OK, so when is a manufacturer going to come out with a state of the art EMD SW1 switcher? I know Walthers made one about 15 years ago but isn’t it time for a new one? Since the most popular time period seems to be the early fifties, the SW1 should have considerable demand and can be used on layouts covering from the 40’s through at least the 80’s.
Tired of waiting,
Bruce
Not that I have anything against a “state of the art” SW1 (I’d buy one or two), but I’d like to see some “state of the art” Alco S2/4’s and RS2/3’s. I’m thinking Genesis quality road specific details here. Good running goes without saying. That’d be a lot more useful.
Ed
What is wrong with the Walthers model?
Phil
Nothing that I know of except some missing road specific details.I suspect we will see the return of the Walthers SW1 as a P2K locomotive.After all we saw the return of the H10-44 as a P2K loco.
Didn’t Atlas just put those out?
http://www.atlasrr.com/HOLoco/hos2s42.htm
http://www.atlasrr.com/HOLoco/hors3classic4.htm
Obviously the best is not good enough for some people…
If you want a good model with road specific details, go and get a Atlas (??) or a Walthers and buy some detail parts for it.
When that manufacturer comes out with that model that you have sooo long waited for, we just complain about their inaccuracies anyways.
Phil
It seems to me in my shorty 2 yrs. in the hobby, that after buying both brands/models, I think the Athearn Genesis seriers and much nicer, realistic and well made than the proto 2000 series stuff. The P2000 series stuff is nice, but I just seem to think my Genesis locos are that much nicer, and attention to detail was made.
Anyhow, a little off topic…
nittyp
AFAIK it’s a good model, only problem is they haven’t made it since the early 1990’s. [:)]
My Walthers SW-1 is one of my best runners. As far as prototype specific parts, thats what detail parts from Details West, Detail Associates, Precision Scale, etc are all about. My little beauty looks just like the photos of the B&M SW-1s in my books thanks to the detail parts, correct paint and decals. [:D]
The early Walthers EMD SW-1 had a rubber tube in the drive that would slip. After Walthers replaced the tube with a U Joint the SW-1 became a good locomotive. I have two of the Walthers SW-1’s. One in BN and another in SP grey & red. As stated the addition of detail parts is all that is required to be road detail specific.
Portland Traction Co. had two SW-1’s for power 100 & 200. The line is now abandon and turned into a bike trail.
[(-D]I guess they could always commission a run of brass?[:-^]