Nice. ScaleTrains does provide a great and realistic model. The details are truly remarkable and prototypical for each road name and number. Thanks for sharing. 🚂
Good review, I just got one of these. I went off on a tangent and got the Navaho Mining, I just liked the color scheme and the separate rear horn with it's different sound is really neat. I guess I will have to order some more coal cars, as I only have one. Have a blessed day.
scale trains really has the detail parts and paint dow.. just need them to do smoking units now , and they would be far, the best company out there . thanks james for your time, showing us, what we need to take up some of our time .
Agreed. The detail is exquisite but the UP paint disappointed me when mine arrived. The grey looks fine, but the yellow is too mustardy? TBH I feel the reflective stripe along the bottom looks closer to armor yellow than what they used for the rest of the shell...
Engines much more realistic w/crawl start, than before with "jerky" performance. Stopping would be more realistic with "momentum" engaged- but overall running much improved....
@@RyanTheRailfan Do you think that would have been cool though??? Because maybe if Amtrak was to get a four-axle version of the C45AH GEVO locomotives it would do much better than the GE P30CH locomotives did.
@@westtexasrailfan I thought that Amtrak would try again and base a new passenger locomotive off of one of the Tier 4 locomotives scene the P30CH didn't do so good.
Good New Models so BNSF,CXX,UP, trains burning cabs is a reliable sources bell decoder is connected on the train to move more with out power 12345 smooth Number L.A .D.'s are remarkable lights up and Better grabbing hucks
@@geoffleong853 no problem. Just got my Rivet Counter UP C45AH today. Fantastic model! Better detailed than an Athearn Genesis model! And at a lower price.
Wow, I thought my 60 was a lot. Ever considered doing long term reviews on some of your older models? How they hold up to many hours of operation, how the details compare to current models. Just an idea, I know you mentioned in your 10th anniversary contest video that you were trying to add some variety to your channel. Great review as always.
Hi, i am a 13 years old railfan from india...I have budget to buy these model locomotives but my parents won't allow me to waste my money on that...but I really really love your channel so can you please tell me the cheapest locomotive on scale trains .com please...thanks....have a nice day...
I think LokSound and Tsunami 2 are far better than MTH and Lionel sounds that O scale is restricted to. And honestly the smoke is a gimmick, it doesn’t look realistic anyway especially on a diesel
@@amtrak706 Sorry Amtrak706 you are dead wrong regarding both sounds and smoke effects! I've owned both scales and there is no comparison when it comes to sound and smoke!
I have the latest GEVO, pretty cool model, amazing puller but I absolutely hated the prime mover sound above anything but idle. It sounds like the speakers are blown as all it does is burble around the track and sounds nothing like an engine. I recorded it and sent it to scale trains and they said thats how its supposed to sound. So like my other scale trains I ripped the lok sound out and installed a board and an newer tsunami2 with the GEVO file and it sounds amazing. I also rewired the sugar cube speakers. Scale Trains runs them in parallel so I wired them in series. Im now completely satisfied with the model even though I had to spends more money to get there. From now on I will only buy units from scale trains without sound and install my own. Beside they have the loksound encoder locked down for options based on whats prototypical. Lets say I want the ditch ligths to flash on my UP model, with the loksound its not possible because in real life UP doesn't flash their ditch lights. Prototypical is cool but I would rather have options.
West Texas Railfan That was the first thing i tried. To the point you could hardly hear it. I ripped out the lok sound and replaced it with a tsunami2. Very happy now.
West Texas Railfan My other scale trains seem fine running ESU decoders. They sound good and perform well. To honest i see no difference in performance from ESU, Soundtraxx or the Paragon3 decoders. Ill just avoid preinstalled decoders now if its an option. That way I can do my own thing. :-)
That's because scaletrains use acrylic paint. If they used enamel paint it would been much better and athearn is such a shit show company who don't care about their customers.
The UP yellow is real ugly. Even if it's the real color used on the locomotives, it doesn't look right on a tiny model. Fun fact, the color UP uses for calendars and their website is completely different than the actual color for that exact reason.
Thank you James! Man those scale trash folks can NOT get those UP and BNSF colors right?! BTW Last year these were going for $249 for DCC/sound MSRP straight from the factory, whats with the $324 MSRP?! Its a good thing I dont model modern day so dont really care but how is that $75 cost jump justified?! Why did they raise their prices by almost 25%? #lame
Nice. ScaleTrains does provide a great and realistic model. The details are truly remarkable and prototypical for each road name and number. Thanks for sharing. 🚂
Love the detail!!! I swear at times it looks so real the CSX, they all are great!
Greg Scale Trains Locomotives are Truly As Realistic to look at as they are to Operate.
The Scale Trains details are great. Their video of the production of the locos is def worth a watch. Thanks for sharing!
