44 Tonner Review

I'm glad you like it Dave. But for the exact reasons you mentioned I would hardly call it great. But that's just me. I still can't believe they made a newly tooled engine without Proto 3/2. If there was ever a model that cried out to be 2R convertible it is this one. Plenty of people could be enticed to build a small 2R switching pike to try a 44 tonner. That was the whole intent of Proto 3/2. That's what makes me think the are throwing in the towel on it going forward.

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks for posting this info. Now I'm really looking forward to taking delivery of mine!

-Greg

WOW!  Thanks for the demo, Dave......It's a beast! Did I count about 10 hoppers!

Peter

David Minarik posted:

jonnyspeed posted:

I'm glad you like it Dave. But for the exact reasons you mentioned I would hardly call it great. But that's just me. I still can't believe they made a newly tooled engine without Proto 3/2. If there was ever a model that cried out to be 2R convertible it is this one. Plenty of people could be enticed to build a small 2R switching pike to try a 44 tonner. That was the whole intent of Proto 3/2. That's what makes me think the are throwing in the towel on it going forward.

Just my 2 cents.

John.  It IS 2/3 rail. I must have deleted the truck photo   Trust me it is both 2 and 3 rail   

The pilot not being fixed is the only downfall but we have dealt with that forever  It would be very easy to fix  

Dave

 

Ok. I stand corrected. There wasn't any info stating that that I saw since it was announced. That makes it a bit more palatable. Still a lot of work, and it doesn't look like it likes to creep very well. I think I'll stick with a brass model with a LokSound decoder.

Thanks.

From my experience around several 44 tonners, they did not get the start-up sound correct. Sounds more like an Alco diesel, than a Cat or a Cummins diesel.

 Nice little engine though.

Jeff

Very cool locomotive Dave!  Thanks for posting!

John,

It creeps very well.  The pilot will be one of the easiest to fix that I have done. 

Jeff,

i cannot comment on that. I never heard a live one. 

Dave

Now you make me want one dave. Will wait for the next batch with different road names though. Maybe a santa fe in the black and silver stripes like WBB. If mth does one. Did the UP ever own one of these? Anyone know. Adding update to my post. Just now looked at the new catalog. I want the UP one even if its not prototipical. Way to read my mind mth. 

Yes, UP did have a few.

Thanks for the review Dave.

I think MTH should have gone with one motor, which would have been sufficient and added a smoke unit in the available room.

Dave

The sounds were recorded from a real operating 44 tonner owned by Jamie Haislip, which I think is housed at the Strasburg RR.  I doubt they got the startup sequence "wrong".

Great videos.  It looks like MTH did their homework on this one.  

Now we just need the GE demo version.

Chuck Sartor posted:

Yes, UP did have a few.

One. 

It is preserved at the Danbury CT museum. I've driven it in thier operation program. 

Pat Marinari posted:

The sounds were recorded from a real operating 44 tonner owned by Jamie Haislip, which I think is housed at the Strasburg RR.  I doubt they got the startup sequence "wrong".

Per MTH, the sounds were recorded from Jamie's two 44 ton switchers, both ex-PRR (one being the Strasburg engine) that are now on the Walkersville Southern, Walkersville, MD

Thanks for the review and video! Makes me more excited to order the new O&W ones. I have a couple of the brass Yoder models unfinished and wondered if MTH had narrowed the hoods.

cmscanuck posted:

Thanks for the review and video! Makes me more excited to order the new O&W ones. I have a couple of the brass Yoder models unfinished and wondered if MTH had narrowed the hoods.

Chris,

The MTH hoods are narrowed.  That was one of the complaints about the Yoder and Bauchman models.  The green one in the above photos is a Yoder brass model.

Dave