BLI ES44AAC

[ek2000]

Got a mail from FDT that the BLI ES44's are expected in Jan 18. That's around the same time the ST Tier 4/ET44's are expected as well. Will be an interesting thing trying to compare similar models from 2 manufacturers, much like the Intermountain vs. ST comparisons that did the round for the tier 4's in HO.

Hopefully BLI will not mess this one up like with the AC6000's. Still, I will be in a wait and watch mode on BLI. Have one on pre-order from ST. Thoughts?

[sundowner]

Meh, FVM and Kato had the market corner on this. Plus no dcc ready is non starter for me. Besides the ET and ES are different models to begin with.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

I may be in the minority, but I really like my AC6000

[ljudice]

My hopes are on the ST ET44's....  Other than that, for 6 axle GE sticking with Kato.

[GaryHinshaw]

I'll probably pick one up, at least, to see how they look & perform.  It looks like they're tooling up a later phase GEVO than the Kato and FVM models, so that's a plus.  But Kato is still #1 in my book for smooth performance and crispness of tooling.

[Smike]

Getting the handrails correct (Wide version) on the NS units would at least give BLI a leg up in terms of prototype matching over all others to date.