Great video! The BNSF got a color change as well. Looks much more realistic now.
BNSFguy617 I saw your review
Good review, I just got one of these. I went off on a tangent and got the Navaho Mining, I just liked the color scheme and the separate rear horn with it's different sound is really neat. I guess I will have to order some more coal cars, as I only have one. Have a blessed day.
The ScaleTrains models look unbelievable. I want!
Just got mine today! The latest run of course. I love it
God now I gotta save up again, dang you Scaletrains now I need this csx
scale trains really has the detail parts and paint dow.. just need them to do smoking units now , and they would be far, the best company out there . thanks james for your time, showing us, what we need to take up some of our time .
sparky107107 Why would someone want a crappy smoke unit in a Tier IV GEVO?
Yeah I just recieved my copy of scaletrains v5 NS Gevo #3671 I love scaletrains, ty James for your awesome review!
Alright, I've almost got enough for one of these in the UP scheme, and a BNSF Dash 9. Great review, by the way!
Nice to see another person sporting the Timex Ironman watch.
Hey James welcome to. Tennessee
One thing I will add is they work really well with the Walther's Mainline locomotives.
Love the Union Pacific 2698. Great detail.
I love the C45AH GEVO locomotives.❤❤❤❤❤
I see them all the time
Great looking models. Love the details. As long as they're correcting colors, maybe next run they can correct the csx blue.
Can you please review the at
As multimax autoracks when they come out, in all four paint schemes. They are $85 at www.trainworld.com
Still not a big fan of their armor yellow.... but did get 2 bnsf in this run
Agreed. The detail is exquisite but the UP paint disappointed me when mine arrived. The grey looks fine, but the yellow is too mustardy? TBH I feel the reflective stripe along the bottom looks closer to armor yellow than what they used for the rest of the shell...
Are you going to be reviewing Rapido's royal Hudson?
I love CSX 3440! Thanks for reviewing I want this looking for it but it’s not in stock :(
CSX is taking pre orders right now for the new run of the 3440
I know. Thank you very much anyway
UP 2650 assisted the BIG Boy and the "Living Legend" 844 on their way back to Cheyenne on the 12 May 2019.
The BNSF units got a huge color change to their orange too. Looks much better than the previous runs, the old runs were too reddish.
Scaletrains taking it to the next level with the csx spirit unit. Still waiting for it’s n scale counterpart to arrive
Are these trains available? Scaletrains only has preorder??
Please do another layout tour and a day of running trains
They are nice looking. It would be nice if Scaletrains would do older EMDs like the GP18. Not everyone models the modern cookie cutter era.
Can you operate these using a bachmann dcc ez command controller
Engines much more realistic w/crawl start, than before with "jerky" performance. Stopping would be more realistic with "momentum" engaged- but overall running much improved....
Real nice! Wish that I could afford another BNSF unit! RH
I wish that I could get one period, cn tiger 4 with dcc and sound would be nice, just not enough money for it though!
The SXT31086 BNSF use Locksound v4
I want the CSX so bad but unfortunately it won't fit with the other HO things I have because they have different couplers
NathancsxDiBenedetto95 it’s pretty easy to change couplers
I have the 3440 and I love it
Nice I like the BNSF Locomotive
I saw 3440, but it was at night
Very nice
Finally UP yellow is right
How can I get my hands on CSX C45AH GEVO unit 3440???
Its es44ah...
@@alexander1485 OK thank you for telling me.
But the new ones are et44ah
www.scaletrains.com/collections/rivet-counter-ho-scale-ge-tier-4-gevo/products/rivet-counter-ho-scale-ge-tier-4-gevo-csx-boxcar-logo
Hello enjoy your videos thanks
beautiful
When you doing a review of the SD40T-2? I know one or two are already out there, but I want to hear a different opinion.
already online. ruclips.net/video/BTpuGGuTWsU/видео.html
Yes, I just saw that. Sorry.
James, do you feel the BNSF is right on color on this run. I have earlier release which has wrong color.
I honestly can't comment on reds and oranges...it's a bad idea because I'm red/green color blind.
My thought is after you weather and grime them does it matter
I'd say it's dead on, as well as the UP yellow. After it's weathered, you probably couldn't tell if the paint was incorrect or not.
Will Amtrak ever get C45AH locomotives in the future???
No
@@RyanTheRailfan Do you think that would have been cool though??? Because maybe if Amtrak was to get a four-axle version of the C45AH GEVO locomotives it would do much better than the GE P30CH locomotives did.
Uh, no. Tier 4's are specifically for freight service. Could the be used for passenger service, yes. Will they, no. HEP would have to be added, etc.
A cowl body et44ac tier 4. That would be cool looking.
@@westtexasrailfan I thought that Amtrak would try again and base a new passenger locomotive off of one of the Tier 4 locomotives scene the P30CH didn't do so good.
