'MY TAKE' & Review: Scaletrains Dash 9-44CW (HO Scale)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- With my history of receiving broken locomotives, I went into this review with a some apprehension. Check out the video for what I discover, and for 'MY TAKE' on this locomotive from Scaletrains.com!
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That being said, I have personally just finished packing your spare parts to replace those broken/found missing. You should have the parts by this Saturday or Monday the following week.
Thanks again for the review!
-Drayton
Awesome! Thank you very much! Other than those couple missing parts, this is a fantastic model!
Do you happen to know if the ESU powerpack is functional from the factory?
Thanks again for the speedy response and customer service!
@@DGModelworks Hey there, the ESU Power Pack is included from the factory with sound-equipped models. Depending on how long the locomotive is operated before being removed from the track, the Power Packs should keep the locomotive functioning for 2-3 seconds once removed. The Power Pack settings can be changed if needed through the CV functions - but if you are still experiencing issues, send us the model (if purchased through our website or a Select Retailer) and we'll fix it for you under warranty free of charge.
That being said, thanks for your purchase! We really do appreciate your business.
Excellent customer service.
Just received my C44-9W today! Can't wait to run it!
Good review, I have a couple of scaletrains locos and couldn't be happier.
wow, that does have a lot of good underbody detail! Im really good at breaking off detail parts with my fingers. Seems like a good engine overall, I value your opinion. You know a lot more about these engines than I do!
Great review and a super looking engine. Sound is awesome. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Scaletrains produces some incredible locomotive & rolling stock products, excellent review of the GE CW44-9 locomotive as all your reviews are, Tom.
Thanks Tom!
Kick Ass Review. I just ordered two UP DCC versions. I have always been impressed with Scale Trains.
Very nice review, thanks for sharing your thorough unboxing. DCC is new to me and I have not made the jump, but I enjoy all my researching.
Thanks Robert! DCC is quite fun.
Fantastic video love your channel. Il definitely get this locomotive!
Thank you very much!
Thank you!
Is it Rivet Counter?
One final note, thanks for the F8 tip. I didnt know about that and now I am ready.
I’ve got the exact same locomotive showing up today. Great review Bud! Really wish you made more model railroad videos! Tim
Thanks buddy! I just have so many other things that share my interest, I can't keep up with everything. HAHAHA. I'm trying to keep up with model railroading. I have so many people's videos to catch up on.
Hope you make some time to see some Seaboard Central videos. My new Scale Trains Dash 9 arrived today. I hope to have it programmed and weathered before my next update at the end of the month. Hopefully you figure out what’s going on with the step missing and the current keeper. I know the current keepers work good on my Admiral Cab SD40-2s. I’m actually going to kill the number board lights. Heck, since I run during the daytime on the prototype I always cut them off on the real thing. Lol.
@@SeaboardCentral I will definitely check out your videos. I alwasy enjoy your videos. Scaletrains already have my replacement parts on the way. I'm going to do some programming on it, and I will check for the current keeper. Hopefully it's there. I plan on doing a follow up vid on the changes.
Hey man, you're right. Sometimes there are issues even on locomotives that are not as detailed. I've had the same exeriences you've had with other manufactures. In the end, it's okay. I've been pretty lucky here lately. Bad luck has ran on me my whole life. In this industry, I kind of figured out what to expect. Thanks for the review 👍
Nathan I bought the BLI Rolling Thunder subwoofer kit and honestly I feel its pretty gimmicky. Its sort of cool but the WI-FI range is pretty short. After about 6' or so the sound just fades away. I was a little dissapointed. They rattle on like its the second coming but I dont think so. I am not dising them but I think this unit and also the lightening and thunder is pretty goofy.
Hey Deryke.I have a 3 Scaletrains locos,& are really happy with them,BUT.....the couplers they use,are their own,half assed,coupler.ie plastic,& with no trip pin.CHEAP & NASTY.OK,go to change them out with the "ole #5s & WOOOO.No can do!!.The coupler pockets on their locos AND freightcars,are too freakn narrow,to fit the KD coupler spring.I had the same issue,with their freightcars,just recently,& ended up carving the existing coupler pocket,off the car,& in doing so,managed to take out 2 of those georgeous stirrups.They were only the "operator' series,luckily! I would have been really pissed,if thed been the Rivet counter.FFS...takes me back to the 80s,replacing all the X2F couplers!! All the technology & accuracy,these days,& cant get something like the EFFN couplers right!!
A little late, now,I guess.Emailed Scaletrains,but,no response,No surprises there,either.
Cheers Michael
Have you tried Kadee whisker couplers? I like the whisker couplers.
Mr.Glass, so good to see you are well and looking good. Great video
Thanks Big Bill! Hope all is well with you and yours.
Great review. Did not hold any punches and noted problems with detail parts! Great locomotive by Scale Trains!
Nice My dude are U getting more rolling stock fished up your layout also been long time
The chipped paint on the handrails less weathering you have to do. Look at as wear an tear the crews have done over the years of use. I have a couple of BNFS versions being delivered so your video will help me on what to look for in my models when I get them, thankyou for the informative video.
