I just read about the release of the Athearn Genesis SD60M being released and I am very pleased with that. I expect it to be a good run too because although the P2K model runs great and looks great it runs slow. I could never MU the engine with any other company right out of the box. Yea I know people have said “If you regear the P2K it will run faster and good with any other manufacture” But that is not what I want to do. This Genesis SD60M is guaranteed to run great with my SD70M units. My own question I have is Does the early SD60M UP units mean 3 window cabs? Or will these all be 2 window cabs? I am deciding whether to buy two sound DCC equipped units or the non-sound units too. I am leaning for the non sound due the huge price difference.
Bump to the front to hear your opinions
The consensus on this forum is that the Genesis Sound units are CRAP due to the buggy MRC sound decoder. Steer clear of them.
Ok so the winner for me is the Non sound units then I can get all three models. Are they going to be the three window or the two window versions?
The prototypes of the SD60M’s that Athearn is doing have the two-piece window. So far, it doesn’t look like Athearn is doing the three-piece; but they can if they want to, so we’ll see. As far as the term “early”, I think that refers either to the paint scheme or the road number.
Ed
I can’t wait to patch the CR units into NS!
And if they did 3 piece windshields, I’d have to get the SOO units.