Who knows how long it was in the box, Harrison. I'm sure you will need to change oil and grease. Wheels probably have that patina build up from sitting. Now you're gonna have to change a piece of track so the horn works. A new 9 volt battery and fresh AAAs may make a difference with the sound as you really don't know how much voltage you were providing with the Tyco transformer. I'm sure it made kids' eyes pop back in the day. Thanks for sharing. 👍 👍 👍
@@modelyh0 it really doesn't matter seeing as AA don't fit in AAA spots, and vice versa. My phone and a 1928 Ford use roughly the same voltage, but that doesn't mean the batteries are interchangeable
I have one I bought in the late 70's, it's put away with 400 engines and cars, my father had a huge HO model RR, when he died my brothers and I divided up his collection. Most of what we have are from the 70's, I haven't touched them since he died in 1983. My grandsons will inherit my collection.
It's nice to hear your grandsons will inherit them someday. I got into the hobby when my dad showed me his collection back in 2006 and I asked for a train set that Christmas which I was able to run his old locomotives on. It's a great hobby that unfortunately not many youngsters get to experience these days.
diesels maybe, not steam. there are other roads that claim most powerful rigid frame locomotives. example, the Western Maryland had the heaviest and most powerful Decapods (I-2) and were among the heaviest Consolidations (H8/H9)
I remember seeing something very similar to this at a local toy store when I was a kid and I wanted it so bad. I'm almost certain it was this, so this was a bit of nostalgia for me. I don't collect trains or anything, but I knew I had to click on this.
A Centinnial! I had one growing up. It was the center piece of my train set growing up. For a kid, I had an amazing HO trainset. It was 6 meters by 2 meters. I would still have it today if the basement had not flooded and destroyed my hard work. I got a paper route at 12 to be able to build that set. I think about it a lot.
@@therailfanman2078 Everything was lost. When the basement flooded, it was just with water. Mud from the yard broke the basement windows and thick mud poured in. The insurance company shoveled out the basement and everything in it, not that anything survived. Even the furnace had to be taken out. I miss that train set a lot.
@@therailfanman2078 I have thought of that railroad since it got destroyed, almost every night. I do not have the space for another gorgeous HO scale set. However, I have been given a lot of thought to N scale or Z scale. I still dream with that old set.
The horn is no more complicated than remote control cars of the era, it's just that in this case they applied it to a train. By the way, loved the red green reference.
I had purchased the model you have. The DD40X in 1987. However it didn't have the speaker sound , batteries & the controller. I have the updated models as well they're pretty well.. very genius with the substitute when the 9 volt failed to work. I was 100% impressed. Loved the video..☺🚥
I believe it was 1984 when I received the Bachmann Centennial train set. It was the first train for my layout, 4x8. I had to go to my library to confirm the DD40x was a real engine. I have never seen a DD40X in person. It is my favorite engine after the F7 and F9. I prefer Bachmann for as a teen, and due to limited hobbies stores in my area, I found that Bachmann served me better than Tyco. My DD40X from childhood is long gone so I assembled a replacement set and, bought another DD40X engine while I was in the hospital, it was a panic buy . I enjoy your videos. Keep going with them
8 axles. I don’t see those often. She’s a beast. Nice review of an old item. I don’t see those often either. You say Red Green, I saw MacGyver. Must be a generational thing.
Well, David and Red Green are Canadian. MacGyver is American. So he invokes ol' Red. "And always remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you HANDY!!!"
The shell is the structural strength on these models. Back in the 80's I did an article in RMC on how to convert an Athearn drive with 2 can motors if you want to upgrade the power.
The horn system is like the old Lionel Postwar horn system. Battery in the loco and a special button to activate it.. That tyco controller is good for one thing, rifle target....
I use one of those TYCO controllers on my current HO-scale layout for powering the track turnouts, mechanical operating accessories and a few nearby lights. But to run my trains I use a Bachmann E-Z Command DCC system. It's kind of funny how back in the 70s and early-to-mid 80s, TYCO was Bachmann's biggest rival.