To answer your question on if the Number boards and walkway lights are remap-able to become independent of the Prime mover/ F8 key? Yes they are I have the same locomotive as seen in the video and one of the Tier 4s from ScaleTrains. The number boards by default are on Aux3 on both the Tier 4 and the dash 9 the walk way lights on the Dash 9 are on Aux 4 by default. It's just a matter of swapping them to a different function key and rewriting the data if you have a Lokprogrammer? I like to use F-14 for my Aux lighting functions. On my dash 9 and Tier 4 I did add the step and Ground lights. On my dash 9 I put them on Aux 8. and added a unique feature as well I have lit display screens on Aux7 and they're programmed to come on with F8. My Tier 4 only has walkway lights and ground lights and I put them on Aux9. So really to answer the above questions all it takes is a few minutes of remapping where you would like your lights to come on with whichever key and rewriting the decoder data of course. Hope this helps?
Thanks! Yes that helps a lot. Should help a lot of others too. Thanks for sharing!
@@DGModelworks You are very welcome I sure hope this helps others as well!
Fantastic review! Got all the info I needed. My only nitpick is that I did not hear the air compressor “whoop” sound. Wish that was included, but I’ll probably program it in once I get it. Cheers!
I agree, I ended up programming a different sound file. I think Scaletrains might have fixed that issue. You will have to let me know after you get yours.
DG Modelworks After this video I found your update video. Great job on the sound file! I’m happy ST managed to help you out with the parts. I’ll update you when I receive mine.
Scaletrains hit a home run on the D9's. I hope they do all of the road number ranges, the white face units and as delivered paint schemes. Athearn as was hinted to me stated they will be offering a true D9 in various configurations also. Also NS rebuilds will be made. That's a wait and see if.
Fear not, we have some exciting things in the pipeline for our DASH-9 series!
HA. Athearn will never make their locomotives like the ScaleTrains versions. Athearn hardly puts any weight onto their locomotives. I'm glad these guys finally brought the bar up, now these halfass companies can start putting more effort into it.
From what an inside source told me. Scale trains is planning to do NS dash 9 rebuilds aka the ac44c6ms ac4400s other dash 9s
@@phoenixoface1129 Now an AC4400 would be nice, no one has ever made a prototypical one.
As well as some more emd power
I actually dont mind the paint shipping on the rails. I use to replace the couplers with Kadees but I think I will just leave them on and test it out. I am looking forward to running Scale Trains in DCC. I have some Scale Trains but not in DCC. Side note I used your NCE SB5 video to set up my new layout. Fantastic video.
Thanks so much! Glad to hear it!
I like how you do your reviews you dont play kiss ass and speak the honest truth. I have found even some of the best mfg such as BLI are not perfect.
New subscriber, really enjoy the reviews and layout. The building with the "cut open" wall with the beams exposed, is that scratch built or a kit? If it's a kit, can you give me the name and manufacturer of it please
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Another great review as always.
Did Scaletrains make a new run for this Dash 9? I just saw this video is 3 years old. I was also wondering if you would recommend the Scaletrains or the Athearn Genesis2.0 Dash 9 Norfolk Southern?
Yes Scaletrains just just released another run of these. This video was from an older run.
I picked up a couple of these last winter but don't have a layout built or DCC track yet to test with. Did you figure out whether these have the ground light? How do you like the bass off the sugar cubes on these? Also for your viewers that may not know. DON'T risk running a Scale trains DCC on DC, even though they advertise as compatible. I lost two Lok 5 decoders before I discovered the problem.
These do not have operating ground lights. The sugar cubes are they best out there. The horn and bell could definitely use more bass. I agree with you about running DCC decoders on DC track. That's something I never do even if they advertise it
The rear of this locomotive is just as awesome looking as the front. Norfolk Southern is BAD ASS. Thanks for the video. By the way, is that Atlas track?
Thanks! Yes the track the loco is on is Atlas code 83. The yard tracks are Micro Engineering.
I purchased a Santa Re and I have yet to find the truck lighting.
The keep.alive is a great feature that would be great on other manufacturers.
My jesus. You are the only person I have ever seen to have any problems from their scaletrains locomotives. Its literally every video of a scaletrains locomotive. something is broken. But i have never seen any other videos of this or any i have seen in person....
Trust me, it's not only Scaletrains that I receive with issues. It's honestly just my bad luck.
Great review as always by I didn't hear the air compressor coming on and off.
Now that you mention it, you are right. It never did. Hmm.... Not sure why it didn't. I'm going to have to connect this thing to my Lokprogrammer and see what's going on. There are a couple other things that need to be addressed. The bell, the powerpack, etc.
