Is any company right now making a Amtrak cascades F40PH or F59phi? If not then this is a suggestion to Bachmann. Please and thank you. :D
Having consulted the 2016 Walthers HO Reference No one is currently manufacturing An Amtrak Cascade engine . The Cascade Engines should be F42 PH or Genesis Engines, or F59phi engines . You also need the transition cars to connect from the trains to the talgo cars . None of these cars are in production either . While is a great looking train . it would be expensive to manufacture . John 2.
Quote from: Jhanecker2 on August 03, 2016, 08:32:18 AM
Having consulted the 2016 Walthers HO Reference No one is currently manufacturing An Amtrak Cascade engine . The Cascade Engines should be F42 PH or Genesis Engines, or F59phi engines . You also need the transition cars to connect from the trains to the talgo cars . None of these cars are in production either . While is a great looking train . it would be expensive to manufacture . John 2.
Well I agree with you being expensive to manufacture the cars, Athearn a long time ago they make a Amtrak cascades F59phi engine, but I wonder why they stopped making it, because it is exactly like the Amtrak Surfliner scheme just recolored. I just wish a company would make the engines again.
Have you considered purchasing Available engines and repainting them ? F59phi & F42 are available as well as Emd 40 PH . The original amtrak services were conducted with train cars from the original service providers before the talgo cars came on line . Even dome cars were added to some of the lines to Vancouver at some points . Check out Amtrak Cascade on Wickapedia . John 2 .