Athearn Genesis Dash 9-44CWL Review & Testing

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Enjoyed the video very much. Thanks for sharing.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

I gotta get one of these!

[@WestCoastRails]

Another great review Ben....I picked up a couple of CNW .... numbers are for the Dynamic Duo pair. But I do Non-Sound as I like to outfit with ESU Lok.

[@northerncountryrailroad8939]

These engines have such high quality sound and detail

[@shawnpowell5876]

Athearn really went the distance w detail etc! That's a sharp looking locomotive by far. Thanks for sharing this video and showing us the locomotive.

[@BArailsystem]

Thanks for watching!

[@shnorth888]

Athearn did a greet job on these. Im waiting for a CN one to arrive in the next few days.

[@GstarEdmsTrainProductions]

Brilliant

[@chriswoodruff2293]

I have five from Scale Trains. I like Athern but Scale Trains are my favorite.

[@mms8393]

I concur. I like to see the alternating ditch lights when the horn is blowing.

[@coquitlam_railfan5686]

@@mms8393 that’s only per prototype. The athearn ones have that id it’s correct on the real thign

[@mms8393]

@@coquitlam_railfan5686 Can you type that again? I didn't understand your comment.

[@coquitlam_railfan5686]

@@mms8393 if the loco in real life has flashing ditch lights they will replicate it in a model, if they don’t flash on the real one they won’t replicate it.

[@mms8393]

@@coquitlam_railfan5686 Interesting. I did not know that. I figured all modern locos had flashing ditch lights. Thanks for the lesson.

[@DGModelworks]

Great review Ben! These Dash 9's are really sweet. Athearn has been releasing some really great stuff!

[@sparky107107]

Such a nice model I got three of them. Two CN and one BC Rail.

[@kyleftw1679]

Are you going to do a video on them?

[@aspenGF8]

If I do get one I'll put ESU in it for sure

[@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb]

These locos were longer werent they

[@JohnAPrescott]

Very nice. Glad to see them stepping up their game.

[@nnoscc5231]

Seeing this makes me really excited for the new SD70m-2s that are coming soon!

[@haroldalexis4200]

Great review. The details 100%. A CN fan & collector as well. Definitely want this model.🙂

[@MissouriRails]

Very cool! What a beautiful locomotive!

[@hunterkiller86]

I got my Chicago and Northwestern dash 9 two weeks ago, and I concur, Athearn did a great job on these

[@sor_cnhagersvillesubdivisi7803]

Athearn did such a great job on these! Glad I got my two; they’re pretty much sold out already by the sounds of things. Great review!

[@georgiasunbelt]

Great engine to add to your CN power 👍🏽

[@terrybc7004]

Can't wait for my BC Rail 4641 & 4644 to arrive. Canada Post has had them sitting at their Richmond BC Sorting Facility since last Monday & they were suppose to be delivered on Wednesday & I'm still waiting! The CN Version looks awesome!

[@MBrailfan]

Man, now you got me fired up. I ordered a pair of these, one CN and a BC Rail, and they are supposed to show up at my LHS any day now. I can't wait to actually see them in person, Athearn knocked these completely out of the park. That goes for the other Dash 9 road names too, every picture and video I've seen of them they look fricking amazing.

[@Signal0505]

Great video Ben, the CN version is pretty cool I have a pair of the BCOL version and am very happy with how well executed this new Genesis 2.0 project was done!

[@MLWQC]

Excellent review and very nice loco indeed. Fine details combined with smooth running out-of-the-box that blow away *any* and all competition (in my humble opinion) The fine print is jaw-dropping and so is the "actual" photo etched see trough walkway. Superb in every respect. Quite the amazingly loco. if I was modern era (ish) I would get a few. Great choice of paint scheme: CN. haha! Well done Ben. Cheers Syl

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Great locos indeed. Athearn upped there game since scale trains came to the scene.

[@JohnAPrescott]

100% they did.

[@normancnclearwatersub7505]

You can adjust the slow speed and make it smoother using CV211. I usually set mine at 220-255. It does make a difference.

[@jackstrainsnthings9738]

Does that go with all athearn genesis engines

[@normancnclearwatersub7505]

@@jackstrainsnthings9738 It is a feature of Tsunami2, so it is not restricted to Genesis engines.

[@trainsontuesday]

That is superb Ben. I put a resin cab on an old Athearn Dash 9, No. 2521.

[@linndoria]

Would these be compatible with running/MU Intermountain's HO ET44AC with DCC/Sound?

[@BArailsystem]

Probably, would require speed matching for optimum operation.

[@LocoRails79]

Very nice!

[@CW-qt1qv]

Great review and thanks for sharing. I echo the CN SD60F comment below.

