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Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - Rscott417 - 02-07-2014
I just got this Athearn Genesis GP15T CSX #1503, IMO Athearn did a great job on this model. There's a lot of factory applied details like grab irons, lift rings, windshield wipers, working cab windows, safety/warning decals, etc. There are a few things that are incorrect to the prototype but nothing that can't be fixed. I removed the horn from the cab that came with it and ordered the correct one that will get mounted on the hood. I got this train on ebay and it had operating ditch lights installed on it. I don't know if they came factory from Athearn or if they were added by the person I bought it from, but the wiring on them needs to be changed. The front and rear are one function so forward or reverse all ditch lights stay on. I would also like to get them to alternate with the horn. I'd also like to add a crew to the cab, MU cables, paint the handrails on the front and rear pilots yellow and if I paint the handrails I'm thinking of removing the plastic chain and replacing it with a brass chain. I might also consider removing the classification light caps and adding "plates" then raise the CSX logo higher on the nose like the prototype, but that one is a definite maybe. Here it is out of the box (without the horn).
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Heres a picture of the front of 1503, plated class lights, higher nose logo and all yellow handrails.
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Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - tomustang - 02-07-2014
Sure is nice, should be though consider it's a higher end athearn
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - Rscott417 - 02-07-2014
Correct horn got installed, awaiting paint.
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Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - faraway - 02-07-2014
That is a great model. I missed to get one when they became available last year. They are very hard to find now.
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - Rscott417 - 02-08-2014
faraway Wrote:That is a great model. I missed to get one when they became available last year. They are very hard to find now.
I've seen a few in the YN2 scheme but not a big fan plus a lot of them are getting repainted to YN3. When I saw this one in YN3 with sound then the seller told me the ditch lights worked I immediately bought it., couldn't pass it up.
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - torikoos - 02-08-2014
They are great models, I've got two myself, be it the GP15-1, in CFNR colours. I installed Loksound Select Direct decoders in them, very smooth runners.
Here they are:
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Two sisters by K2K Koos, on Flickr
Koos
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - Rscott417 - 02-08-2014
That's a really nice paint scheme, did you have to paint them?
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - torikoos - 02-09-2014
No I didn't, they were factory supplied like this.
I contemplated doing so after the first release of the model, and didn't include the paint scheme, so was looking for undecs , but they then announced a second run which did include them, so I pre-ordered them.
I did however order them DCC ready, so I could fit my decoder of choice (Loksound select direct) and I've changed all lights with warm white micro LED's.
Koos
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - wright2626 - 02-11-2014
the yn3 scheme came with the ditch lights from the factory. mine came with the ditch lights operating using the function 5 button, and are directional. the rear are hooked up to function 6 on the board. i havent figured out how to wire the ditch lights to oscilate, and keep them directional. it would be nice if soundtraxx had a couple more outputs.
Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - Rscott417 - 02-25-2014
Slow goings but I got some details taken care of, although Athearn and Polly Scale have two different ideas on CSX yellow and blue. The blue is a little closer than the yellow but close enough I guess.
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Re: Athearn GP15T CSX 1503 - Rscott417 - 03-16-2014
I picked up Floquil CSX new image gold and it was a perfect match, much better than the bright yellow.
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