Atlas 2 rail GP60 #6897

i find it expensife

the mrsp was 429$, it is without DCC and sound

Cor

Personally, I would value a 10 year old, straight DC Atlas locomotive at around $200.  Anything more and I would just walk away. YMMV.

       
       

YMMV is right, that's a steep price.. I've paid less for brass OMI factory paint. Whew

Alan..some of these in the video are MTH GP's except Atlas hi nose at the end of the video.

I paid 275.00 for the hi nose with TMCC but converted to ps3.the loco you are looking at a little to pricey.

 

https://youtu.be/W_9J-KSpK3s

    @ beginning CSX BNSF 4 engine multi unit
    @ .55 West bound Guilford Pan Am  5 engine multi unit
    @ 1.54 East bound Guilford 2 unit switching track

Thanks guys, that's also lesson for me. 

HI Alan,

Atlas O did a real nice job on the GP60 but the part number you provided, #2264,  is for a DC-only locomotive so comparing it to an MTH GP38-2 with DCC/sound is not really an apples-to-apples comparison since this engine has no sound or DCC - you would have to add it and that might run close to $200 (just for parts) if you go with a Protocraft Super Tsunami Or QSI EMD 710 Prime mover sound decoder along with an Atlas replacement speaker.  However, in my opinon, you would end up with much better sound going the 3rd party route than staying with the stock sound from either MTH or Atlas.  Detail-wise and running quality is probably about the same as a comparable MTH model.

 

One thing to note on the alternate Atlas O GP60 Gold-series equipped with DCC/QSI sound locomotives (if you want to go that route) is that Atlas screwed up the sound and used a sound file for a normally aspirated EMD 645, ironically the same sound as you find in a GP38-2 .

 

Scott K.

Austin, TX

Not saying you should not look for more reasonable pricing but bear in mind certain road names are very hard to find for sale. I have been looking for a NS 2270-1 for several years now,who knows when if ever Atlas may rerun some of these engines.

 as hibar says....

Not saying you should not look for more reasonable pricing but bear in mind certain road names are very hard to find for sale.

 

I struggled to get my hi nose gp35 in Guilford.