[@railhawkracer1911]

I have 2520 and bcol 4644

[@amessman]

Well done Athearn! Detail is amazing, lighting is fantastic, and sound is impeccable! I may have to pick one up even tho I'm mostly a CSX modeler. I would've liked to see it running on your layout tho. Great review!

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

If you have ethanol trains that run on ur layout then they will be perfect power for that

[@Bubs031]

You think the cn unit is bright you should see the BC rail unit great review man I just did one on the bc rail unit and I compared it to a brass omi dash 9

[@randallellison6421]

Good grief, you'd have to wear sunglasses around that BCRAIL unit if they're brighter that the CN model!

[@conrailfan6277]

Nice review Ben, it's crazy how good these models are now with their mechanisms and full detail and paint!! Back in the day when I bought most of my Conrail engines in Athearn and Kato I felt lucky Conrails engines were mostly stock from EMD and GE, I knew it would only take a set amount time to add grab irons and snow plows and a few underframe details!! Way to go Athearn!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@FishplateFilms]

Nice review Ben! Athearn have done a great job , and from a maintenance and reliability side, they are better than ST in my opinion. Also you can adjust all the light levels individually as I'm sure you know. For the drive set up , try setting CV 212 at about 230, 209 at about 120 and you will get even smoother starts! I have my BEMF (212) at 200 and it won't wheelslip until about speed step 6 out of 255. Love the lit number boards too. Cheers Gregg.

[@BArailsystem]

Thanks for the tips Gregg!

[@chrisroesel8814]

That looks awesome great review Ben I want one those now I just recently got the genesis ac4400 in CP paint scheme it's a great locomotive

[@kyleftw1679]

Absolutely outstanding model from Athearn, these were well worth the wait. I can't wait for the Genesis AC4400s to be announced from them soon.

[@keatonsparksvideoproductions]

I hate the amount of delay between the sound and movement of the locomotive

[@kyleftw1679]

It can ne changed to your preferences via CV values.

[@pjohnston7775]

Any evidence of these Dash 9 units getting diverted through CP mountain territory? Not critiquing your operations, just curious. I've been researching some interesting consists of CN SD40-2s, SD40-2Ws, Dash 8s, SD60Fs mixed with CP SD40-2s and early CP AC4400s. Would welcome any knowledge or opinion. Super cool locomotive. Thanks Ben!

[@BArailsystem]

It's not uncommon to see power from any class 1 on CP or CN's mainline. The major railroads all subscribe to "power sharing". It's definitely a rarer event but not uncommon. Then there is diversions where trains from CN or CP will run across the competitions mainline with a pilot from the home road. For example in 2013 during the floods in Calgary, CP ran priority trains up through Jasper on CN. Speaking of dash 9's specifically, how cool is this: cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/02/whats-wrong-with-this-picture.html

[@pjohnston7775]

@@BArailsystem Perfect! Thanks for sharing!

[@northerncountryrailroad8939]

Very nice! I might be getting one in BC rail Update : I got one!

[@jakescharfstein6352]

I might need one of these to put Loksound in it and enjoy all the lighting features

[@brentnicol6391]

The amount of details on the locomotive nowadays is unbelievable. All the need is a talking engineer who sticks his head out the window. Great model.

[@The_Duggler25]

Will you be getting the new CN SD60F. I forget the company name, but they look amazing

[@BArailsystem]

Yes! Can't wait.

[@The_Duggler25]

@@BArailsystem im really curious to see how different they will be compared to the two you made.

[@minutemanmac]

Wish I could get these Canadian cab units in undecorated

[@BlakesTrainsandMore4014]

Very nice model, I wish I had a layout to run engines like this and get engines like this.

[@cp368productions2]

I wonder if they intentionally made it's pulling/pushing ability lower than the ES44AC to be prototypical. AC traction has more tractive force than DC.

[@kyleftw1679]

I talked with one of them and they said the weight is actually based on prototype info.

[@SouthernPacificPatch]

@@kyleftw1679 That makes absolutely no sense.

[@kyleftw1679]

@@SouthernPacificPatch It does, It doesn't make sense to you cause you don't know what Athearn does.

[@randallellison6421]

That was impressive, Athearn seems to be really getting a handle on the Genesis 2.0 locomotives after the somewhat rocky start with the SD60M Tri clops plus the lighting is absolutely spectacular and the Tsunami2 is cranking out great sounds, I'm getting really excited for the AC4400CW now! Heck, I may add one of their Dash 9s to the mix!

[@KingTrump2024]

They screwed the pooch on the walkways, so many people have wavy ones to the point that our miniature engineers would trip over if they were drunk !

[@BArailsystem]

They were warped on mine as well. I mentioned it in the video info, not uncommon, I've seen it from every single manufacturer. Especially when the models experience a dramatic temperature swing like they do when they leave the warm Fedex truck then sit on my doorstep in -10*C all afternoon. A toothpick, CA glue and about five minutes to fix them.