Product Demo: Athearn Genesis SD60M 2022 Release UP w/PTC Antenna and Tsunami 2 Sound!

[@aaron.hudacky]

Great review of an ok locomotive. I really wish Athearn would start introducing more models with working walkway lighting. I never realized how nice that feature is until I bought a Genesis Dash 9-44CW and a Scaletrains GE C-40-9, and the lighting makes the Scaletrains locomotive a lot more appealing, to me at least.

[@jlwii2000]

those additional lighting features do look nice!

[@brucekellett2269]

Excellent looking model from Athearn. Nice review thanks James. Only thing I wish Athearn replicated the windshield shape like they actually did on their DDA40X where they smoothed out the angles with curves like the prototype. Proto 2000 nailed it on their SD60 and Kato on their SD70MAC. Funny thing when I worked as an engineer for Rio Tinto

[@randallellison6421]

Very cool locomotive James!

[@jlwii2000]

thanks Randall!

[@ThePeninsulaRailfan]

Looking forward to the SD59MX release

[@TheNorthwestWind]

we need a layout update !

[@jlwii2000]

will provide one in early spring.

[@brucekellett2269]

We had the EMD shaped windshields on our DASH 9 AND DC EVOs

[@taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi3409]

Looking awesome James I think couple of these units

[@jlwii2000]

thanks Taylor.

[@georgem1276]

Really wish the manufacturers would come out with something new and rare in plastic form. Maybe come out with passenger cars with realistic lighting and sound.

[@thetaxman5302]

rapido buddy

[@georgem1276]

@@thetaxman5302 I have pretty much everything they have done recently in plastic, except for Canadian anything.

[@Trashman702]

Nobody wants to buy that

[@georgem1276]

@@Trashman702 everyone wants to buy a puke yellow rolling brick??????

[@Trashman702]

@@georgem1276 they don’t have a problem getting rid of them

[@hodgie4liter]

Bearing caps don't appear to be moving in the run-by.

[@jlwii2000]

I might have been wrong about them turning or they're not working as designed.

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

it’s not a Genesis 2.0 model so it won’t the spinning bearing caps

[@jakes_trains]

@@CentralJerseyRailfan i have a couple 2.0 engines and none of the bearing caps spin..

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

@@jakes_trains yeah, there are several that don’t, 2 of which I own that ride on the SD80/90MAC chassis don’t have the spinning caps. The G2 ACes and M-2s don’t have them either

[@jakes_trains]

@@CentralJerseyRailfan yup. My 90mac, DDA40X , and Aces don’t.

[@863rafael]

Looks great! 👍

[@jlwii2000]

I agree! Would have liked tinted windows though.

[@samsmainline5992]

Hey, I don't know if you could help me but i have small problem on how to do other fonction on my recent purchase of rapido tlraoyal hudson and I dont see how i can program it on my controller i bought resently as Well, its a NCe power cab? And press option for the fonctions 13 through 28 and nothing happens, Any help?

[@HavingFun4]

Are the number boards lighted on these locomotives 2457 and 2442? Thanks for the great videos. Really helpful.

[@DietPizza1]

Are the motors loud on these? Picked up my first genesis and the motor sounds like angry bees

[@nstrains4001]

do scaletrains AC4400CW when its released

[@jlwii2000]

will do!

[@roberttrains8696]

Good video review hey is that a cake tray. Nice looking color nice looking decals for a UP. Nice sounding hot look like it smooth running locomotive they are running ad in the middle of your review thanks for sharing enjoy your review….. Robert

[@jlwii2000]

It is a cake tray, haha. I modded it for use on reviews.

[@lowliferedneck]

How do you brighten the ditch lights and does it have cab chatter , just got one brand new and it didn't have the manual with it

[@UnionPacific-gg9jn]

Yes I have this run of the sd60 and it does have cab chatter function 7

[@UnionPacific-gg9jn]

Did you get dc because dc doesn’t have the manual I got the manual with mine because I had dcc

[@TrainBrain2000]

The same Tsunami Junk sound decoder they’ve been using for the past 20+ years😂

[@jlwii2000]

it does sound the same, Soundtraxx really needs to step it up a notch (pun intended).

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

the Tsunami2 did come out in 2016 or so but some of their recordings are indeed very primitive, the 16-710G3B default file being one of them. Try playing with CV123 if you want the newer T2 16-710G3A recording

[@rojorailfan]

Why did athearn remove the spinning wheel caps on this run?

[@iatif1995]

This is not a 2.0 model

[@floydbeard5073]

Nice review James. How is the layout coming along?

[@jlwii2000]

layout is kind of stuck, hopefully I get to more project in January.

[@floydbeard5073]

@@jlwii2000 well that is a bummer man 😕.

[@waynenephew4515]

Were is the ditch lights

[@UnionPacific-gg9jn]

Union Pacific doesn’t have flashing ditch lights on there locomotives

[@phillipkidwell]

Where's the engineer?? Who's drivin' that train!!?

[@jlwii2000]

its a ghost train, haha.

[@Jabond07]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍

[@jlwii2000]

😁

[@averageguy7136]

You need to scortch, char or grafitti that american flag to make it look authentic

[@randallfawc7501]

the ditch lights are very unimpressive

[@UnionPacific-gg9jn]

Why because they don’t flash. Union Pacific doesn’t have flashing ditch lights on their locomotives