blue line ac6000 locomotives

[csiguy]

hi all

im thinking about getting a broadway-blue line ac6000 locomotive in ho scale. but i know nothing about them. i wanna get it in csx scheme. i saw i picture of one and looked very nice. anyone have one or know much about them. thanks very much.

todd

 

[rogerw]

I have had one for about a year and am very happy with it. good runner

 

[csiguy]

thanks for the info goger. how does the sound, sound and do the ditch lights work?

 

[UP SD40-2]

Todd, i don't have the Blueline version of that engine, but i DO have the "full blown" BLI version(second run) with QSI. It runs VERY SMOOTH, and looks FANTASTIC, GREAT detailing, and the sound is SLAP AWESOME:thumb: . the blueline version is identical except it doesn't come with DCC, and the sound might be a little different. i hope the horn on the Blueline version is the same as the "full blown" version i have, it is BAR NONE the most realistic sounding horn out of ALL the engines i have:winki: .

its a LARGE engine, don't know if it could handle 18r curves , the smallest curve i have ran it on was 22r. its very heavy, and will pull MANY cars:winki: . if you have the room to run this engine, i highly recommend getting one:thumb: .

 

[csiguy]

humm ok. sounds good. can u MU this units with other non sound units? not sure if im going to go dcc get with my layout. i dont know much about it. this bli unit looks sharp so i may buy it. thanks again very much for all the help.

todd

 

[jbaakko]

It can handle 18" but not very well. I'd recommend no less then 22"! My two units are AWESOME, both sound great. I have one Paragon & one Blueline.

 

[csiguy]

finally got to run my blueline csx ac6000 the other day and you guys are right, they are for lack of a better term AWSOME!. they run great and the sound is fantastic. i plan on getting more blue line locomotives in the future . thanks again for the advice.