Hi all,
This may be of interest for Amtrak fans
http://www.easternmountainmodels.com/pdf/3_06_Genesis.pdf
Translation by yours truly. [;)][:)][;)] Happy reading!
Amazing!
“Ratings”
The LGB Amtrak Genesis, Phase III
smoke generator received an excellent rating.
Hum?
You read correctly at the time, very observant.
But the error has been corrected, [;)][:)][:)] it was left in by mistake when I did the cut/paste of the USA Trains S4 Review ratings to use the same graphics.
Actually I should have noticed that, I don’t remember any of the LGB steamers getting top marks on the smoke generator and the LGB Diesels are smokeless, aren’t they? Very environmentally friendly! [8D][8D]
Perhaps they could patent it and sell the feature to the prototype railroads.
But it is interesting that the USAT S4 - a little switcher - has a smoke generator and the mainline LGB Genesis doesn’t. Hmmmmmmmm…
Thank You.
Ken
You’re welcome.
I make mistakes just like everyone else, but I try not to repeat them. [;)][:)][;)]
HJ maybe the Genesis confirms to new tight emissions standards![:D][;)]
It’s amazing how different reviews of the same item can be.
Here is Model Railroader magazine’s review:
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/Bucksco//Genesis%20review%201.jpg
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/Bucksco//Genesis%20review%202.jpg
I’m a great follower of things LGB (more than 90% of my locomotives are LGB) but I just cannot understand why LGB insists on using such a mish-mash of scales. They seem to have some phobia about not telling people about what they do.
Just why can’t they come clean and call a spade a spade and start showing in the catalogue what scale is being used. European metre gauge is easy - thats 1:22.5. For the other stuff if it’s a mish-mash of scales they could, in the beginning, say close to 1:29 or 1:31 or whatever.
They should then start a policy of producing all new releases to a recognised set of scales - 1:29 for US-outline Standard Gauge, maybe 1:20.3 for US narrow gauge (like Bachmann and others) and 1:whatever for European Standard Gauge. After a period of time we would end up witha range of scale models. Sometimes a compromise maybe needed in the length of cars - easy - do what Roco do in HO - produce them at 1:92.5 or 1:100 and show this in the catalogue.
Ok, rant over… I like the look of the P42DC but don’t really have any space for a rake of Amtrak cars (when they appear!!!). What I would like is a psuedo-New Haven livery loco to pull my rake of New England freight cars!! Don’t all scream…it’s my railway and I run what I enjoy running. A New Haven livey P42DC (or whatever model it is) would make a change from running my Boston & Maine SD9 or New Haven S4…
…and talking about another LGB model, I wanted to get a RhB G3/4 but without the “Heidi” name painted on the front. Because of this I did not pre-order the model. I’m glad I didn’t because when I saw the model when it was released it had a very shiny plasticky-look boiler. It was a real turn-off and when I saw the LGB Representatives at the recent G-Scale Society Exhibition in the UK I told them so. I’m not the only one who expressed this view and I think LGB have lost some sales because of this.
…but I’m not that worried about not getting the LGB G3/4…because I’ve