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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #30 on: March 02, 2020, 08:57:19 AM »
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Update, now "Late June" (this year, hopefully)  :lol:

http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=ACF+4600&CatID=TNRF


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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2020, 12:17:00 PM »
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I wonder if Feather River Chuck will still get me the ones I reserved with him...



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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2020, 01:48:59 AM »
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Probably not.  The last I heard from him Athearn had cut him off, for not having a "real store".  Apparently his physical store didn't qualify, for whatever reason, and Horizon decided they wouldn't sell to him anymore.  I think he was still arguing with them when he closed up shop.
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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #33 on: March 04, 2020, 08:30:06 AM »
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So is Chuck still in business?  His website looks outdated.  I did visit his store when I was in the area for a conference.  This was in the mid 2000.  And it was a real store with good retail space so I don't know what Horizon's beef was if they are talking about that store.

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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #34 on: March 04, 2020, 06:27:27 PM »
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Chuck is not still in business.

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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2020, 12:23:06 PM »
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@Chulvis  - really sad to hear this! :(


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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #36 on: March 06, 2020, 01:43:36 AM »
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Has anyone heard from him lately?  I know he was having "family issues" several months ago.
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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #37 on: March 10, 2020, 12:39:06 AM »
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Has anyone heard from him lately?  I know he was having "family issues" several months ago.

He is somewhat active on Facebook, but I haven't communicated directly with him.
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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #38 on: March 10, 2020, 01:51:32 AM »
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And I'm not on Facebook, but it's good to know that he's still around, even if apparently not involved on model railroading.
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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #39 on: May 29, 2020, 06:48:49 PM »
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Looks like sometime recently Athearn posted some actual pictures. So maybe Late June is looking good.

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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #40 on: May 29, 2020, 07:11:43 PM »
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Looks like sometime recently Athearn posted some actual pictures. So maybe Late June is looking good.

They Look really good! gonna grab all the Soo and some BN if I can...  :D

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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #41 on: June 10, 2020, 05:14:13 PM »
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Athearn is listing them “In Stock” so I would think they should be hitting the streets soon!

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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #42 on: June 13, 2020, 10:39:40 PM »
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Beautiful cars. Ugly couplers. What can we replace them with?
Buffering...

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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #43 on: June 14, 2020, 12:44:41 AM »
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If they're the standard McHenrys, Accumates will fit.  I don't think MT 1015s will work, and I know Rapidos won't.
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Re: 1st release of ACF 4600's announced by Athearn
« Reply #44 on: June 14, 2020, 02:10:42 AM »
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My "LHS" in Western PA got a batch in on Friday, but the BN he had was from the second run.