Medina1128One of my Christmas presents this past year was an Athearn Genesis UP "Big Boy". WOW! What a great locomotive!! They are discontinued, so if you run across one, jump on it!!
Nice locomotive...but it won't be found on my layout. Had it been an NYC L-2a 4-8-2 Mohawk? THAT would be an entirely different story.
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I got one mid-last year, 4018 specifically, and I also really like all the detail and the features. The firebox glow and lit numberboards are neat extras.
I did replace the TSU-2 Big Steam decoder with an ESU Loksound 5 with their Big Boy sound profile, as well as a Scale Sound Systems 'Big Boy' speaker and it runs and sounds better than I could have hoped. I will not be surprised when Athearn does a re-run, they tend to do so anyhow depending on demand and these are always in demand due to 4014.
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Tony's or someone just announced maybe two days ago that, among other things Athearn is offering again soon, the Big Boy will be remade. No mention of any 'improvements.'
One of my Christmas presents this past year was an Athearn Genesis UP "Big Boy". WOW! What a great locomotive!! They are discontinued, so if you run across one, jump on it!!
Video of Big Boy
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