Atlas H-24-66 Train Master

This has been rumored for a while, and they are supposed to unveil it at the show in West Springfield, MA this weekend. Several of my friends braved the snow, rain and slush to make it, hope they bring home either a sample or an impression of the model.

Bob Boudreau Canada

The Espee Yahoo! list has been rampant with discussion, as has this venue within the past several hours.

Geez, I might just have to get back into HO scale for this!! The FM H24-66 was always one of my favorite locos...especially after riding behind them for a time in the early 1970's on the SP!!

Yes - what can anyone possibly see in this box on wheels? Is it because the Train Master is so historically important for Fairbanks-Morse? I don't understand why Atlas tries innovations on ugly-looking engines - they released their first engine with red/green marker lamps in the H15-44 and H16-44...

Frank Eva

I've already ordered mine in SP and in CP paint, non sound non dcc though. I've been wishing for trainmasters (from atlas or kato) for several years. Athearn's were, um... underwhelming?

I would strongly suggest that you do not buy one of them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it is not necessary for the beholder to justify that personal opinion to any one else. There are plenty of butt-ugly second generation EMDs and GEs of every description out there for others to enjoy.

Captain Handbrake

I hope they offer the demo model. That was one of the best looking paint schemes ever

Captain Handbrake

Of course they would eventually release the most BEAUTIFUL hood unit ever built.

Nothing Alco, Baldwin, EMD or GE ever built even comes close.

Don

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That is certainly true for GE, but I'm not so sure about Alco and Baldwin.

Captain Handbrake

My question was, why would anyone want one of these? Is it the historical significance, or something else? Your reply didn't answer my question...

Frank Eva

Track One did them on the Athearn model; I had all four numbers at one time (I've since sold them all). Very nice demo scheme.

For the railroads that had them, they are an icon. When introduced, they beat the other manufacturers to the 2400 hp plateau, making them the most powerful diesels available.

Getting to basics, however, even SP fans can't justify them if they model parts of the SP other than El Paso-LA (their first assignment), or San Francisco (either commute or weekend freight), unless they take liberties with prototypical practice.

But then, that's what makes this hobby interesting.

BTW, TVA still has an H16-66 still operating a few miles from here:

How about "it was one of the precious few road diesels that wasn't a Geep or an F7 on the stretch of the Wabash my buddies and I model."

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Frank

Maybe you should consider that folks don't buy models because they look nice...DUH...However, the Traimaster does not fall into that category, they are awesome looking motors. .They buy them because they are interested in modeling railroads that had them or they just like this particular locomotive..

The Trainmaster was a very significant diesel and the availability of a hight quality model of this prototype is of great interest to many in the modeling community..

Frank, just because you don't think that they are desirable does not mean that the next thinks the same...

Regards,

Denis F. Blake

Because, Frank, your comments that they are a "box on wheels and "ugly-looking engines" are subjective opinions only. Others, and I include myself in this group, find the styling and appearance of the FM locomotives very attractive.

Is that an S2 showing in the left background?

I always liked those rounded Loewy-designed windows on the H15s and H-20s.

Butt-ugly locomotives? I'd nominate those current GE wide cabs, but then I've always liked streamlined-looking stuff. And F-M.

Jay CNS&M North Shore Line - "First and fastest"

I think it did. The Train Master is a beautiful machine.

Captain Handbrake