It'll work just can't use less than 22 degree turns or this will grind click and derail. But they didn't lie it'll work, even my SD40-2 diesels required larger radius curves put in as all my 18's would cause it to derail.
Pretty interesting! I'm kind of reminded of how in the 60s Lionel had an HO-scale Santa Fe A-B-A diesel locomotive set that also used a battery-powered horn. Though of course Bachmann could pull it off with the DD40AX due to its' large body, just like how decades later the DD40AX would become Bachmann's first sound-equipped DCC locomotive. (A lot of older Bachmann products from the 70s and 80s are still being made today, in many cases as new and improved versions, like the aforementioned DD40AX.)
We’re a great big rollin railroad one that everybody knows.we were born of gold and silver spikes 100 years ago. We’re a million miles of history a-shinin in the sun. We’re the Union Pacific and our stories just begun.
DD40AX 6901 sits less than 5 minutes away from my house! To see this loco in person is pretty cool. It's bigger than you'd expect if you've never seen one IRL. Also, 6922 is in North Platte, Nebraska, and 6915 is in Pomona, California
This brought me back to the hobby shop at the mall when I was a kid. It when bankrupt in the early 90s. I bought a Riverossi NYC streamlined4-6-4 and a med. Pacific that was from the seventies covered with dust. No one wanted to pay half a months rent for a toy. I still have then over 30 years later. Got them for $45 and $35 dollars.
I have this locomotive, and it actually has 2 motors in it to give it 2 truck pulling power. Also, the battery holder is designed for 2 “AA” batteries, not “AAA” batteries. If you like oddball Bachmann locomotives, you should look up a 2-10-4 Texas Chugger by Bachmann. I bought this steam locomotive back in 1979, and it has “Electronic Chugging Sounds” that come out of the tender. The tender has a plug you plug into the the rear of the locomotive to receive its power. No push button controller required. Both of my locomotives still run after all of these years, and still provide their electronic sounds.
I would suggest that the loco liveries were different on each model because in reality they were repainted after overhauls over time. Thus, perhaps they demonstrate the evolution of the locomotive livery fleet over the time they were in service.
This locomotive blew me away on n scale and converted me to run American locomotives on my uk Layout? I’m a newbie to model rail road ,however a beautiful and and detailed locomotive as well a great pulling motor drew me in. Great review and thanks for sharing 👍 I’m surprised it’s running on tight radius fantastic
this was a loco built for the union pacific only. I worked for the Union Pacific Rail Road from 1990 thru 2004 at the engine house at Hinkle Oregon and was able to get on one of these monsters. This was 2 sd 40s on the same frame. I have the 6919 on my n-scale lay out.
Practically every bachmann locomotive in that style of packaging has a higher chance of it having the pancake motor and the smaller chance is that the owner or the person selling switch boxes opon selling
This was forty years ago. As someone who has been at it for over fifty years, I can't say they were great runners. You can upgrade the pancake motors, but most entry level HO locomotives used some cheap motor. I personally prefer the earlier single motor all wheel drive Bachmann locos. Very noisy drive trains, but they pulled. Many locos of that era still had a single powered truck. And I remember my first flywheel loco. It was an Atlas GP-38, about 1975. With a skew wound five pole motor. This is about the same time Athearn change to flywheels. But my earliest locos had three pole Pittman motors with rubber band drive. It smoothed out the pulses because few locos ran well at low speeds, and whoa be to those who ran pulse dc. We've come a long ways, baby!
I bought an athern DD40X in about 1978-79. I got it in black. I was going to custom.paint it. That never happened. It's barely been out of the box. You could get them with one or two motors. I got it with one. I regret not getting it with two. It would be more rare today. I'll have to check mine but I'm pretty sure all the axles are powered. I was never a bachmman fan. At least not their engines.
I wouldn't buy one, they're the least reliable locomotives around. The newer models are much better but the old split chassis ones won't be around for much longer.
