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Broadway Limited Imports N scale E8 diesel locomotive
Looks and sounds nice.It also looks like I will be adding to my enngine roster…Again !!!
I’d like to see an offering for a complete mid-60’ era Santa Fe Superchief. I rode one to Philmont Scout Ranch (Raton, NM) from Kansas City and back in the summers of 1964 and 1965. I have an HO version now and plan next year to create a Raton Pass in N scale.
It looks and sounds great. Can’t wait to get my hands on a set of these.
Looks and sounds great. Hopefully I can get your New York Central A 7 B unit soon.
Sounds great!!
Where can I get the E8A unit in Canadian Pacific logo, and what is the logo script look Like ??
Thanks, Dennis.
Front windshield is awful!
Shortly after seeing your article on the net, and watching the trains run, I checked my wish list and there was the E7A that I had save a picture of, but knew nothing about the manufacture. My main Internet source no longer showed it, and my other source did not get back with me about availability. I then contacted FactoryDirectTrains.com. George got the trains in the mail immediately, and they arrived in time for the Local MNRA, Piedmont Pilgrimage being held that weekend. Got them out of their boxes, programmed 10 minuets before the 1st guess arrived. I ran that pair of engines from 11-4, and hour after we were suppose to be closed. They ran flawlessly, the sound was great, and everyone seemed to be impressed with the performance. They had no trouble climbing up the Helix, pulling an 11 passenger, 5 dome passenger car train, (Kato’s California Zephyr), and no one made a comment that they never got east of Chicago, and what were they doing being pulled by a paid of B&M engines?! I never would have purchased them, except for the fact that they were B&M, which you did not mention were also available. I wonder what kind of reaction I will get in March when I run them at the local NMRA Piedmont Division show. I know someone is going to say; hey that’s not prototypical
Very nice locomotive. Good detailing, runs superbly, and the sound effects are impressive.
I purchased two through Factory Direct Trains, who provided an excellent service.
The only downside is that it seems to be a rough-rider on Atlas code 55 track - in common with much else. Peco code 55 track gives no problems.
Since I found it on a silly-sale, I finally picked up the E7A version in first-gen B&M maroon/white. I thought it would have a little more detail, but it is still nice looking.
I have a small DC “layout” and was eager to try it out. The model needs a lot of juice to get the headlight and sounds started. Then it starts to move along. My problems started there. It would move a few inches, then shut down, sometimes starting up again on its own, sometimes only with a nudge. I spent a while cleaning the rails over and over, and only got the E7 around the whole layout by really upping the throttle.
It could just be my track (code 55 Atlas), but most of my other DC engines run along it just fine. Would it be worth investing in a TECH 6 SOUND CONTROLLER 2.0?
Just picked up 14 cars(N scale) of NYC passenger train(Kato), so I needed a diesel to pull them. Looking for N scale EMD NYC diesels I came to learn is not easy. I came across this diesel and it was in stock. I rolled the dice and got it on-line. When I recieved it, I was excited, the detail was there, the heft was there figured this is gonna pull my consist. Well that all end when I put it on the track. It ran extremely slow on its own(DC) and the couplers did not match! Rapido in the back… knuckle in the front, I thought somebody messed with it till I looked at the manual and THATS THE WAY IT COMES. Dissappointed