It stood out to me the air compressor sound I notice it because my Compressor was going off all night because my conductor Did not know how to change a gasket on the marker correctly. But Scaletrains has a good customer service they should be able to rectify any problems. Keep us posted
amazing loco
Another cool honest review mate ,how the layout coming along been a while since we seen it cheers Ron.B aka aces116
Love your reviews. I got the bnsf
I have noticed with the sb5 hooked up I don't seem to get the keep alive that you're talking about but with just the nce power cab hooked up it seems to work
wow missing a step is kind of a big deal. I suppose most people wouldn't notice that on a run by. other than that , I think it is a pretty sweet loco. Thanks
I wasn't too upset because it's an easy fix. They are already sending me the replacement parts. Quick customer service!
Can't wait for N scale to arrive.
Do they make this brand in N scale....I have been trying to figure out the majorly detailed locos in n scale but I cant remember what they are. Not fox valley, atlas,kato,Walter's. It's only been in business for 2-4 years maybe....if anyone knows THANK YOU!!!!! I dont have the room for HO ...I got alot of it...but i have a double ton in N scale..lol
Ground lights are usually under the cab but above the lead truck. I'm not sure if it's is supposed to be on both sides or just one. I'm also not sure if they come on when the locomotive is moving or stopped or both
Yeah, I know where they are on a locomotive. But it doesn't appear this locomotive has it.
Depending on how long the power was on the engine supposedly it has to charge a little on the track for it to stay running off the track
I had it on the track for almost 45 mins during the review. I'm going to need to see what the issue is.
Why is it constantly idling high then idling low?
Saves on fuel consumption.
Nice video! I think there is a sound missing ,the “whoop” water pump sound
I think out of the box it has a converted version 4 sound file? I noticed that myself. I uploaded the version 5 file and added the Woop compressor from the sound file templates. I just checked ESUs website it looks like they have an updated version of the file and the file # for it is S0772 that is the GE 16-7FDL16Y2 There's also the 16-7FDL16Y9 version to choose from as well file number is S0540 . Hope this helps?
@@losi5ivet29cc Great info! I was planning on checking that myself. Will suck for anyone who doesn't have the programmer.
@@DGModelworks Yes it will suck but you don't necessarily need the programmer itself don't get me wrong it is a handy tool to have but. You can still do CV changes which I did for a while before I was able to get the programmer itself. All you have to do is download the Software portion from ESU and the sound file you wish to choose from as a base. The CVs for the most part on ESU are the same from the earlier Selects up to the current V5s. What I would do before I was able to upload files myself was have my local hobby shop load the decoder with the specific sound file I wanted. Then all it took was for me to download the same sound file at home onto my computer then open up the loksoftware program then go into mapping etc and make the changes I wanted. This is how you are able to get around not having a programmer most people I am assuming are not aware of the tool tab either?At the top of the screen on the loksoftware portion itself well if you make your changes that you want then open the tool tab there's a section called show changed CVs open that up an it will show you all of the CVs that are necessary to be changed to achieve your desired goal all it requires then is you manually programming it on your program track function through your DCC system I have an NCE system so it was pretty easy although time consuming at the same time. So please forgive all of my writing as I am trying to help those out who may not be aware that this is still an option. The only downside is you will have to get your hobbyshop to load the sound file onto the decoder first but changing the lighting functions etc is just a matter of CV changes. Yes having the Programmer makes short work of everything but this is also an option for those who may not be aware? :)
@@losi5ivet29cc Very true! The programmer just makes it easier, thanks for sharing all the good info!
@@DGModelworks No problem keep in mind this method only works for changing the lighting functions on the V4 and V5 decoders because unfortunately in order to make a sound swap you have to rewrite the sound data on those decoders if you select a sound from the Sound template which is also available through the ESU website. The new V5s do include a plethora of horns to choose from like the older Selects did if you download one of the new V5 files. So I guess what I am saying is if you have a V4 decoder you're only able to change the lighting functions using the manual CV method I just mentioned above. This will basically help anyone who doesn't have a lokprogrammer just yet to make changes to pretty much anything minus the sounds if it is a V4 decoder. Hope that makes some sense? :)
That is one nice locomotive. I per order 3 early CSX 40-2. I can't wait to get them
thanks awesome man!
the chain is suppose to be in 2 pieces because i have 2 dash 9s from scaletrains.com in ns horsehead scheme.
Thanks bud, Scaletrains is sending me the missing piece.
I don't like that. My only gripe about SXT GEs. IMRC truck chain is FAR superior in detail and realism.
@@Trashman702 I agree the IM chain is more realistic, but IM doesn't even have a Dash 9 on the market. So hat's off to Scaletrains. IM is wayyyy behind on their stuff. They better get their act together and get stuff to the market. I preordered 2 GP16's 4 years ago. Still waiting for that!
Intermountain said they were doing a dash 9 but when the factory in china closed alot of products have been delayed
And according to trainworld.com they are supose to release late this year
nice shirt, btw
Hmm...wonder where I got that?
Screw these sound decoders. Sounds like a noisy old Ford Falcon.
I just listen to the sound of my electric motors - that sounds more like a real train anyway.