In a surprise move (well, there was some speculation on a few railroad forums), Athearn today announced they are going to produce a Genesis series model of the DD40X. No pictures of the samples yet, and pricing is yet to be announced too, but it is going to be a big loco, it's due to be available towards the end of the year.
The DD40X in the past has been produced by Bachmann, and even Athearn had one for a while, but this should be the first highly detailed, non-brass model in HO scale ever. The locomotive was a 98ft monster and had two EMD 645 engines producing a total of 6600HP, back in the late 60's.
A picture of the real thing here:
image copyright (c) David Anderson
UPDATE: Here's picture of the pre-production sample at the model trainshow in Atlanta feb 12th 2011, photographer name unknown.
The DD40X in the past has been produced by Bachmann, and even Athearn had one for a while, but this should be the first highly detailed, non-brass model in HO scale ever. The locomotive was a 98ft monster and had two EMD 645 engines producing a total of 6600HP, back in the late 60's.
A picture of the real thing here:
UPDATE: Here's picture of the pre-production sample at the model trainshow in Atlanta feb 12th 2011, photographer name unknown.
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