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Broadway Limited Imports Paragon2 HO scale AC6000CW diesel
a) some loco sounds, as the chicken, is out of logic, and put the model an step down; b) the sound motor has a disturbing whine after 30/40 mph. Overall, excellent model.
Bought two locomotives and am very satisfied with them.
I have six of them and they all derail.The trucks one set of wheels lifts up and jumps the rails.
I have four of them, and very satisfied with their performance!
The sounds are excellent. Which they had been around sooner in life!
As for Russel Hoyle I also purchased 6 units,to me the look good sound great unfortuneately they derail as per Russels claims. I thought at first my layout was faulty now not so sure.
David take a look at how the trucks are connected to the locomotive they are off set i think that is the problem.
Amazing model. I love the Auto Pilot and chicken sounds. This will definitely be on my Christmas wish list!
The reason why they are most likely to derail russell is because your radius is maybe too tight.
I’ve seen these locomotives before and they look and sound magnificent I am hoping to get one soon!
Happy model railroading,
Brennen
I bought a Southern Pacific version with low ditch lights. The smoothness of operation is just fine and the modeled details are very sharp. 27 oz. is a fine heft for hauling long trains. I am however bothered by two aspects of this model. The lighting is very dim and the colour of the body is almost black and not the medium grey I had expected. Is this Espee’s last version of its’ colour scheme? Is there any way to install brighter ditch lights like my Atlas 8-40CW? Why does the central headlight not light up? I am using DC for the time being until I can purchase a DCC controller.
I have three of these units and they perform perfectly in DCC mode on my 4x8 layout at home as well as the club layout. The sound is excellent. But I do second Bob Milka’s comment about the dim lighting.
Compared to other offerings on the market, Thes are overall the best runners i have witnessed. “Stump puller” is a good description of it’s tractive capabilities. I own one so far and I am very pleased with it’s looks and performance. I read in the manual that there is a CV you can set to adjust the headlight brightness but I have not had time to play with this yet. I agree that the lights are dim as set from the factory. I have seen “bright white” LED upgrade headlamps with circuit board that might be a possibility or the local hobby center should be abgle to order the LED only for less (no PC board). The only other small issue I noticed was the warped “Clecon” handrails need some attention. This is an issue on most manufacturers models. Great value for the money.
I purchased a hudson from bli paragon 2 series i can tell you bli is great in quality (read my reveiw in the jie reveiw). I plan on purchasing the genral electric"green machine" next. Ive seen and heard it in person cant wait!!!
I read from Jose Manago at the bottom of this page and about the whine the prototype as ive seen videoes of it does too have a whing so it is a prototipical thing.
I have one like this one but it is paint CSX and it wont move!
I have two of these units and use them in DCC mode. They have worked just fine for me.