Is this the BEST Budget HO Scale Locomotive? (Walthers Trainline Norfolk & Southern GP15-1 Review)

I model railroaded in HO scale for more than 50 years. There were trains for every budget. Engines ran for decades on a little grease and oil and maybe a new set of brushes every 10 years. No Bells no whistles no sound and most especially no command control. I remember when decc first came out everybody thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread no more wiring. But foremost modular if you had space for 4 by 8 you really didn't need DCCC. For a new Model Railroader nowadays I would recommend for them to buy used equipment at train shows. You don't need all the bells and whistles and any gauge in order to enjoy it.

Metal frame or plastic frame. Metal Trucks or plastic trucks?

Wow this was great and a lot of help for me lol. Take care!!!

Great video . Can’t go wrong with the vintage HBO intro music. Keep up the good work !

I Got 11 locomotives like brand new, For Only $250. All with Perfect Cabooses ! 2 with spot Light's Quit Running! , At my local flea market !! ,And 2 transformers $6.00 Each , I'm happy 😁

Those little Walthers buggies ya can't go wrong, really🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🚃🚃🚃🙋

Nice set .

Love this layout 👍

It is refreshing to see your videos showing that model railroads do not have to be so complicated. My favorite locomotives are second generation since I am child of the 70’s . The 4 best locomotives I have were $20 apiece because the packages were smoke damaged. They all run perfectly!

As soon as you took it out of the package I seen the horns on the plastic wrap that was around the locomotive, They looked broken off!

I'm perfectly happy with straight DC/analog HO scale model locomotives. I can do without the bells/whistles/noise and complication of DCC equipment..but that's me. Good buys out there for new DC only model locomotives and if you have a DC only layout you can find great buys on used DC only equipment.

I agree. Too many cars for certain layout sizes does look silly. It's nice to see what these budget locos could handle tho.

I would place a thin pieces of plexiglass around your layout to avoid a train going off the track unto the floor .

Hahaha I have that same dinner table in my train room nice to know theres others 👍

I HAVE THAT MODEL!! It pulls like a beast! I have added DCC to mine and it pulls 18 cars with no problems!! Glad to see you have NS 1446! To fix those horns take a dap of glue and let it dry for a little while. No need to swap it out.

I got the Conrail Locomotive straight from Amazon and the horn was broken off of it too.

I have two and like them . Nice locomotive great video.

Looks good I’d personally re glue the horn

I am mostly NYC

You would think it making sounds is good because it would sound like a real one some what

Keep that old layout some how! As always great video!

Great video. Just glad it's wasn't a vinyl chloride NS train. J/k

Rail Road is my passion. I am just new. What is the size of your table?

this loomotive has flywheels ? ill consider making a purchase,

Thanks for this video. I think I am going to get one of these from Gaugemaster as they sell American model trains in the UK. I appreciate the thorough test.

I kind of went nuts on my HO train empire lately! LOL. Finally put together a 8x4 layout, bought two Athearn DCC sound loco's and an Atlas DCC sound loco. That is a addition two a few older Athearn DC loco's both from the older Iron horse train sets. I have also bought a few older blue box Athearn's to gut to use as dummy engines. I have been modeling the old 90's Chessie System/L&N(Seaboard) CSX era. Once you get into it it's hard to stop!

About the horn I have that locomotive and it came with the horns I think yours fell off

Nice locomotives, durability is my only real concern. I would put the horns on . I really like this 4x8 layout and I usually don’t like a “train board”.

I wanted a couple of Norfolk Southern GP-38-2's so I stripped down two old Tyco GP-38-2's and painted them black and got me a couple sets of decals and applied them along with a couple of plows that NS uses on their locos. Came out really good. I am a DC only guy and have been running DC trains since the mid 80's. I model the Central of Georgia and am building up my rolling stock for that fallen flag road. I love finding old Mantua Pacific's (4-6-2) to fix up. I start by repainting them black for the CofG and change out the magnets on those open frame (Pittman) motors with neodymium (rare earth) magnets. It makes a HUGE difference in current draw and now they "creep" around the tracks. Cheers from a 73 year old ex-Georgian modeler in eastern TN

Are all your rolling stock up to NMRA weight standards? I also see you don't have any grades to pull. I doubt you'd pull 20 cars up a 2% grade. Another note: when you have over 80 pieces of rolling stock and want to change to all metal wheel sets and body mounted Kaydee couplers, plan on dropping a couple hundred dollars and more to achieve this task. While I was at it, I weathered every piece of rolling stock as I worked on the wheels and couplers. After all real trains have metal wheels and I've never seen a pair of talgo trucks on a real train. I hate talgo trucks and always cut those couplers off and use body mounted Kaydee couplers. I've got a three Atlas engines that came with those damn McHenry plastic couplers that automatically get tossed into the trash can. Cheers - eastern TN

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Luv theme music. ABC Afternoon Mantinea or night show?

It's NS so the back up lights are the front. Norfolk and Western and Southern always ran cab rear with their Geeps. They said it was for crew safety until the modern safety cabs came along. Most know it was because they never quite could give up on steam.

Gee i remember getting 8; undecorated when they first came out, a bunch of DA and DW parts and made CNW....before that i made 2 smokey valley GP15s....

I just got the Conrail version for my shelf train. The engine is very quiet, and I literally run it for hours at a time. Have had it about a month and it has been running a lot. I figure it will needs lube with gear oil every three or four months(?). I am very happy with this engine!

I actually prefer the bodies to not be super detailed. As long as they run smooth and can pull a lot I am 100% happy.

Hi Nice video. Just getting started. Thinking of purchasing a Lionel Union Pacific Chief Flyer HO setup for $210.00. Any suggestions or comments. I just want a basic system to run and show my kids who are 6 and 4. I like the Kato N system but too expensive (and small), but I want something decent. It's something I will probably run for a 2 months year and keep it boxed until Dece or June. Thank you in advance for your thoughts

If you don't have $300 for a model locomotive - you have bigger problems than just a hobby.

Just purchased one from The Train Station near Columbus.

Ive got 2 of these. Both are amazing!

A significant reason I re-entered the hobby was one of your videos. Thank you for your submissions. 😊

Walthers should be paying you for this video. I’m very impressed with this model. I’ve been looking for a new loco to compliment my 30+ pre owned units and will make a purchase asap. 👍🏼👍🏼

Beautiful Presentation 🎉

I recently got a Walthers Trainline GP15 for $65 and it's one of my only New Locomotives and I can say I'm definitely satisfied with it. Most all my locomotives are from the 1960s-1990s that I've bought for usually $30 or less second hand and done restorations one, the old Rivarossi locos seem to run the best, but I've got to rebuilding all brands at this point lol.

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First time being guided to one of your videos -- that is an incredible track plan for a 4x8" HO scale layout! Nicely done.

Hi, if you narration was as loud as your intro, i could ear you. Subtitle is better than nothing but reading with one eye while watching your video with the second one isn´t the best for hard xork you put in doing it.
Not bad 20 forty footer cars on 22" radius curves.

Trainline is their cheapest choice of locomotives. I have one Proto engine and one Mainline f-7, which is a nice model.

I can’t figure out how the plows fit?