My Babies! (amtrak p42s)

[AmtrakFan14]

Here are some photos of my 3 amtrak p42s in phase V paint! train numbers are #1, #47, and #207 ! all were bought of ebay!

[Ronzzr11]

I like those too !, I saw them quite often during my visits to Pennsylvania.
Ron

[railfan]

I can relate to searching and scheming to aquire ones babies. The first items I bought to begin my train layout.....before track or anything else....were these two intermountain FT's. They usually sell for $125-$150. I found a website store with these brand new unmolested units for $82.50 per A+B set. Unbelievable price! And I had to watch them for three weeks until I had the cash to buy them.....the whole time worried they would be soldout gone before I could get them.

Well, I now own them both (and a bunch more now too.....plus track, switches, rolling stock and DCC power).

Hope you're enjoying your new equipment!

Mike

[notabob]

Originally Posted by AmtrakFan14

Here are some photos of my 3 amtrak p42s in phase V paint! train numbers are #1, #47, and #207 ! all were bought of ebay!

They look nice Pretty sure I've seen #1 go through my town once or twice at the business end of the Downeaster.

[AmtrakFan14]

Originally Posted by railfan

I can relate to searching and scheming to aquire ones babies. The first items I bought to begin my train layout.....before track or anything else....were these two intermountain FT's. They usually sell for $125-$150. I found a website store with these brand new unmolested units for $82.50 per A+B set. Unbelievable price! And I had to watch them for three weeks until I had the cash to buy them.....the whole time worried they would be soldout gone before I could get them.

Well, I now own them both (and a bunch more now too.....plus track, switches, rolling stock and DCC power).

Hope you're enjoying your new equipment!

Mike

Loving the FTs!

[BMR777]

Nice! Are those the Athearn HO ones? I've got a couple of those myself. How do they run? The ones I have don't seem to run too well and seem to derail where almost all of my other locomotives don't. Because of this I don't run them as much as I would want.

[AmtrakFan14]

Originally Posted by BMR777

Nice! Are those the Athearn HO ones? I've got a couple of those myself. How do they run? The ones I have don't seem to run too well and seem to derail where almost all of my other locomotives don't. Because of this I don't run them as much as I would want.

Yes they are all athearn ho scale. They run pretty great!

That stinks that yours do not run well I hope you can find a way to fix them.

[Yourchoicebub]

Do they sell the P42s with sound?

[AmtrakFan14]

Originally Posted by Yourchoicebub

Do they sell the P42s with sound?

Sorry, they don't. If you wait long enough, some one is bound to sell one on ebay with a decoder in it! I havn't even installed anything in theese guys yet, lol.

[Yourchoicebub]

Ok I am considering buying a few somewhere will have to see if I can fit a decider and speaker inside? Any room under the hood? If not I'm sure I can cut away and make it work. They look great thou