Athearn Genesi 'HO Scale GP15 Review

Athearn Genesi HO Chikamu GP15 - Kusimudza Bhari

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I EMD GP15 yakadzokororwa mumakero mazhinji, kusanganisira HO, zvisati zvaitika. Kubudiswa kwenguva refu kweAthearn yemufananidzo mutsva weiyo mufananidzo muGenesisi mutsara unopa zvose zvehupe. Ichi chidiki uye chakasiyana-siyana chinogadziriswa chichave sechishandiswa pamigwagwa yakawanda yemigwagwa sezvazviri muupenyu hwehupenyu.

Nhamba nhatu dzinowanikwa mumugwagwa wose muDDC kana DCC / shanduro dzinonzwika.
Migwagwa (kutanga kumhanya): Conrail, Chicago Northwestern, Norfolk Southern (yaimbova CR), Missouri Pacific, Undecorated (multiple versions)
MSRP: $ 269.98 (DCC / rwiyo) / $ 169.98 (DC)

Chechipiri kumhanya nemigwagwa mitsva uye zvinyorwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvatove zvataurwa.

Zvinyorwa Chiitiko

Muma1970, Electro Motive Division yeGeneral Motors (EMD) yakagadzirisa hurongwa hutsva hwokukwikwidzana nekugadzirisa zvirongwa zvekuvakazve mapurogiramu. Motokari dzenyika yose dzakanga dziine zvikwata zvekare zvakagadzirwa zvakare kuchengetedza pamutengo weimba itsva. Majini mazhinji akavakwa akange ari maEM models ekare.

EMD yakaita kuti GP15 iite mabasa mazhinji akafanana akaitwa nemapurisa ayo aizotsiva, kubva pajare nekushandura kune basa guru. Motokari dzinotenga GP15 dzakapiwa nhamba yakaenzana yekutengeserana-muzvicomotives iyo inogona kuisa mottor motors, generator nedzimwe nhengo dzinogona kuvakazve uye dzinosanganiswa mune imwe nzvimbo itsva. Iko GP15 yaive nemabhiza 1,500 uye yakanga ine mikana yakawanda, kusanganisira mabheki ane simba uye zvakasiyana-siyana zvemhepo. Gare gare kuchinja kwaisanganisira turbocharged version 8-cylender yejini 645 injini.

EMD yakagadzirwa 368 GP15 mumasangano akasiyana-siyana pakati pe1974 ne1982 nekuda kwechitanhatu chezvitima.

Historical Background kubva kune: Athearn Trains GP15 Mirayiridzo Sheet

Performance

Athearn ane tsika yakareba yekuvaka mhando dzakavimbika. IGP15 haina kudaro. Muenzaniso wacho unowanikwa mune zvose DC uye DCC zvakagadziriswa zvinyorwa zvinosanganisira Soundtraxx Tsunami mutsara wezwi.

Nhamba yeDDCC yakaedzwa kuongororwa uku.

Kunyange zvazvo vaikwanisa uye vakaita kutambanudza makumbo avo mubasa remugwagwa, GP15 inowanzogoverwa kune yadhi uye nzvimbo dzekutengesa dzenharaunda dzinosanganisira zvakawanda zvishoma. Ndinoisa mumiedzo yangu kushanda yadhi yadhi uye dzimwe nzvimbo dzekutengesa kwemasikati manheru.

IGP15 yakatanga kusvika pamotokari makumi maviri iri nyore uye inononoka kunonoka pasina kumira pamusara wangu yechipfuva iyo inosanganisira chikamu chiduku chekumera. Pamusoro pemotokari makumi maviri, chivako chacho chaizoramba chichitsvaga, kusanganisira miitiro yekunyengera mumabatanidzwa. Zviratidzo zvakawanda zvakashandisa GP15 muviri, saka imwe yechipiri yaisazoona kunze kwekuti nzvimbo yako yekugadzira yadhi inowanzogadzirisa kudhura kukuru kwemotokari.

Kunyange zvazvo ruzha ruchaputika nepamusoro-soro rinogona kunge rakakura kudarika mutevedzeri, rinonoka kukurumidza kushanda rinoshamisa. Kukurumidza kutsvaga kwakashata uye kunotsigirwa pasi-kukurumidza kushanda kunoshamisa. Ndakanga ndiine zvimwe zvinetso mangwanani-ngwanani uye ndakaderera pamitambo yakanga isina kushandiswa kwekanguva. Nzira shomanana yekuchenesa yakagadzirisa dambudziko iri. Izvi zvingava nzvimbo yakanyarara yakadzika yandakaidza (kwete kusanganisira inzwi rechokwadi). Kunyange papamhanho yepamusoro, hapana motokari kana gearbox rwiyo.

Izvi zvinobvumira muchengeti weTsunami kuti aone.

Ini ndakabatanidza locomotive mumotokari yakasiyana-siyana ine dzakasiyana-siyana dzekwenyika couplers. Mamwe mapurisa ane kwenguva refu mapiritsi akapindira nemarima.

Inzwi

The Soundtraxx Tsunami decoder inenge yatogamuchira mhinduro dzakanaka kune dzimwe dzimba uye iri kuva mutsva we DCC mhere. Chimwe chezvinhu zvinogadzirisa mabhuku aya zvakasiyana-siyana ndezvekwanisi yekuita zvose zvese. Ndakasiya motokari yangu pane imwe fekitari yakagadzirirwa zvirongwa zvemuedzo uyu.

