Broadway Limited AC6000

[wcfn100]

They should have looked closer at the lightning bolts when picking 606 for a road number.   

Jason

[wazzou]

It looks like the handrails have a lot of flash on them.  Weird.

[Point353]

They should have looked closer at the lightning bolts when picking 606 for a road number.   

Looks like the artwork for the lightning bolts was swapped between either side of the roadnumber:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4576395

[peteski]

Thanks for the photos John. I'm not in the market for one of these but I still have an opinion. 
I don't like the way the gasket is represented on the windshield or how the windshields fit in the body. Same with the loo "porthole".  Not a fan of the thick separate plastic grabs on the nose, and the fact that they are supplementing molded-on grabs on the nose.  Either do separate (and thinner) metal grabs, or 100% molded-on grabs. They also seem to stick up couple feet above the surface! There is lots of flash on the handrails.  Other than that, the model looks fine.

[u18b]

It looks like the handrails have a lot of flash on them.  Weird.

Yep.  I hate it when CSX locos are done wrong.  I keep a list. 
It's long.

[John]

Yep.  I hate it when CSX locos are done wrong.  I keep a list. 
It's long.

LOL . In this case, I'm not too worried about the lightning bolts .. I could fix that if it became too much of an irritant .. I will probably bend some new grab irons out of brass and replace the 4 inch sewer pipes on the hood with something closer to scale .. i'm pretty irritated by the walkways .. the flash should not be there and they look to be too big overall ..  Mine is going into the closet until Christmas when my dear wife surprises me with it ..  so the projects will have to wait.

[basementcalling]

Took some pix this afternoon ... they are in the gallery -- in fairness .. I had some problems getting this thing out of the packaging .. I didn't realize you had to flip the flap on the end of the plastic .. so some of the gaps in the shell may have been my fault .. but if you take a close look at the handrails .. you can form your own opinion .. this thing runs good ..

Bachmannesk quality handrails

[crrcoal]

Cobwebs on it??? 

[ryan_wilkerson]

Does the C60 share a cab design with any other GE? Wondering if another would look better.
If only we could buy the shell and mechanism without the electronics.

[John]

Cobwebs on it??? 

I took it outside to photograph .. must have picked up there .. LOL .. they weren't part of the package ..

 

[sundowner]

Does the C60 share a cab design with any other GE? Wondering if another would look better.
If only we could buy the shell and mechanism without the electronics.

Yes same cab as the -8, -9, AC44 and GEVOS with three side windows.

[ryan_wilkerson]

Yes same cab as the -8, -9, AC44 and GEVOS with three side windows.

Perfect...that means we have Atlas, Kato and FVM to choose from, if need be.
Thank you.

[CSXfan]

When I started this thread I had one of these that was doa. I received 2 more toady and while they run I have to say not very well. They stall on turnouts and curves. BTW my curves are 20" radius. The annoying cab lights come on if you slow them down and also through the turnouts. These are the only locos I have out of nearly 100 that have this issue. I can not believe that something at this price range performs no better than this. From now on its Kato and FVM for me.
Jeff

[mu26aeh]

When I started this thread I had one of these that was doa. I received 2 more toady and while they run I have to say not very well. They stall on turnouts and curves. BTW my curves are 20" radius. The annoying cab lights come on if you slow them down and also through the turnouts. These are the only locos I have out of nearly 100 that have this issue. I can not believe that something at this price range performs no better than this. From now on its Kato and FVM for me.
Jeff

Given what others have said, I imagine some running to wear off the coating on the wheels will probably help this.  One thing I don't need is the whole cab light thing.  Give me step lights or something.  And don't make it random, make it something the modeler can turn on/off on its own.

[ChrisKLAS]

I received my two today, and was pleasantly surprised given the many posts on here reporting problems. They both ran much better than I was expecting right out of the box. No need to speed match as they were perfectly in line already. Both units did hesitate through one or two turnouts, but after going at the wheels for about 10 minutes on each engine with paper towels and alcohol, all of the ridiculous wheel blackening crap is gone, the wheels are sparkly shiny, and they run beautifully with no electrical hiccups whatsoever.

BTW, the toyish cab light can actually be assigned to a DCC function or disabled altogether by setting CV208 to 0 (which is what I did). Instructions to make both changes are in the printed manual that comes with the engine.