Nice I Want That Train Brand New GEVO Tier 4
Same!
How much?
Good New Models so BNSF,CXX,UP, trains burning cabs is a reliable sources bell decoder is connected on the train to move more with out power 12345 smooth Number L.A .D.'s are remarkable lights up and Better grabbing hucks
Nice got to get some
Where's the porch light on the nose and rear?
ah, forgot to activate that function
@@jlwii2000 that along with some other features will put ScaleTrains.com above Intermountain's version by a long shot.
Hello !
The Tier4 Gevo 3rd run ESU Loksound is 4.0 or 5.0 ?
thx !
Loksound version 5.
Thanks !
@@geoffleong853 no problem. Just got my Rivet Counter UP C45AH today. Fantastic model! Better detailed than an Athearn Genesis model! And at a lower price.
West Texas Railfan
Yes, I also bought UP # 2682, it is very detail than an Athearn Genesis and at a lower price, this is a good train model.
They installed the wrong handrail on the conductors side of the BN motor.
Jeez, how many locos have you got?? ;-)
As of early this year, 472.
Wow, I thought my 60 was a lot. Ever considered doing long term reviews on some of your older models? How they hold up to many hours of operation, how the details compare to current models. Just an idea, I know you mentioned in your 10th anniversary contest video that you were trying to add some variety to your channel. Great review as always.
Hi, i am a 13 years old railfan from india...I have budget to buy these model locomotives but my parents won't allow me to waste my money on that...but I really really love your channel so can you please tell me the cheapest locomotive on scale trains .com please...thanks....have a nice day...
It’s annoying I feel it but it is overpriced
Do side by side comaprisons!1 with other brands. please
only one other brand of tier 4 and thats intermountain. I did that head to head already
@@jlwii2000 which union pacific was this i cant find one with the top of the locomotive yellow i can only find one with a grey top
Do a video of george bush train.
Amazing detail, the detail is where HO has O gauge whooped while O gauge has better sounds and smoke!
I think LokSound and Tsunami 2 are far better than MTH and Lionel sounds that O scale is restricted to. And honestly the smoke is a gimmick, it doesn’t look realistic anyway especially on a diesel
@@amtrak706 Sorry Amtrak706 you are dead wrong regarding both sounds and smoke effects! I've owned both scales and there is no comparison when it comes to sound and smoke!
Bnsf orange is good yellow is still bad
I have the latest GEVO, pretty cool model, amazing puller but I absolutely hated the prime mover sound above anything but idle. It sounds like the speakers are blown as all it does is burble around the track and sounds nothing like an engine. I recorded it and sent it to scale trains and they said thats how its supposed to sound. So like my other scale trains I ripped the lok sound out and installed a board and an newer tsunami2 with the GEVO file and it sounds amazing. I also rewired the sugar cube speakers. Scale Trains runs them in parallel so I wired them in series.
Im now completely satisfied with the model even though I had to spends more money to get there. From now on I will only buy units from scale trains without sound and install my own. Beside they have the loksound encoder locked down for options based on whats prototypical. Lets say I want the ditch ligths to flash on my UP model, with the loksound its not possible because in real life UP doesn't flash their ditch lights. Prototypical is cool but I would rather have options.
Try lowering the volume of the prime mover.
West Texas Railfan That was the first thing i tried. To the point you could hardly hear it. I ripped out the lok sound and replaced it with a tsunami2. Very happy now.
@@MikesProjectsandHobbiesMC man, sucks you had to do that. I like Tsunami 2, but for certain locomotives. ESU is much better, in my opinion.
West Texas Railfan My other scale trains seem fine running ESU decoders. They sound good and perform well. To honest i see no difference in performance from ESU, Soundtraxx or the Paragon3 decoders. Ill just avoid preinstalled decoders now if its an option. That way I can do my own thing. :-)
I hate that cream color on the union scaletrain! I had paint issues with all my scaletrain! Athearn has better sound better paint !
That's because scaletrains use acrylic paint. If they used enamel paint it would been much better and athearn is such a shit show company who don't care about their customers.
The UP yellow is real ugly. Even if it's the real color used on the locomotives, it doesn't look right on a tiny model. Fun fact, the color UP uses for calendars and their website is completely different than the actual color for that exact reason.
I thought I was the only one who noticed that. To me, it seems light yellow VS. the cheddar yellow I see in person.
Thank you James!
Man those scale trash folks can NOT get those UP and BNSF colors right?!
BTW Last year these were going for $249 for DCC/sound MSRP straight from the factory, whats with the $324 MSRP?! Its a good thing I dont model modern day so dont really care but how is that $75 cost jump justified?! Why did they raise their prices by almost 25%? #lame
First
So?
This trend is getting annoying