That’s awesome Harrison and awesome video and very awesome even more awesome Vary interesting they did back then and very generous of him to give the locomotive to youAnd have an awesome day Harrison
They were called Centennials (or 6900s) because the first, UP 6900, was delivered in time for the May 1969 centennial celebration of the golden spike near Ogden Utah. They were geared for 89 mph and I can personally attest that they could do that.
UP 6900 (The engine there) Has done some hauls with 4014 and 844, As of 2020 It has been sitting in Omaha NE, It is nice to see UP taking care of older units and doesn't completely scrap them all.
For Christmas my dad said he’s getting a KATO Amtrak p42 for me, so I really can’t wait to do an unboxing. Also for some reason I say well folks at the beginning of my videos 🤔
I just recently bought 3 of Bachmanns new N Scale GP40’s. Really smooth quiet runners. The experience with the new Bachman models have so far been equivalent to some Kato units I own. I’m using analog dc controls and they run MU’d really well with Kato units.
They were NOT good back then. Pancake motors, horrible detailing, poor overall quality... I git started in the early 80s and it didn't take me long to upgrade to Athearn and Atlas...
That's a nice locomotive, SMT, With some real interesting and ahead of its time features. But, you can't say that you made a Red Green solution, because you didn't use the handyman's secret weapon!
@@SMTMainline true. Now in the next edition of SMT corner we will cut two f units in half and tape the band together, greeting a dual cab f unit. After you have spent 10 minutes making it, the thing falls apart after running 3 inches, to you walking away with your hands in your pockets, whistling.
Bachmann had some in the 70's & 80's that the lights wouldnt work unless they were full throttle ...defective bulb......my Baltimore and ohio F7 was like that when I was 10 or 11....or younger...made me mad...couldn't get a hold of the companies like u can now....magazine's or friend is how we got ahold of a company....lol I had Tyco slot cars do that also....
A model of one of the most powerful diesel-electric locomotives ever built. Really great looking model although I would think it would require wide-radius curves in your track layout due to it's length.
FWIW, there is a retired locomotive on display at the driveway entrance of the UPRR Jenks engine shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. 6938 is the serial number. I think were retired due to fuel usage per mile and kept out west for long train fast running.
I lived in Las Vegas from 1975 until 1981 and was lucky enough to ride in a DD40AX twice. First was in 6932, and the second time was in 6922. They were on a lot of trains heading to LA from Vegas and so I saw them a lot at 50-60MPH getting a run at the climb in and out of Vegas.
You attach the button to your track. The button sends a signal to activate the sound. There was an article in the 70s Model Railroader on how to attach a record turntable to your track and play records of locomotives as a sound system. Tender speaker for noise effects by Cook, Peter A. from Model Railroader January 1971 p. 63
Who knows how long it was in the box, Harrison. I'm sure you will need to change oil and grease. Wheels probably have that patina build up from sitting. Now you're gonna have to change a piece of track so the horn works. A new 9 volt battery and fresh AAAs may make a difference with the sound as you really don't know how much voltage you were providing with the Tyco transformer. I'm sure it made kids' eyes pop back in the day.
Thanks for sharing. 👍 👍 👍
Ya are a amazin person David. Way to go bud
he needs AA batteries instead of AAA
@@microbusss aa And aaa use the same voltage
@@modelyh0 it really doesn't matter seeing as AA don't fit in AAA spots, and vice versa. My phone and a 1928 Ford use roughly the same voltage, but that doesn't mean the batteries are interchangeable
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At first I thought u were saying uve never seen a DDA40X and I was like “what railfanning rock have u been under”
I have one I bought in the late 70's, it's put away with 400 engines and cars, my father had a huge HO model RR, when he died my brothers and I divided up his collection. Most of what we have are from the 70's, I haven't touched them since he died in 1983. My grandsons will inherit my collection.
It's nice to hear your grandsons will inherit them someday. I got into the hobby when my dad showed me his collection back in 2006 and I asked for a train set that Christmas which I was able to run his old locomotives on. It's a great hobby that unfortunately not many youngsters get to experience these days.
