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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #135 on: July 19, 2010, 04:59:57 PM »
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I didn't see anything in that thread that said they would do a later version w/o the decoder. As Bachman has stated at several shows, the cost to do the loco is the same with or without the dual mode decoder.  I'd be real surprised if the do any new tooling w/o the decoder.
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #136 on: August 04, 2010, 04:24:08 PM »
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some lagging news ...

According to this, Although no specific details were available at the NTS event, a senior Walthers executive dispelled rumors that the company was softening its support of N scale by confirming to MRH reporter Jeff Shultz that two new N scale locomotives would be announced before the end of the year.

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/mrh_news_online/aug-2010-p3

Now, is a senior Walther's executive some old senile guy? :P Does "two new" mean re-releases of Lifelike stuff or  really new?
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #137 on: August 04, 2010, 07:37:56 PM »
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Quote from: NandW on August 04, 2010, 04:24:08 PM
Now, is a senior Walther's executive some old senile guy? :P

From working on the catalog, things here and there, to Director of Marketing? Warning, warning, danger, danger....
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #138 on: August 04, 2010, 09:03:09 PM »
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...Announced and Released are two very different things.  Ask the man who owns an N scale M1a from Broadway Limited...  I expect they will be warmed over Life Likes possibly with DCC friendly drives.

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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #139 on: August 04, 2010, 09:15:51 PM »
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Twould be nice to see the FAs and C424s again. I could use a handful of SP&S. The FAs especially, as I'd need units in both the old and new schemes. I've always wanted a GP/FB/FB/GP/RS mash-up set in the original green and yellow as pictured on page 88 of Austin's SP&S In Color. And the C424s roamed the WP's High Line on occassion.
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #140 on: August 04, 2010, 10:24:39 PM »
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I'd be willing to bet that every LL/WKW loco coming from now on will be DCC ready, old or new tooling. I expect at least one loco will be new tooling. I also do not expect to see either one for at least a year.
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #141 on: August 05, 2010, 09:55:03 AM »
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Quote from: sirenwerks on August 04, 2010, 09:15:51 PM
Twould be nice to see the FAs and C424s again. I could use a handful of SP&S. The FAs especially, as I'd need units in both the old and new schemes. I've always wanted a GP/FB/FB/GP/RS mash-up set in the original green and yellow as pictured on page 88 of Austin's SP&S In Color. And the C424s roamed the WP's High Line on occassion.

The FAs are the most likely.  I just started stripping and detailing a pair this week.  So I'm sure that'll be the next offering.   ::)
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #142 on: August 05, 2010, 02:20:35 PM »
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Quote from: H Lee on July 19, 2010, 04:01:39 PM
Bachmann already has a shorter (both in height and length) tender that is DCC ready. Not sure what the B'Mann rep was talking about when he told someone at the show that they needed the larger tender for DCC.......

The rather large DCC board they'll probably use maybe? Sound readiness may explain it too.

I had a few FTs that were B-manns and the decoder boards ran the for most of length of the unit. Lee has already noted Bachmanns rather chunky electronics:

Quote from: wm3798 on July 17, 2010, 12:16:29 AM
...Bachmann electronics are notoriously chunky... The H-16-44 has vacuum tubes and cloth insulated wires...

One question I haven't seen asked is if the decoders in the Bachmann N-scale DCC-equipped locos will be any good. Dunno how the ones Lenz made for atlas N scale locos were, but the ones they made for the B-man HO ones are pretty basic.
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #143 on: August 05, 2010, 05:51:28 PM »
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I am guessing that the Low nose GP18 is at the top of the list... the DCC frame is there and the engine has not been run since the mid 1990s. Other ideas: FA1 or FA2 with DCC, a refreshed GP38-2, a refreshed SD9, an SD40-2, or maybe new versions of the C series.

Speaking of decoders, I wonder why manufacturers have not started using the split decoder like the TCS CN series.
http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Products/Decoders/N-Scale/ClassicN/CN-Series.htm

The decoder could be made with those micro fasteners used with internal laptop antenna wires to connect the motor and light boards. This would allow more room for frames, improving weight and totally eliminating the need for different sized decoders for different length engines.

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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #144 on: October 12, 2010, 12:57:28 PM »
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Still watching for the "new" Wally locos ::)

Supposedley we'll see what Bachmann's idea of new freight car tooling is next month:


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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #145 on: October 12, 2010, 04:23:21 PM »
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This has probably already been covered somewhere but when were these cars introduced and who ran them?
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #146 on: October 12, 2010, 06:41:42 PM »
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #147 on: October 13, 2010, 10:12:16 AM »
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The NSC cars are late 1970s (1979?) build if I understand those links correctly.
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
« Reply #148 on: October 13, 2010, 12:12:56 PM »
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CN's 126 ex HLMX cars (CN 383368-383493) all show as BLT 9/79 on the Canadian Freight Cars website. The DWC car, one of two DWC 384700-384701, is likely a former CN car, but can find any evidence either way.

The Dominion Malting cars in series DMLX 10000-10035, show as BLT 4/79-7/80.
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Re: NTS update 7/15/2010 (Walthers's lets the cat of the bag)
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