I think I have seen photos of the B&O with one of these mammoths
Been surfing looking for a DD40X. Nothing on the Bachmann site. Still looking. Oh nothing on EBay either.
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Oops. Could not find the DD40X, but then added a letter and made it DD40AX made by Bachmann and Bingo there she be. [:D]
About 18 years ago I purchased a DD40AX. I no longer have it. I would like to replace it. The only thing is it was blue. I think it was painted as a b & o engine. Anyone have any idea where I can find this model? It was HO scale, really strong, but very loud. It had 2 linked motors in it. It seemed pretty good quality, even the hand rails were metal.
Thanks
Steven
I thought it was DDA40X.
Steven
i think the locomotive you had was the Athearn DD40. it came in the blue and white EMD demonstrator paint scheme and B&O
as as to what it is called, on the official Union Pacific site, the one they still have running is listed as a DD40-X. but i have seen it listed as a DDA40X and a DD40AX. there is really no difference.
Awesome. A few years after I got my Specrtum DDA40X, I wanted to detail her correctly too. But it wouldn’t be able to operate on my small layout if I closed the gap in the pilots. [:(]
Athearn also produced the HO “DD40” (has the narrow nose) in the Burlington Route scheme. I have one. Wish I could’ve had one in UP…
Hey guys,
Regarding the Athearn DD40.
I remember back in the 70s the reason for the discrepancy in the appearance. The Athearn unit with the conventional cab actually is a DD40, which was based on the blue printed design EMD was considering to use until changes were made and the FP45 style cab was incorporated into the design, along with some other updates before production. This is why the Athearn unit looks like an upgraded DD35 . So in essence it is correct, but the prototype unit in that form never existed!
Why didn’t Athearn make the change? I can only guess that perhaps Athearn had already made the tooling or molds, and changes would have been very expensive for a locomotive that was not going to sell as well as the very popular F7 or GP9.
The old Bachmann HO DDA40x was a real beauty appearance wise though the UP yellow was too orange. It was a poor runner. If one is found; a dedicated,
" s a v v y" UP modeler could detail her accurately and perform a repower. Would be interesting if the Bachmann body could be adapted to the Athearn chassis. With “A-LIne” remotor kits, it could be potentially be a smooth running show stopper!
And thinking about it, since there is plenty of room, a Soundtraxx DCC/Sound decoder could be installed with TWO SPEAKERS! This is a unit with POTENTIAL!
Any of you “DD” series owners think you might consider something like this?
I want one in N scale that doesn’t run like cr@p.
Well, I have a couple of GP40s now to kitbash, but haven’t got started yet.
I have an “N” scale DD40AX from Bachmann Spectrum and I love it.It ran quite nice on DC and seems to run even smoother since I retrofitted it with DCC,but it may just be my impression.I love monster locos,so this one is among my favorite.
Was never around one of these in real life yet, but have been around some big “steam” as a kid. Always something when they would start up. Have seen them back just slightly to get a bit of slack in the couplers and then the forward power is applied. What power. An awesome thing to me.