Man, UP has got the strongest, single frame locomotives for both steam and D.E. under its belt. Crazy to think
diesels maybe, not steam. there are other roads that claim most powerful rigid frame locomotives. example, the Western Maryland had the heaviest and most powerful Decapods (I-2) and were among the heaviest Consolidations (H8/H9)
Yea but can the wester Maryland say they had a loco as famous as the big boy
Big boy number 3 in steam power. Not even close to number one.
@@needlenosekw UP never claimed the strongest steam locomotive. They claimed the largest, which they do have.
Also don't forget the big blow/bird burner
I had a Bachman F7. Ran it until it died. I was blown away by how much better the Athrean Bluebox model was.
I remember seeing something very similar to this at a local toy store when I was a kid and I wanted it so bad. I'm almost certain it was this, so this was a bit of nostalgia for me. I don't collect trains or anything, but I knew I had to click on this.
I have two very old Gilbert that don't run with drive shafts... This channel has sparked my interest again.
A Centinnial! I had one growing up. It was the center piece of my train set growing up. For a kid, I had an amazing HO trainset. It was 6 meters by 2 meters. I would still have it today if the basement had not flooded and destroyed my hard work. I got a paper route at 12 to be able to build that set. I think about it a lot.
Same here. Live near Boston and a flood took out my set in my parents basement. It was a nice HO layout.
Do you have the centennial still?
@@therailfanman2078 Everything was lost. When the basement flooded, it was just with water. Mud from the yard broke the basement windows and thick mud poured in. The insurance company shoveled out the basement and everything in it, not that anything survived. Even the furnace had to be taken out. I miss that train set a lot.
@@indridcold8433 that's sad. Did you ever get a replacement?
@@therailfanman2078 I have thought of that railroad since it got destroyed, almost every night. I do not have the space for another gorgeous HO scale set. However, I have been given a lot of thought to N scale or Z scale. I still dream with that old set.
At Kenefick Park in Omaha there's one of these sitting next to a Big Boy. Awesome sight to see
I want to visit that site someday.
I always wanted this loco...but even more I wanted a layout big enough to run it on!
The Athearn Blue Box DD40 can handle 18 in curves for all your big diesel needs!
Will Austerman... Will go perfectly alongside my Riverossi Big Boy which also take 18s. Won't look weird at all lol.
The horn is no more complicated than remote control cars of the era, it's just that in this case they applied it to a train.
By the way, loved the red green reference.
Oh yes, the horn on that DD40AX reminds me more of an automobile horn than a locomotive horn!
Nice.
A legendary UP loco
This is something you would see in this Sears Christmas catalog in the 80s
That was so cool. I really enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing with us all. ♥😺♥
I had purchased the model you have. The DD40X in 1987. However it didn't have the speaker sound , batteries & the controller. I have the updated models as well they're pretty well.. very genius with the substitute when the 9 volt failed to work. I was 100% impressed. Loved the video..☺🚥
Always loved the DD40X, I remember this being in every Bachmann Ad in the late 80's early 90's
Nice layout!
Thank you. I know it's the not most realistic but decided to just add what I felt would make it look interesting, instead of what was most realistic.
That is so cool, you are very lucky to receive this engine.
I believe it was 1984 when I received the Bachmann Centennial train set. It was the first train for my layout, 4x8. I had to go to my library to confirm the DD40x was a real engine. I have never seen a DD40X in person. It is my favorite engine after the F7 and F9. I prefer Bachmann for as a teen, and due to limited hobbies stores in my area, I found that Bachmann served me better than Tyco. My DD40X from childhood is long gone so I assembled a replacement set and, bought another DD40X engine while I was in the hospital, it was a panic buy . I enjoy your videos. Keep going with them
8 axles. I don’t see those often. She’s a beast. Nice review of an old item. I don’t see those often either. You say Red Green, I saw MacGyver. Must be a generational thing.
Yep 4 axles thus the DD designation.
At least he didn't McGruber the whole thing. That's a major relief.
Well, David and Red Green are Canadian. MacGyver is American. So he invokes ol' Red. "And always remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you HANDY!!!"
