Athearn N Announcements July 26, 2024 ("August" Announcement)

[Mark5]

More SP bay window cabooses in misc roadnames: https://www.athearn.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-athearn-us-Library/default/dweb2adec0/announcements/august-2024/06_ATHN_Bay_Window_Caboose_072624.pdf

The HO folks get a ton of stuff: https://www.athearn.com/new-announcements

Mark

[JMaurer1]

The era for the WP caboose is listed as 1950-1970s but if it was from the 50's there would be remnants of the roof walk and ladders. Close up of caboose shows a 1972 reweigh date so the window for that on is rather narrow. Now if it HAD roof walks and ladders, I would be forced to get at least one.

[High Hood]

Still waiting on them to announce the new Bethgons. It’s almost been a year since they showed off the new and improved tooling. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Hahahahahaha. I love the fake Southern GP15-1. That's ridiculous enough to be enjoyable.

[garethashenden]

Hahahahahaha. I love the fake Southern GP15-1. That's ridiculous enough to be enjoyable.

Wait. They tooled a high hood just for funzies?

[Rivet Miscounter]

Wait. They tooled a high hood just for funzies?

Wow, Athearn is coming full circle.   Akin to some of their franken-locos from the 70s.

[jwaldo]

Notably absent from this run of SP bay window cabeese: SP.

Wait. They tooled a high hood just for funzies?

It doesn't hurt that EMD's hood unit segments mix and match so seamlessly. Someone with more web developer experience than me ought to make a Random EMD Locomotive Generator to see what other bizarre combos can be bashed together

[High Hood]

Hahahahahaha. I love the fake Southern GP15-1. That's ridiculous enough to be enjoyable.

When Southern acquired Norfolk and Southern they actually added high hoods to their existing low hood fleet. I imagine it could be plausible if Southern borged a road with GP15’s that they would high hood them. I think they’re neat!

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Wait. They tooled a high hood just for funzies?

I’m guessing they’re using cab and hood tooling from something else they’ve done like a GP38-2.

[learmoia]

I’m guessing they’re using cab and hood tooling from something else they’ve done like a GP38-2.

Don't you love it when the mfg tools everything to the same standards so you can mix and match parts across all your models...

[Mark5]

Notably absent from this run of SP bay window cabeese: SP.

seems almost dumb, doesn't it? 

Athearn has been doing some amazing stuff in HO this past decade, especially in Cabooses - branching out to models that decades ago would have been in the Brass realm:

https://www.athearn.com/product/ho-c-20-icc-caboose-with-lights-and-sound-nandw-500852/ATHG78383.html

Mark

[jagged ben]

Notice they don't call it an SP caboose.  We just know better.
They have done a number if fine runs of these in SP and SSW schems.  Personally I have my fill.

[Southern1970]

Anyone know if Athearn ship overseas?  I tried to register on Athearns website to do a pre-order on a Southern bay window caboose, but when I try add an address it only gave country option USA.
Cheers
Allan

[kiwi_al]

I live overseas and tried to get a latest version of their FP45 when they released them , I was able to register with horizon hobbies - the Athearn page forces you to go there (or did when I tried). The end result was that they did not contact me or debit my credit card so I had to buy one through an American etailer like train world or modeltrainstuff etc. I wouldn't even bother now trying to preorder directly from Athearn given my past experience. YMMV.

[Rivet Miscounter]

I guess while we're griping about Athearn...

My complaint is their reservation period is unnecessarily short.  Like 2-3 weeks it seems.    Given their 2 year lead time, you would think they could give us a little longer.    I wonder how many orders came into dealers after their cutoff that may have impacted the production....or cancellation. (I know, another thread)

Now, to be fair, (pre)orders I've placed after the cutoff have still been fulfilled, via the shop overbuying I suppose.  (Most of these "late preorders" were still placed at least a year before the product arrived.)   This is through Lombard, so kudos to them.