Athearn Genesis 2.0 SD70ace Review
Published 2022-06-13
I got mine at Midwest Model Railroad www.midwestmodelrr.com/ use coupon code DGMODELWORKS
All Comments (21)
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Great review, I ordered a few of these and I am very satisfied with them. Athearn actually tweaks the Tsunami 2 sound files to sound better. You can change a CV value to not have the models startup on when track power is applied. There are also sanding lines inside the box to be installed.
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Great video! I acquired all 3 BNSF road numbers and I am very happy! I personally appreciate that Athearn assigned the boards and ground lights to functions b/c with ScaleTrains they are on upon startup by default. Also, if you set CV114 to 71 that disables the auto-start feature and you can use F26 to start up and F27 to shut down. There are still details that could be improved to match ScaleTrains quality but overall best SD70ACe in HO scale by far!
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Great video and review! I have the 1943 spirit of the union Pacific EMD SD70ACE. It's a great unit!
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The 1982 is supposed to have a mechanical bell like the model shows. I was actually wondering if Athearn would get that right. Great review!
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Pretty good review. About the only thing I don't like on this release is the number board brightness and the light bleed thru from the separate cab roof.
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Bell is correct, the early UP Aces and Gevos had steel bells
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Function 24 turns on the ground lights and Function 25 turns on the numberboard lights.
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Those two heritage units are my favorites but my most favorite is the Katy I'm really excited to buy both
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I think the reason for the plastic couplers is because they own the co. that makes them.
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I’m looking to get the essential workers version. I work at a grocery store so it would be a good match.
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Nice looking locomotives! I've debated on getting one but will probably hold out for now and wait and see if I can catch some of the overflow stock on sale down the road.
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great review.... the problem i have with athearn is pulling power.... scale trains is just a better product all around .... genesis just isn't that good but are ok sent one back to lombard hobbies ( just a great family business) which could not pull well at all... but thats just me... keep up the good work and blessings to everyone !!!
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What kind of track are you using here and what would I need in terms of equipment to get started with DCC?
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How did you get kato unitrack to be dcc cuz I have nce
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i like the katy
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Where is the discount code from DG Modelworks? I'm interested in the MKT, MP, SP, or DRGW models from Athearn Genesis.
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The camera in the windshield is not a new detail. All of my N.S. heritage units have the same camera.
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Awesome video 👍
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What road number of the Bli E6 are you getting? #460??
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They really need to get a new K5LLA audio file for tsunami it sounds like an earrape meme video