I still think the Union Pacific U50 is weirder. Great video 👍
really liking your videos during lockdown. good entertainment and learning. cheers for sharing
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
The shell is the structural strength on these models. Back in the 80's I did an article in RMC on how to convert an Athearn drive with 2 can motors if you want to upgrade the power.
I did it!!! I used a Bachmann Shell with a mechanism of DD40 of Athearn
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The engine in video is the result of it
The horn system is like the old Lionel Postwar horn system. Battery in the loco and a special button to activate it.. That tyco controller is good for one thing, rifle target....
I use one of those TYCO controllers on my current HO-scale layout for powering the track turnouts, mechanical operating accessories and a few nearby lights. But to run my trains I use a Bachmann E-Z Command DCC system. It's kind of funny how back in the 70s and early-to-mid 80s, TYCO was Bachmann's biggest rival.
I have that same train and it runs like a beast
Z to G must have set those up just for you. That is something special.
Holy cow, it's like Chernobyl in the cab once the headlights kick in!
Yeah, they're pretty bright.
I blacked out the windows in my locos to prevent that.
Thumbs up if you get the Red Green. Good time's !
"For use with all H0 equipment"
Both Märklin and every narrow-ish turn radius disagrees.
It'll work just can't use less than 22 degree turns or this will grind click and derail. But they didn't lie it'll work, even my SD40-2 diesels required larger radius curves put in as all my 18's would cause it to derail.
@@animalyze7120 you need a 36 inch radius curve to safely run one of these? Wow!
plus marklin is mostly AC :|
Pretty interesting! I'm kind of reminded of how in the 60s Lionel had an HO-scale Santa Fe A-B-A diesel locomotive set that also used a battery-powered horn. Though of course Bachmann could pull it off with the DD40AX due to its' large body, just like how decades later the DD40AX would become Bachmann's first sound-equipped DCC locomotive. (A lot of older Bachmann products from the 70s and 80s are still being made today, in many cases as new and improved versions, like the aforementioned DD40AX.)
Haha good ol Bachman, they always ran like that even when they were new, always looked good though!
I've actually been in one of those before! It's at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola CA. Pretty cool!
Love this !
Very cool SMT keep up the great work
The horn is iconic like the smoke and choo choo and the air chime whistle in the post war american flyer trains
We’re a great big rollin railroad one that everybody knows.we were born of gold and silver spikes 100 years ago. We’re a million miles of history a-shinin in the sun. We’re the Union Pacific and our stories just begun.
Sang this to the tune of the Beverly hillbillies theme song
Eat your cereal
Dom's Trains what?
Put AA batteries in the loco to make horn work!
The first real one of those ever built 6900 is here in Omaha Nebraska. I have a video here on YT of me washing it along with Bigboy 4023!
That's really cool.
DD40AX 6901 sits less than 5 minutes away from my house! To see this loco in person is pretty cool. It's bigger than you'd expect if you've never seen one IRL.
Also, 6922 is in North Platte, Nebraska, and 6915 is in Pomona, California
Well that’s a first for me a model locomotive with a battery compartment
I have seen that UP train in Illinois. AND I LOVE TRAIN TRAIN...
The first time when you ran the train and honking the horn was hilarious I replayed it a lot of times
This brought me back to the hobby shop at the mall when I was a kid. It when bankrupt in the early 90s. I bought a Riverossi NYC streamlined4-6-4 and a med. Pacific that was from the seventies covered with dust. No one wanted to pay half a months rent for a toy. I still have then over 30 years later. Got them for $45 and $35 dollars.
I have this locomotive, and it actually has 2 motors in it to give it 2 truck pulling power. Also, the battery holder is designed for 2 “AA” batteries, not “AAA” batteries. If you like oddball Bachmann locomotives, you should look up a 2-10-4 Texas Chugger by Bachmann. I bought this steam locomotive back in 1979, and it has “Electronic Chugging Sounds” that come out of the tender. The tender has a plug you plug into the the rear of the locomotive to receive its power. No push button controller required. Both of my locomotives still run after all of these years, and still provide their electronic sounds.
