Walthers has just announced a new run of HO GP9s in their Proto line. The release includes GTW 4433, 4441, 4428 and 4434 in the blue scheme. As some of you may know, 4433 and 4428 survive today, still in GTW blue, as part of Great Lakes Locomotive's lease fleet. These are also the first Walthers models to come equipped with ESU's excellent Loksound sound and DCC.
Announcement: http://track.walthers.com/forms/March_2 ... ements.pdf
GLLX GP9 #4433 by Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
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Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
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Re: Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
I wonder if this means all New Walthers units will have Loksound. I would love see those new Chessie GP35's coming out have loksound installed.
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Not sure if this run of GP35s will but the next run will for sure!
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Re: Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
Anything currently announced with Soundtraxx Tsunami decoders will be delivered as such.
New projects with ESU Loksound Select decoders will be announced as such going forward.
New projects with ESU Loksound Select decoders will be announced as such going forward.
Re: Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
remove post please
Last edited by patrick on Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:18 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
Patrick -
PM sent.
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PM sent.
- Bob
patrick wrote:I spoke with Walthers reps via email about the hand railings on the GTW units. there was what i'll call for the sake of discussion, rumors flying about that the hand railings would be the same for all units and thus the gtw units would be wrong. He said to me that hes about 99% sure that will NOT be the case. he said, because this is their proto line" everything is ment to be detail specific and thus should be correct. he did, however ask me to send him a few photos that i could find pointing out said differences. i sent him a "wedgie" from each corner of the 4433 and 4428. He was going to send those to the development people to make sure they got it right. i made it clear, there are modelers who, if its wrong, straight up, wont buy it, not at that price point. they'd wait for athearn. He was going to pass that along as well. Just wanted to throw that out there for anyone who cares to know. I ordered one of each 4433, 4428 the day they were announced.
Re: Walthers announces HO GTW Blue GP9s
Bob, not seeing a PM anyplace from you sir. you can email me directly at Tcaauwe2002@yahoo.com if you like. i might be missing the PM someplace.
Patrick
Patrick