I pre-ordered this locomotive in April of 2009. In the nine months it took it to finally get here, I almost canceled it twice. But now that it finally arrived, all I can say is "WOW;" I am so very glad I didn't cancel, it definitely was worth the wait!
The only other sound locomotive I have to compare it to, is my Athearn Genesis F45. In my opinion, there is no comparison possible. I was basically happy with the Athearn, even thought it had to be returned TWICE for repairs, until I received this MTH. They advertise "Trains that do more" and this SD70 convinced me it is true. The Athearn turns on and off the sound, this MTH has both a engine starting sequence and a shut down one; it sound like the massive diesel engine is acutally starting and shutting down. It's the only locomotive I have that starts immediately and steadily when the DCC controller hits 1 SMPH. The DCC controlled couplers are GREAT!
I had read on Internet forums that it's DCC address could not be re-programmed. On my MRC Prodigy Advance 2 controller, I have two options for programming a locomotive. When I used the special "Program Track" I wired, it would not accept the new 9370 address. When I switched to program on the "Main Line," which requires the loco's "default 3" address be entered first, it accepted the new 9370 address.
I was so impressed with this locomotive, I just ordered a second one; I was lucky to find BNSF #9371 and it should arrive just before Santa!
The only other sound locomotive I have to compare it to, is my Athearn Genesis F45. In my opinion, there is no comparison possible. I was basically happy with the Athearn, even thought it had to be returned TWICE for repairs, until I received this MTH. They advertise "Trains that do more" and this SD70 convinced me it is true. The Athearn turns on and off the sound, this MTH has both a engine starting sequence and a shut down one; it sound like the massive diesel engine is acutally starting and shutting down. It's the only locomotive I have that starts immediately and steadily when the DCC controller hits 1 SMPH. The DCC controlled couplers are GREAT!
I had read on Internet forums that it's DCC address could not be re-programmed. On my MRC Prodigy Advance 2 controller, I have two options for programming a locomotive. When I used the special "Program Track" I wired, it would not accept the new 9370 address. When I switched to program on the "Main Line," which requires the loco's "default 3" address be entered first, it accepted the new 9370 address.
I was so impressed with this locomotive, I just ordered a second one; I was lucky to find BNSF #9371 and it should arrive just before Santa!
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