I would suggest that the loco liveries were different on each model because in reality they were repainted after overhauls over time. Thus, perhaps they demonstrate the evolution of the locomotive livery fleet over the time they were in service.
Nice job again SMT
This locomotive blew me away on n scale and converted me to run American locomotives on my uk Layout? I’m a newbie to model rail road ,however a beautiful and and detailed locomotive as well a great pulling motor drew me in.
Great review and thanks for sharing 👍
I’m surprised it’s running on tight radius fantastic
this was a loco built for the union pacific only. I worked for the Union Pacific Rail Road from 1990 thru 2004 at the engine house at Hinkle Oregon and was able to get on one of these monsters. This was 2 sd 40s on the same frame. I have the 6919 on my n-scale lay out.
How do you not know what a DD40 is? Surprising.
Love the Spectrum version of this with dual motors and all axles powered.
Practically every bachmann locomotive in that style of packaging has a higher chance of it having the pancake motor and the smaller chance is that the owner or the person selling switch boxes opon selling
Wow very nice locomotive
This was forty years ago. As someone who has been at it for over fifty years, I can't say they were great runners. You can upgrade the pancake motors, but most entry level HO locomotives used some cheap motor. I personally prefer the earlier single motor all wheel drive Bachmann locos. Very noisy drive trains, but they pulled. Many locos of that era still had a single powered truck. And I remember my first flywheel loco. It was an Atlas GP-38, about 1975. With a skew wound five pole motor. This is about the same time Athearn change to flywheels. But my earliest locos had three pole Pittman motors with rubber band drive. It smoothed out the pulses because few locos ran well at low speeds, and whoa be to those who ran pulse dc. We've come a long ways, baby!
Love the DD40X. Have 1 in O scale, 2 in HO, 3 in N scale.
I bought an athern DD40X in about 1978-79. I got it in black. I was going to custom.paint it. That never happened. It's barely been out of the box. You could get them with one or two motors. I got it with one. I regret not getting it with two. It would be more rare today. I'll have to check mine but I'm pretty sure all the axles are powered. I was never a bachmman fan. At least not their engines.
Video crashed when you put on the track while watching....would not restart....must have been an awesome power draw 😊. Anthony
I want the Bachmenn gs4 that was shown in the back of the box. But the thing is, it has horn hook couplers.
I wouldn't buy one, they're the least reliable locomotives around. The newer models are much better but the old split chassis ones won't be around for much longer.
@@SMTMainline the old split frame ones are more accurate in their rigid wheel base.
Mrcat Games maybe later
That’s why I love Lionel’s operating knuckle couplers
That’s awesome Harrison and awesome video and very awesome even more awesome Vary interesting they did back then and very generous of him to give the locomotive to youAnd have an awesome day Harrison
They were called Centennials (or 6900s) because the first, UP 6900, was delivered in time for the May 1969 centennial celebration of the golden spike near Ogden Utah.
They were geared for 89 mph and I can personally attest that they could do that.
48k views in 2 weeks! Congrats!
I have seen that you have come up with alot of strange locomotives. Keep them coming
Like watching the Canadian version of Sam's trains ! Love the Red Green reference !
Nice comparison.
that's really cool i had a dd 35a about the same length as that but unmarked silver and it had twin engines
They were strange however, I still have one in my train room. Not on the layout. Great video
Me too.
He is almost at 40k congratulations you earned it
UP 6900 (The engine there) Has done some hauls with 4014 and 844, As of 2020 It has been sitting in Omaha NE, It is nice to see UP taking care of older units and doesn't completely scrap them all.
Yay!! Smt mainline uploads and I get my first heritage unit on the same day of my birthday!
Nice Union Pacific, I have a Southern pacific Gp40/Gp-38 Diesal Locomotive. Hope you enjoy The Locomotive You Have!
I really want one of these!
just bought one myself at a local show, the last owner had already upgraded and converted it to DCC, cant wait to run it at my local club! ☺☺
THAT IS A VERY GENEROUS GIFT
I had a duel powered Athearn DD35( DD40) with two motors. Power House.
