12-15-2009, 11:33 AM
The Intermountain Railway Company announced about 2 months ago that they would be releasing the ES44AC locomotive 1st quarter next year in March/April. There were some rumors that they got the tooling from Athearn which they got from Tower 55 Models when they closed shop. I can assure you that was just a rumor, These are going to be made with 100% IM Tooling. I literally was so exited when I found out they were doing this locomotive because as it stand now, there the only one doing them in plastic at a fairly affordable price without going Brass. Yeah some T55 units are still out there, but they often sell for BIG bucks DCC/Sound equipped. IM is doing a DCC and DCC/SOUND model, non-SOUND models will have a DCC Decoder that can operate on both DC and DCC, really a win win for all of us. Sound models will have a factory installed SoundTraxx Tsunami DCC decoder.
I went a little over board when pre-ordering these units for myself, and this was ontop of the pre-orders i had gotten from others, but I ordered the following for my own personal roster
ALL 4 Union Pacific Flag Units (#'s 5358, 5477, 5441, 5516) - DCC/SOUND models
ALL 4 BNSF New Image Units (#'s 5749, 5764, 5757, 5778) - DCC/SOUND models
GE Demonstrator #2005 - DCC/SOUND model
The AC's are being done in UP (Flag), Kansas City Southern de Mexico, CP, Ferromex, BNSF (New Image), and GE Demonstrator paint schemes.
Now I just see that IM is announcing the ES44DC locomotives for release in July/August 2010! They are really stepping it up here and going big, these are 2 BIG locomotives and I have a feeling there going to fly right out the door because all of us modern modelers will be buying at least one of these beautiful models to add to the roster The DC's are being done in BNSF (H2), BNSF (New Image) CSX (YN3), CN, NS, GE Demonstrator paint schemes. Im afraid im going to have to add the following DC's to my list above for my roster, i just cant pass them up! 
ALL 4 BNSF (H2) Units (#'s 7661, 7682, 7724, 7737) - DCC/SOUND Models
BNSF (New Image) Unit #7695 - DCC/SOUND Model
2 of the CSX (YN3) Units (#'s 5207 and 5398) - DCC/SOUND Models
GE Demonstrator Unit #2011 - DCC/SOUND Model
Its looking like i wont be buying much trains for a little while here while saving up for my bill of locomotives LOL. But I just cant pass these things up, and i know there going to sell out quickly with the way IM does there runs on their products (VERY LIMITED and based strictly on pre-orders, which I personally think is so stupid, but its what alot of the companies are doing now adays
) and i dont want to miss my chance at getting the ones i want.
I went a little over board when pre-ordering these units for myself, and this was ontop of the pre-orders i had gotten from others, but I ordered the following for my own personal roster
ALL 4 Union Pacific Flag Units (#'s 5358, 5477, 5441, 5516) - DCC/SOUND models
ALL 4 BNSF New Image Units (#'s 5749, 5764, 5757, 5778) - DCC/SOUND models
GE Demonstrator #2005 - DCC/SOUND model
The AC's are being done in UP (Flag), Kansas City Southern de Mexico, CP, Ferromex, BNSF (New Image), and GE Demonstrator paint schemes.
Now I just see that IM is announcing the ES44DC locomotives for release in July/August 2010! They are really stepping it up here and going big, these are 2 BIG locomotives and I have a feeling there going to fly right out the door because all of us modern modelers will be buying at least one of these beautiful models to add to the roster
The DC's are being done in BNSF (H2), BNSF (New Image) CSX (YN3), CN, NS, GE Demonstrator paint schemes. Im afraid im going to have to add the following DC's to my list above for my roster, i just cant pass them up! ALL 4 BNSF (H2) Units (#'s 7661, 7682, 7724, 7737) - DCC/SOUND Models
BNSF (New Image) Unit #7695 - DCC/SOUND Model
2 of the CSX (YN3) Units (#'s 5207 and 5398) - DCC/SOUND Models
GE Demonstrator Unit #2011 - DCC/SOUND Model
Its looking like i wont be buying much trains for a little while here while saving up for my bill of locomotives LOL. But I just cant pass these things up, and i know there going to sell out quickly with the way IM does there runs on their products (VERY LIMITED and based strictly on pre-orders, which I personally think is so stupid, but its what alot of the companies are doing now adays
) and i dont want to miss my chance at getting the ones i want.