Tower 55 has anounced of making the new HO Scale BNSF ‘New Image’ SD70ACe’s this year. I am now in the prosess of saving my Money now. Long live the SD70ACe. Allan.
I admit, I put a Tower55 engine on my wish list. They look so good. I am looking foward to hearing one in person
I think it would be awsome to buy one one of those locomomtives. I pretty sure that the DCC system sound would be cool on the engine you save your money on. It would be a very realiable engine to put on the track. I think you should go for it.[:D][:)][8D][;)][^][:I][8)]
BUYER BEWARE. These engines are really bad. You better listen to one before you buy it!
Thats why I have the Brass engine SD70ACe in Union Pacific. It is beautiful. The best looking engine I have ever seen in a model
brass or plastic shell ? I wi***o buy it
If I do buy one. I will use it as a Display Model unit. Allan.
Oh boy yet another engine to buy. Stop the madness. Just when I think I have almost all the engines I want, they come out with another ‘must have.’ [:D]
Very interesting, Sherman.
But let’s be fair. Can you tell us specifically what’s wrong with the units? Is it the motor, sound system, drive line, detailing, what? Please be specific as it would be helpful info.
My wife’s cousin has one on order. He will no longer buy Athearn Genesis six axle units because one of the two he purchased had a warped truck. I noticed that they both growled like old BB locomotives.
He’s looking forward to one of these Tower 55 units in the new BNSF “toothpaste” logo scheme.
Hmmmm, I was watching this thread for adver-trolling. There was somebody hyping Tower 55 in blatant disregard for our no-advertising policy a month or so back. I’m happy to read reports, pro or con, from real-world modellers who have purchased or played with a product, but these “Oh, boy, I can’t wait for this one…” postings sure don’t sound like informed appraisals to me.
The appearance is nice. But…
The paint is chipped on many fronts
The sound is very bad (use your ears)
DCC programming issues galore
The unit is a racerocket geared far too fast
The unit wobbles over switches
On DC power nothing works other than the engine noise as compared to all other brands
The price is $100 more for the above.
The air is leaking from the over inflated balloon.
Check out the prototype:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=137960
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=138100
Many fronts? You’ve seen several Tower 55 units with chipped paint on the front porches? Or is this one unit with chipped paint on many areas of the front?
What is bad about it? Is it muffled? Low toned? Horn not clear?
- Can you list some of the issues? Assigning CVs? Resets? Conflicts? What are the specifics?
How is the low speed control? That’s actually what most modelers worry about. In DCC mode it’s easy to set a locomotive’s maximum speed.
- Is this a unit that you own that’s doing this as well as the above mentioned?
Is it possible that you may just have a lemon? Even among Atlas and Kato a defective unit slips through the production line every now and then.
- Specifically, what doesn’t work? Directional lights? Horn sound?
- Seems like you’ve had a bad experience. However, have you tried getting a refund or warranty repair?