Thank God the layout is "entirely" HO. Nothing ruins the illusion of model railroading more than when a layout suddenly shifts to G scale.

Hey man! I commented this on one of your newer videos but im commenting on the video I was interested in. This might be a weird question but I’ve been looking all over for this locomotive everywhere recently and cannot find it. Is there any way you would be willing to sell it?

Kind of odd that the brake chains are black on one side and rust color on the other side.

looks the same as my 1990s Bachmann plus Daylight

James great review as always, I bought 4of these beautiful Sd60s in The NYSW Susqehanna roadname. The decoder all 4 are ESU which I do not like at all for so many reasons. I wish mine had the Soundtraxx decoder. Which Soundtraxx decoder is it Blunami, Econaumi Tsunami2 decoders? The Soundtraxx CSX sounds so much better. Thanks for sharing the great review for this very impressive locomotive.

Hey man! This might be a weird question, and also 6 years too late but I’m going to ask anyway. 6 years ago you made a video reviewing the BLI paragon 3 ATSF 4-8-4 Northern 3751. I’ve been looking all over for that loco lately and I can’t find it. (If you still have it) is there any way you would be willing to sell it? I just sold a nice engine and I have the money to pay top dollar for it. Thank you so much.

New boxes

Awesome video! I am just installing mine today and it was exactly the information I needed!!!!

Fun fact: the allegheny is actually slightly longer than a bigboy in terms of coupler to coupler.

I’m huge conrail fan. Grew up in collinwood/Cleveland Ohio. Love this locomotive

my brothers and sisters of the rail does anyone know if AHM Operating Trailer Loading Terminal 11017 with Box/Instruction HO Scale VTG is worth it and if it works on most trailers ho scale size or hotwheels size

Awesome set

Will it run on 12V DC? 😅

WOW ! That price is totally outrageous and completely unacceptable . I can't believe anyone could be or would be stupid enough to pay that kind of money for a model train . I should as hell would never pay that .

Good lord these locos are far to complex for me😂😂. Ive been watching your videos since i was about 10 or 11, and they are excellent and very inspiring!! I am now 22 and mainly review old locos and rolling stock on my channel, to keep costs low!!!! Greetings from scotland!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Have a great day!!

I'm not a modern modeler but I do like the FerroMex paint scheme.

The wheels give them that extra touch of realism even the chain has the logical swager plus to scale. The handrails do look dainty and scream no kids aloud, lol. Great review, Jersey Bill

Would've like you gone through the whistle selection...wanted to hear there optional whistles on it.....never cared for that default whistle...which is not the correct prr3 3 chime whistle....I did buy a new never been run 2 run Q2 prototype love the default whistle on it ...but now wanted to buy this third run since it got lights in the brakemen house in the tender. Plus the capacitor that if it hits a bad spot on the track it won't die feature....oh forgot the smoke unit switch location..is it behind the front boiler front like the first two runs or is it under the cab..

The rd number is the year each RR was formed. Just an FYI.

I like the SBD and Conrail units..

I agree Seaboard is the best looking - The Chessie CSX messed up as lettering is way to small. But overall these units look well done.

I just ordered the Contrail Quality 1976. Very nice presentation, James!

Excellent review. I sure do miss the lug, lug, lug of the big General Electric locomotives. Those models are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Dave

I’m really not familiar with O scale but I’m not crazy about the large gap between the cab and tender. Otherwise… fantastic.

They switched to new motors on these

3:04 The magnetic white stencils covering the commodity is a funny detail. For rivet counters, you're going to have to scrape off the white stencil and re-decal it with the commodity info if you want to model the car loaded. That blank white rectangle covering the commodity info represents a clean car, likely post-shopping with a nitrogen pad inside that hasn't been loaded yet! Most people wouldn't notice to be honest, but for the prototype sticklers that's something to keep in mind. Edit: Somebody else pointed out the car looks "as built" and double checking the footage, you can see a build date stencil to 2014. So that is literally a brand new car that rolled out of the factory and hasn't made it to the loading rack yet!

The number corresponds to the year the company was chartered, fyi

The Seaboard system exhaust stack is different from the other 4

21, they have 21

Thank you for another great review. 1.21.25.

Hi James & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks James & Friends Randy

Those look awesome can't wait to get the pere marquette one

On day Id like a BLI locomotive, but for now I have dozens of old DC locomotives from the 1960s to 1990s that I'm repairing and getting back to running conditions

Is it just me, or is the link between the tender and the locomotive way out of proportion? In real life, you'd need a safety fence, or someone could fall out the back of the engine cab. The huffing doesn't sync with the smoke bursts, and the movement is very jerky at low speed. Are they using three, five, or seven pole motor(s)? With that Jerky motion, I'd be guessing at three. For $2000 US, I'd expect at least a seven pole so you could "CREEP" the motion at slow speed . They have fancy "star" emblems on the wheels of the rear bogies or trucks, as you call them, while the front trucks look like an afterthought. To take whatever that wooden device was off the front of the loco, turn the whole thing upside down into the Styrofoam packing and unscrew the blocks and install the truck. Otherwise, it's quite an impressive model. Personally, I'd prefer a Beyer Garrat 50 class model, but that's just what I was raised on, not American railways.

I acually saw 2 real sd59mxs and their idle sound is almost similar to these

How do u do it to a paragon 3 gevo?

Do these units or will these units run together with one unit forward and the other facing backward ?

I just picked up the Amtrak 203 and the rear mars lights not working

Cool!

I bought 2 of these units. Based on my experience, I will not buy Rapido again. Although the locomotive is mechanically sound, the sound functions were a joke - literally. When I ran the functional checkout, I found many of the sound files were cartoon sounds and non-sensenical songs. After a few calls to customer service, they sent me a sound file without the nonsense. The technician basically came out and said it was the programmer's sense of humor. Even the replacement file didn't work well for other reasons. I eventually downloaded a properly working file from the ESU website. These little babies are expensive, and it is a ridiculous prospect to pay for the manufacturer's practical jokes. Throygh conversations with hobby shop owners, I learned this isn't the only product with this quirk. The Canadian Goose plays "Oh Canada". I wish I was aware before I made this purchase.

my 2 rail dads

Do I still need a BLI address setter if I get one of this? Does this also set the loco address?

You will have to try airbrushing it's cool.

ScaleTrains is a top notch company! Great video and greetings from Slovenia 🫡

That looks so cool! Wish they made that in N scale lol

I'd love to see it heavily weathered.... those SP lights are awesome.

Weight :1lb 14oz

I think it is known as The Trainmaster....?

The EMD GP40 was a " dream machine " in the 1960s horsepower race. The first diesel with three thousand horses on 4 axles.

If you can tell me… what is the CV Code to change the horns? I’ve got these locos with the exact Lok 5 Decoder.