The Bachmann SD40-2 has landed

[wm3798]

Definitely not a warmed over white box.

https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=265_379_1259

Morbidly curious more than anything.  Coffee and Trains man seems happy with his example, but given his penchant for promotion, I'm not sure he shelled out $300 quid for it.

The comments in this thread mirror my initial thoughts, save for the phase discussion.  (I only have an undergrad degree in diesel spotting... you guys with PhDs in it must be disappointed with EVERYTHING!)  If your objective is to fill up the shop tracks at Enola, they'll make good background noise, anyway.  At least they didn't commit the sin of putting Conrail paint on the wrong phase.  (I would have bought a bunch 20 years ago, but not now.)

I'm not really in the market for one, but one day they'll be showing up on the second hand market, and then who knows?

Lee

[C855B]

Definitely not a warmed over white box.

Maybe in some respects, but the handrails jump out at me as being "old spec". Could be thick paint?

[u18b]

Definitely not a warmed over white box.

https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=265_379_1259

Morbidly curious more than anything.  Coffee and Trains man seems happy with his example, but given his penchant for promotion, I'm not sure he shelled out $300 quid for it.

Anyone have any experience/thoughts/comments/critiques?

I'm not really in the market for one, but one day they'll be showing up on the second hand market, and then who knows?

Lee

first thing I noticed in the video was the coupler height was too high.
 

[peteski]

first thing I noticed in the video was the coupler height was too high.
 

With the size of that "boxing glove" coupler few scale inches too low or high make no difference. 

[crrcoal]

Modeltrainstuff has it for 213.99.. for a few buck mores you can get a scaletrains version.

[spookshow]

I got mine yesterday and ran it in around in circles overnight. This morning when I tried to change directions the decoder flaked out and now it won't run anymore. I tried resetting the decoder, but with the throttle applied all it does is sit there going chuh-chuh-chuh-chuh and not moving. Sending it back to Trainworld for a replacement

-Mark

[Chris333]

I almost had something nice to say, but then the price 

[Jesse6669]

I'll say something nice-- they got the font on the number boards correct.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Definitely not a warmed over white box.

https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=265_379_1259

Morbidly curious more than anything.  Coffee and Trains man seems happy with his example, but given his penchant for promotion, I'm not sure he shelled out $300 quid for it.

Anyone have any experience/thoughts/comments/critiques?

I'm not really in the market for one, but one day they'll be showing up on the second hand market, and then who knows?

Lee

That review was - not great. Detail wise, the model is molded crisp with cast on parts. It is probably competitive with Kato, but that is a 25 year old design. The model is a few steps below BLI or IM, and several tiers below ST.

I haven't found any issues with operations. It runs pretty smooth, as does its competition.

The sound is great. It is fuller and richer than IM or ST, and on par with the BLI engine with Loksound I added.

It is a very mediocre engine at $200. I bought it for my review article. If it were $120, I would say it is a good deal. I am looking to see if they blow these out like they did with the GG1, which was under $100 for the sound version at one point.

[spookshow]

I received my replacement SD40-2 from Trainworld and this one died after only half a day's running. Anybody out there having any luck running these things? I'm 0-for-2.

-Mark

[spookshow]

TrainWorld scolded me for trying to run an N scale locomotive for 12 consecutive hours, asserting that "tiny N scale motors are not intended for extended use such as this"

-Mark

[Chris333]

Tell them it was running around the tree   

[kiwi_al]

I'm totally evil - so Bachmann's new SD40-2 will get an F ? 

[spookshow]

Yes, I gave it a big fat F. I'm not going to spend 6 months buying and returning these things in hopes of finding one that doesn't suck.

-Mark

[Missaberoad]

TrainWorld scolded me for trying to run an N scale locomotive for 12 consecutive hours, asserting that "tiny N scale motors are not intended for extended use such as this"

-Mark

Well, TrainWorld has ensured they will never get my buisness.

Someone should tell the N trak boys that, they've been running trains wrong since the 1970s .