Looking for video on atlaso gp15 engine

I don't have a video, but I have the conventional one that I bought from a friend.  He had sent it to me previously to have TMCC installed, and when I ran it conventionally prior to the conversion I recall it ran great.  The detailing is pretty nice for the price and it's got plenty of power.   If you have the option of getting the TMCC one, it's definitely worth it

Thanks Jake!!!! 

 

 

       Jeff

Jeff-

 

The only video I could find of the GP15 is here. As far as I know, the unit has Railsounds 4, no smoke unit, and no speed control, but detail wise Atlas did an amazing job with it.

 

-John

Thanks John!! I already seen that video thats only one i could find as well. 

If the TMCC ones don't come with cruise, you can always add an ERR cruise commander M.  Mine doesn't have cruise (or sound) but cruise would make it one of my favorite runners

I'd get the GP15 with TMCC because you can either run it in conventional or command mode. I have a couple Atlas Master Line diesels (2 Western Maryland SD40s and a Chessie System-C&O SD40) and they run great and look even better!

 

I've bought from the Public Delivery Track and Beth and Rachel are great people-very helpful and cooperative.

Thanks Jake and catnap!!! I haven't decided yet to get the atlas chessie engine with tmcc or get the lionel legacy C&O gp35 engine but my main concern in the lionel engine is the smoke unit problem. 

I have both roadnumbers in the Chessie GP-15 colors. They almost always get run as a lashup. The only thing that you will need to watch, as with most other Atlas engines, is heat buildup. I currently have five other Atlas engines on my roster, almost evenly split between the Trainman and Master lines.  

Doug what do you mean heat build up. Please explain!! Thanks Jeff! 

When I place my hand near the trucks of my Atlas engines after they've been run for 30-45 minutes I can feel heat coming from them. The long hood near the rear motor and the cab where the front motor is housed are both warm as well.

 

It doesn't take long for them to dissipate heat, though. After about 10 minutes they're fine but just for the heck of it I picked up a locomotive after running it and felt the underside of the truck block. It was almost hot to the touch.

If the motors gets that hot then they need greased or motor bad. I don't want to get one then have to replace motors every so often. 

For what it's worth, I have a Lionel TMCC SD40-2 that does the same thing.

 

My LEGACY SD40-2s run cool all of the time.

 

My Atlas TMCC and Lionel TMCC engines have all 3 axles geared for each truck. My LEGACY locomotives have 2 of the 3 axles geared. Perhaps this might explain the heat build up in my TMCC engines.

 

It's never really been an issue for me. They're great pullers and I did check the worm gear on one of my Atlas engines and it was well lubricated from the factory. I make sure the axles are lubed and the geartrains are greased per maintenance procedures.

 

I think if it was a problem there would be more posted about it.

Ok catnap. Thanks!!!

Drop the trucks from the motors and grease the gear boxes. Sounds like they're dry if the trucks are getting hot.