Athearn Big Boy 4005 2

[Softair457]

who many cost it ?

[a44468]

@Softair457 It was alot, youd have to check the athearn website to see if they got any left.

[arff2003]

Great. This is almost as good as owning one myself. Let others do the work..!

[carlberg2006]

I have also bought this one. Unlettered :/

Was the only one i could get.

Want new sound and the letters . any idea where u could find this stuff?

[a44468]

@carlberg2006 I dont know im affraid, ebay is my only guess.

[1995marines]

its too short compared to the locomotive you need more cars

[TheDepotCat]

The sound on this loco isn't very good. The PCM one is better.

[a44468]

i know, the build quality isnt great either, but i couldnt get anything better at the time.

[STEELHORSE1975]

why on the floor no layout???

[a44468]

thats right i dont have one. dont know if i ever will.

[Timmy2Timess]

it sounds like a diesel a little bit

[thetrainking]

awesome! but does it still have a smoke unit and light?

[a44468]

It has provision for 2 smoke generators, but doesnt come with them, as for the light which one do you mean?

[thetrainking]

cool. the main one on the front i guess. lol there is so many of them.

[a44468]

On this model the front headlight and 2 backuplights on the tender light up with the direction of travel, whereas the number boards stay on all the time no matter which direction. So thats 5, however i do feel a cab light would make it really cool. Just look at the trix big boy and you will see what i meen. Thank you.

[thetrainking]

me too. and maybe and orange glow through the firebox :)

[a44468]

I agree.

[thetrainking]

yup. and i think it would be cool if it had a steam generator in it and let off exhaust and blow off lol. wishful and expensive thinking i know.

[thetrainking]

ur so lucky!!! i'd like one for my model railroad but every store and website nd ebay i look at it's over $1,000!!!!!! I'd love one, but simply don't have the extra cash..... :(

[PurrpleCatt]

Seriously? Thats double what they should be. I am ok with the price being bumped up a bit maybe about $20 but a grand? Thats just evil.

[thepokesquad]

Try ebay. I'm getting a Riverossi big boy that was made 20 or so years ago that still works there for just about 100.00. Its not near to the quality of the one in this vid, but it still can pull 100 cars and works fine.

[1995fordf150]

I've got a set of passenger cars from that company.

[thetrainman407]

screw you. you dont even have one so go take your comment and shove it up your butt

[LivengoodTodd]

Nice layout, How did you get the carpet to look so real?

[a44468]

Very funny lol. I dont have a layout yet, be a while before that happens.

[1995fordf150]

Hush! He can't help it!

[shininghappyperson7]

that was cool i cant wait to get my g scale train set

[JacobCastro1234]

mostly 0-72

[UnionPacificBigBoy]

that's true, we've got the trix also. By the way

[UnionPacificBigBoy]

I've got one too but the sound isn't what I expectit. What do you think?

[a44468]

For me it was fine. The one from trix was over double the price at £634. This one was less than £280. I admit the sound isnt brilliant, or the control as it sets off too fast. But apart from that i was impressed.

[a44468]

Its 3rd radius (about 22 inches i think). And yes it is the tightest curve that the big boy runs on. Thanks for watching! Hope you liked it.