MTH Amtrak genesis re make?

MTH has produced the Premier AND RailKing Genesis on a regular basis. If you cannot find your flavor in the market place, try the auction . If you want something special and do not have patience, find a good painter . There has been more than a few Premier Genesis as of late on the For Sale Forum.

There always seems to be demand for these, as even on the aftermarket they can fetch decent sums of money. That being said, MTH runs them every few years in one paint scheme or another. By now all the schemes have been done, but they've made a few interesting decisions in numbering over the years. For example, P42s have never been run in standard phase IV with a silver roof, they've only done 800 series P40s. I always found that odd. 

It would be nice if they upgrade the tooling soon.... some of the add on details have been upgraded over time (most notably the windshields), but the trucks, etc... are still all cast and its getting a bit noticeable compared to some of their more recent offerings.

I found a PS/1 Premier model at York for $135, I'm in the process of upgrading it to TMCC.  If you're a TMCC/Legacy guy, that's one avenue to getting what you want.

The premier Genesis from 2013 Vol.#1 are still available, all of them are in the product locator. Three different paint schemes. 

GR John,

 

Assuming you are using Lionel/ERR to upgrade your PS/1 Genesis, what sound package did you choose?  Just curious, because I may do something similar.

 

Well, there is no "exact" sound set, so I ended up picking the DASH8,9 5-Chime board.  I figure both have similar horns...

 

Okay, thanks.  I listened to the Dash8/9 sample and it sounded good.   I thought that the SD sound set was a good candidate also.

John. I would like to get one and have the legacy in it.  Although I love the sounds of the horn and crew talk on Mth

The SD sound was running neck-in-neck, but the DASH 8/9 RS Commander was the first one I found in my ERR supplies, so it got the nod.  It's running around behind me now, sounds pretty good, runs smooth as silk.  It's pulling two track cleaning cars, figured that was a good test.

 

Excellent! 

 

I bought my PS/1 Genesis used in 2004.  I have run it several times on the SD3R layout with the Lionel Superliners.  But its been on the repair shelf for several years.  I forgot what is wrong, maybe just the smoke unit or something like that.  (Hopefully I left myself a note somewhere.) Anyway, it's a prime candidate for a TMCC upgrade.  And your conversion has given me more motivation to do it.

 

Since I wanted operating ditch lights, I used the ERR Cruise Commander M, a little steamer motherboard for the R2LC, and the ERR RailSounds Commander for sound.  It worked out pretty nice, the ditch lights and front and rear markers are powered from the CC-M, the cab light and the front/rear number boards are still using the CV 6V supplies they used to run from, and The LED headlights are connected to the TMCC board for directional lighting.  The smoke unit runs great off the smoke output of the TMCC R2LC, I'm thinking I may have to tone it down a bit, it really pumps out a lot of smoke.  I'd like it to just have a generous hint of smoke, right now it looks like it's on fire.

 

I remember that my Genesis was a big smoker even in conventional mode.  I normally like to run with max smoke, but sometimes it looks ridiculous coming out of modern, EPA-approved diesels.

 

In the back of my mind I'm mulling over the options that I'd put into a diesel enhancement board, similar to my Super-Chuffer. One of the features would be to drop the voltage on a smoke unit when you aren't moving, this would be a cool upgrade.

Do you have any videos of this engine smoking?

Not yet, but I can assure you it smokes like crazy!  I'm planning on cutting it back a bit, I'm thinking of dropping the voltage a few notches.  Since it's a PS/1 smoke unit, it tries to adjust to lower voltages, so I may have to get creative.

 

I would love to see a Railking version with the blue top paint job and PS3. They have a couple different paint schemes currently, but not the one that is probably the most common.

 

 

I agree!  PLEASE MTH....Why not????  Please release the Amfleet cars as regular release (outside of the starter sets).

I stand beside these beast everyday at DC union station, they are growing on me. I am thinking I like to have one( like I need a hole in my head) I need to thin the heard first.