always nice when manufacturers don't bother with instructions for opening the loco/coach... 🙄

@signalupproductions 5 ай бұрын

What's kind of funny. Yesterday I was working on a Walthers Mainline engine, and its instructions DID have a section called "Removing the body" lol. They remembered on the cheaper engines, but not the expensive engines!

@MatthewsModelTrains 5 ай бұрын

I like to collect older Proto 2000 E series. I really want to pick one of these up because I'm curious of the changes and want to see the old and new side by side. I have a E8 in Rapidos new run and it's really nice. Not has heavy as the old P2K though.

@signalupproductions 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I feel like the Walthers could have been a little heavier. And there is room in the shell for a little more weight, so I might add some later.

@RenegadeModelRailroader 4 ай бұрын

I am distributor for rapido and they did a nice job with these and the F units! Have a pair myself!

@MikesAutoWorld 4 ай бұрын

I just purchased the DC variant of the trio, and obviously I will be upgrading them to DCC with at least one having sound. The ones I purchased are from the newest run, and I am very curious to what exact Loksound 5 Decoder they use since you can buy pre-progammed sound decoders. Its just a matter of what exact EMD sound file should be used since they are rebuilt units on the prototype. I wasn't able to tell easily in the video, but I wasn't sure if Walthers had the speakers installed on the DC variants. If they did install them regardless, then I would just need the decoder itself. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't choose to put speakers on the DC locos

@signalupproductions 4 ай бұрын

The decoder in the single sound unit I got is a standard 58429 Loksound 5 DCC. It has the proper 645 non-turbo sound, with the RS5T horn out of the box. The DC set does not have a speaker. To upgrade those to sound (which I will probably do down the road), there was space for round speakers.

@Shaken_AND_Stirred 5 ай бұрын

I didn’t realize Walthers had this set. I looked on their website and it’s no longer available.

@signalupproductions 5 ай бұрын

Yeah they were announced last summer, with an expected due date of late Dec '23 or early winter of '24. Walthers is pretty good about getting stuff to market quick! I'm sure if you called around some of the bigger named hobby shops someone would still have 1 in stock.

@Shaken_AND_Stirred 5 ай бұрын

Hey thank you. Back in the mid 90’s Proto 2000 made the two A units. I bought those and had to add A LOT of details to get them to UP’s current prototypes of the locomotives. Rivarossi I believe it was made and. Undecorated B unit that I bought, detailed and fully painted. Over the years, the A-B-A set has gotten pretty much destroyed though, so I’d like to have another set, but with less work. Thanks again and great video.

@sparky107107 5 ай бұрын

so really, one loco was pulling all those cars, they did seem to come detached a couple times , they are nice, and Walthers does some great running loco's

@signalupproductions 5 ай бұрын

I think the times that the lead engine came uncoupled the rear 2 were still pulling the train. All were powered. But yes. However, those were also in the "downhill" parts of the layout. I should have done a test to see how many one engine would pull on flat track!

@seanrogers8774 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, what was the detail part just before the three minute mark in the bag?

@signalupproductions 4 ай бұрын

The instructions never said. But the gap in the pilot looks oversized. My guess it's large to accommodated more coupler swing on tighter curves. Therefore, the part in the bag is probably a filler piece to make the gap in the pilot smaller for a more prototypical appearance.