Chimwe chezvinhu zvekutanga kutumbuka pamusoro pekugadzirisa kwefekitari pane ino tambo yezwi rinoderera pasi pasi rose. Kuenzaniswa nedzimwe nzvimbo dzinobuda kunze kwe-bhokisi, chivako ichi chinonyarara kwazvo. Kunyange zvazvo runyararo inhau yerudo rwomunhu oga, ndinofanira kutaura kuti ndinoda maitiro. Pamusoro pemigwagwa mikuru yepamusoro, imwe nzvimbo izere engjini inokonzera kure nemhepo yakawanda inogona kuvhiringidza zvikuru.

Izvo zvinogona kunzwika kubva kune imwe nzvimbo iri kure, asi kwete kubva kune imwe nzvimbo muimba. Chimwe chakanaka chiitiko ndechokuti mhete dzose dzakanaka zvakaenzana; hapana mabhero ane simba kana mashezha. Zvichida ndichasiya zvakawanda zvekushanda kwemafekitari se-asi, asi magwaro ehurukuro anogona kugadziriswa kwezwi rimwe nerimwe kana uchida.

Mashoko

Athearn akazivisa kuti iyi ndiyo ndiyo inonyanya kuenzaniswa yezvivako izvi zvakambobudiswa mu HO scale, uye dzakaponeswa. Nezvose zvayo zvingasarudzwa uye kushandiswa kwekugadzira, GP15 inonetsa kune vanogadzira mienzaniso. Hapana miviri yezvitima 'locomotives inotarisa zvakafanana. Chimwe chekutarisa mifananidzo yemifananidzo pane Athearn's instruction sheet rinotaurira nyaya yacho. Kubva mumhepo kunotora pasi kune kambani yakagadziriswa mavhiri, Athearn yakabudisa pamusoro pezvose zvakasiyana-siyana mukugadzirwa kukuru kana kuduku. Mazino ezvematongerwo emashoko anowanzochinja pane nguva, saka kune avo vanoedza kutevedzera chimiro chaiyo kana nguva, zvicharamba zvichiine nzvimbo ye tweeking. Kune vakawanda, basa rakanaka rekushanda kwehupenyu ndizvo zvose zvichange zvichidikanwa kuisa ichi chikwata kuti chigone kushanda.

Ndakaedza Konrail version. Kuti uwane zvakawanda pamusoro peConrail-tsanangudzo yakajeka, ona peji mbiri dzekuongorora uku.

Pasi pose, chivako ichi chakakwirira kwazvo pamusoro pezvakadzama. Iko kuona-kuburikidza zvikwangwani pane radiator, jecha nemhepo mitsara pamatori, mukati mekati uye zvinyorwa zvepayipi zvinoratidzika pakati pevamwe. Zvose-yezhizha firimu uye zuva rinosanganiswa rinosanganiswa sekuwedzera-pamusoro pezvinhu zvevatengi.

Mifananidzo yakanyatsoshandiswa uye zvose zvinyorwa, kusanganisira zviduku zvishoma zvekuchengetedza, zvakajeka uye zvinosvibisa. Zvizhinji zvezvikwata izvi zvakashanda muyadhi uye zvakagamuchira kupfeka kwakanaka kwekuneta uye kukura. Basa rakanaka remamiriro okunze richaita kuti zvinyorwa zvive pape.

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Conrail Details

Kutanga kweAthearn yeInjini yeConrail inotsanangurwa sezvakaitwa nemapurisa paaiberekwa muna 1979. Conrail yakapiwa 100 GP15 muna 1979, inotengeswa muGP7 uye GP9. Izvo zvikepe zvose zvakapukunyuka kusvika kuNorfolk Southern / CSX kutora kushanda zvikuru munharaunda uye yese yemunharaunda yose iyo yose.

Mumakore makumi maviri anotevera vazhinji vaizogamuchira marimi akasiyana-siyana, magetsi ematope, pende itsva uye zvimwe zvinhu zvinoshandurwa.

Zvimwe zvei zvingangomiririrwa munguva inotevera Athearn inosunungurwa. (Shanduro dzeNorfolk yeSouth dzinomiririra kare dzeR CR dzinoshandiswa nekushandisa magetsi akaiswa.)

Kuenzanisa mufananidzo kumifananidzo yakajeka muna Paul K. Withers ' Conrail Motive Power Review: 1986-1991 (Withers Publishing, 1992), mufananidzo wacho wakatora kutaridzika kwezvikepe zveConrail zvakanaka. Zvichida tsanangudzo yangu yaunofarira ndeyediki duku reLSL (Litulo Speed ​​Speed ​​Limiter) chiedza chechiedza chakakandwa padanda pedyo nematsime epamberi. Ichi chiduku chiduku chikamu chechigadzirwa chakakosha chinoshandiswa pazvikepe zvinoshambadza Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Inenge isingawanikwi pane zvekutengeserana.

Zvimwe Kugadziriswa-zvinyorwa zviduku zvinosanganisira kadhi yebhokisi yebhokisi kurutivi rworudyi, maviri mapiro, uye antenna. Iko kune zvimwe zvakakosha zvemuviri zvingasarudzwa zvingasarudzwa zvakare izvo zvisingagoni kunyorwa. Nokufamba kwenguva, vazhinji vaConrail vanodzika maiva nemarima akasiyana uye dzimwe shanduko.

Izvo zvose zvingangomiririrwa nedzimwe nhepfenyuro dzemashure mushure mekutengeswa kana chimiro chaiyo chiri kutaridzwa kubva kumifananidzo.

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