That is cool that it even has the instructions with it
I'll just throw this challenge out there, somebody get one of these, install a DCC decoder, and hook up one of the functions to the horn...
I don’t have a balcmann centennial but I’m saving my money for a balcmann gs4
I had that exact same transformer as a kid. I got some old reel to reel tape motors that I took apart and made a crazy powerful electromagnet.
i just got one of these in o scale as an early birthday present
Wow, this must be a giant loco in O scale
For Christmas my dad said he’s getting a KATO Amtrak p42 for me, so I really can’t wait to do an unboxing. Also for some reason I say well folks at the beginning of my videos 🤔
I can't believe you have 3 now and I have a older bachmann centennial
Not going to lie the horn sounds like a chicken call good video
This is when Bachmann was good. (At least better than they are now)
They were certainly more interesting but they were not well built.
I just recently bought 3 of Bachmanns new N Scale GP40’s. Really smooth quiet runners. The experience with the new Bachman models have so far been equivalent to some Kato units I own. I’m using analog dc controls and they run MU’d really well with Kato units.
Bachmann got worse ?
They were NOT good back then. Pancake motors, horrible detailing, poor overall quality... I git started in the early 80s and it didn't take me long to upgrade to Athearn and Atlas...
@Lucien Thompson-Parmenter I had a 484 bachmann ATSF steamer and it was so light it couldn't pull for shit!!!!
Awesome video liked 🚄🚄👍
I've wanted one for years .
Sounds like a Volvo.
Heh, yeah, the horn in that DD40AX does remind me of a car horn!
I am 70 years old. I remember seeing this locomotive running on the rails of the Union Pacific back in the 1970s.
It must have been something to see in person.
That's a nice locomotive, SMT, With some real interesting and ahead of its time features. But, you can't say that you made a Red Green solution, because you didn't use the handyman's secret weapon!
Your absolutely right although he used cigarette lighters for many of his projects.
Duct Tape, yes!
@@SMTMainline true. Now in the next edition of SMT corner we will cut two f units in half and tape the band together, greeting a dual cab f unit. After you have spent 10 minutes making it, the thing falls apart after running 3 inches, to you walking away with your hands in your pockets, whistling.
One of the locos on my list id love to own.
I had one of these in pennsy paint. I strung a wire to make the motor’s share connections and it worked a lot better :)
I have one of these centennials. It works beautifully still, though it is missing all of the hand rails unfortunately.
I think the battery pack is for the horn
Interesting loco
Neat. Didn't know they had sound before DCC and sound decoders.
Bachmann had some in the 70's & 80's that the lights wouldnt work unless they were full throttle ...defective bulb......my Baltimore and ohio F7 was like that when I was 10 or 11....or younger...made me mad...couldn't get a hold of the companies like u can now....magazine's or friend is how we got ahold of a company....lol
I had Tyco slot cars do that also....
A model of one of the most powerful diesel-electric locomotives ever built. Really great looking model although I would think it would require wide-radius curves in your track layout due to it's length.
FWIW, there is a retired locomotive on display at the driveway entrance of the UPRR Jenks engine shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. 6938 is the serial number.
I think were retired due to fuel usage per mile and kept out west for long train fast running.
I lived in Las Vegas from 1975 until 1981 and was lucky enough to ride in a DD40AX twice. First was in 6932, and the second time was in 6922. They were on a lot of trains heading to LA from Vegas and so I saw them a lot at 50-60MPH getting a run at the climb in and out of Vegas.
You attach the button to your track. The button sends a signal to activate the sound. There was an article in the 70s Model Railroader on how to attach a record turntable to your track and play records of locomotives as a sound system.
Tender speaker for noise effects
by Cook, Peter A.
from Model Railroader January 1971 p. 63
Who knew that DD40s had squeaky dog toys for horns
Most bachmann engines from the time did. Remember the Amtrak F40?
The Dill Pickle You're right. I'll go a step further It sounds like the current MCI BUS HORNS! 😄😃