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Walthers Trainline Dash 8-40BW
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Wed October 22, 2008
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$22.34
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7.0
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jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Registered: June 2005
Location: San Diego, CA / Hancock, MI
Posts: 7123
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Review Date: Sun April 8, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $13.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Very sharp paint, installed handrails
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Cons:
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Cheaper motor
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For being as cheap as they were for me, my two Walther's Trainline Dash 4-40BW's run well.
I purchased two Amtrak Phase IV units, technically they're P32-8BHW's, but the Walther's box says Dash 8-40BW.
They came with installed handrails, and Bachmann Ez-Mate couplers.
In comparison to the Atlas version, they're VERY lacking in detail, but still worth the price I paid.
I wish Walther's would re-do these units with better drives, I'd be up to buy more (maybe a BNSF Dash 8-40B!?).
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Josh
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Boxcab26
Registered Member
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 15
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Review Date: Wed October 22, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $31.67
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Great pulling power, directional headlights, flywhels
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Horn hook couplers, no constant voltage lighting, no metal handrails
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Needed a more powerful engine for my grades (4% plus) and picked this unit up. It serves well as my yard switcher as well as it's over the road duties. I think I could pull stumps with this engine. Negotiates 15 degree curves with no problem at all and on a grade. Unit feels solid and the paint is well applied. The plastic handrails need to go and I'd like to update the lighting, but all in all a good solid locomotive. I would suggest using McHenry couplers as my Kadee #5's needed modification.
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James Maxwell
Missoula, MT
Founder/Builder/Gofer
Salmon Bay Terminal Railway
"Crossroads of the Pacific Northwest"
Visit us at http://salmonbayterminal.blogspot.com
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