Athearn Genesis Big Boy

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I received this last week from the Athearn news email that so the Genesis Big Boys are due any day.

Has anyone seen them as of today???

I have one on reservation.

Thanks

Other News

The HO Big Boys, the HO Roundhouse 4-4-0s with sound, and the N 2-8-0s are due to arrive here next week. They’ll be in stores early September. The N Challenger is delayed a little, with new ETA about December, because we want to release the best quality product.

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not yet i order one to. i can’t wait

jeff

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We will have to post a review when it comes in. I hope it runs as good as the Challenger and has better sound.

Thanks

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The shipping to dealers is imminent. I can’t remember what day they were leaving Horizon. I’ve not been invoiced for them as of this afternoon, so they have not shipped just yet but it is real close.

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Thanks for the update on shipping.

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Internet Trains just sent me an email add for the Athearn BigBoy selling at $299. Also, Tonystrains at http://www.tonystrains.com has an article re the great tug of war between the TRIX and the PCM big boy.

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CAZEPHYR: you’re welcome. New item updates are one way I hope to contribute around here.

Spoke with my Horizon salesperson this morning and she warned me about a rather large Athearn shipment leaving Champaign next week. So depending on where you live and with Labor Day in there, it could be a week or so before they show up. Not sure if that still qualifies as imminent, but they are close.

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Good to know they are probably in the states and we might see them soon.

Thanks

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Has anyone received one of the Big Boys yet? What are your initial impressions?

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Saw one at my LHS saturday. Didn’t see it run but sure did look good. Better than the Challenger. Was reading through the manual and the sound is still MRC. Oh well.

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How is that they are on Ebay already?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Athearn-Genesis-9152-4-8-8-4-Big-Boy-Union-Pacific-4005_W0QQitemZ120029135857QQihZ002QQcategoryZ19130QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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That shop probably got his on the 7th or the 8th, plenty of time to list it on eBay and make the big bucks.

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They came into our store on Friday and they are really nice. The only real problem is the double chuff sound is really bad but once you change it to a single chuff, it is a lot better. Beautiful engine though. Well worth the money.

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The price on Ebay for the one you listed is forty five dollars higher than Caboose Hobbies has them at the pre-release price. Seems like the Ebay would be less to start.

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Speculation I bet. Trying to make a buck on a new thing.

My question is does this person realy HAVE the goods?

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Good point. They are in stock at First Hobby for $306 so the higher price is a pass.

Tony’s Trains has them in stock also for a few dollars more.

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I saw one today at an Ace Hardware store in Tucson, Arizona, for $279, but I was not interested in purchasing it. It looked very nice with lots of detail, but it was behind glass in a locked case so I never asked to see it up close.

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One would make a hell of a On30 mallet logger bash. LMAO.

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arrived friday, WOW!!! super detail, runs great. sound defaults not the best choices of availble sounds on the decoder, adjusted chuff rate, turned off double chuff, picked chuff sound, bell, and steamboat whistle, that better matched the films of the big boy that I have. programmed equally well in page and ops mode with digitrax zephyr. I sold my rivarossi for big bucks on “that” site last week to make room for the Athearn version In short, I couldn’t be happier.

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Just checking to find out if the Ace Hardware store handles HO trains or was this just on exhibition by someone that works there.

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