i am 14 and i have orderd the athearn genesis 4-6-6-4 chllenger and i was wondering What is diretional lighting and whatt other lights are on this nice loco?
You have ordered a nice engine. The directional lighting lights the headlight when you go forward, and lights up the tender back up light when you are in the reverse directlon.
The number boards are lighted also. The LED’s used are very orange so I replaced the headlight LED with a sunny bright LED to make it look great.
They are very good running models.
Hope you enjoy the engine.
Hi There. I’m 14 also, and got the chance to borrow an Athearn Challenger for a few weeks. It runs B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L-L-Y, is super quiet, and the detail is so good it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. And, though you may hear otherwise, The sound system is fantastic.
You guys are so lucky, my articulated is a secondhand can motor rivrossi 4-8-8-4.
How much do you get in allowance?
what allowance?
I worked my BUTT off for this locomotive I only wish i had alowance.
Big boy how did you get to barrow the challenger when i have to wait until June to get mine. How does it pull and is the little Dc controller any good. I do not have dcc so that should be nice.
does the lighting change when you put it in reverse?
Having a second hand locomotive is better than I have…until june
i have all ways wanted one this will be my first.
you have the bigest loco in the world that is somthing to be proud of.
How many locomotives do you have and what are they?
I had to wait a whole year to get mine. other than the bigboy Ive got a bachmann 4-8-4
(firsthand) a rivrossi NYC hudson(with missing pilot trucks[it was on sale for $25]) an
0-6-0, three 0-4-0’s, & 6 diesels. This took 5 years to aqquire & doesn’t include
dead engines(due to my younger sister). Im 15yrs old. How much do you got?
I ment in overall stock. Have fun…In june.
9 locomotives 10 in june
3 GP38’s life like
1 sd9 athearn
1 0-4-0 LIFE LIKE
1 0-8-0 rivorassi
1 F9 life like
1 F7 life like
and my newest
1 F59phi Sounder athearn
soon to have
4-6-6-4 CHALLENGER ATHEARN GENESIS.
and 19 cars
5 are stack cars by athearn have all the containers
Your’e not doing bad off. How big is your layout (I dont have one)?
4x8 sheet of presboard 3 sidings not that big but it is getting bigger.
what do you do with your locomotives if you do not have a layout?