Athearn Farawa na Saliƙa GP15 - Gyara Bar
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An gwada EMD GP15 a matakan da yawa, ciki har da HO, kafin. Aikin Athearn da aka jira kwanan nan na sabon samfurin wannan samfurin a cikin Farar Farawa ya ba da duk abincin. Wannan ƙananan locomotive da amfani za su kasance da amfani a kan manyan tashar jiragen sama kamar yadda yake a cikin ainihin rayuwa.
Lambobi uku suna samuwa ta hanyar hanya a DC ko DCC / sauti.
Sunaye na farko (na farko): Conrail, Chicago Arewa maso yammacin, Norfolk Southern (tsohon CR), Missouri Pacific, Tsuntsaye (iri iri)
MSRP: $ 269.98 (DCC / sauti) / $ 169.98 (DC)
An sake gudanar da na biyu tare da sababbin sunaye da kuma bambancin bayanai.
Tarihin Abubuwan Hulɗa
A cikin shekarun 1970s, Janar Motors (EMD) mai suna Electro Motive Division (EMD) ya tsara wani sabon shiri na locomotive don yin gasa tare da bunkasa shirye-shirye na sake gina gidaje. Railroads a duk faɗin ƙasar sun kasance da tsofaffin locomotives da aka sake gina su a kan farashin sabon locomotive. Da yawa daga cikin injunan da aka sake gina sune tsoffin samfurin EMD.
EMD ya tsara GP15 don rike da yawa daga cikin nauyin da ake yi da locomotives da zai maye gurbin, daga yadi da kuma sauyawa zuwa aiki mai mahimmanci. Railroads sayen GP15 ya samar da daidai adadin cinikin kasuwanci a cikin locomotives wanda zai samar da motsi motsi, masu samar da wutar lantarki da kuma sauran kayan da za a iya sake gina da kuma hada da cikin sabon sabon locomotive. GP15 ya ƙunshi ƙarfin doki na 1,500 kuma yana da ƙididdiga masu yawa ciki har da ƙwaƙwalwar ƙarfafawa da kuma tsarin tsaftace iska. Daga baya jerewa sun hada da wani samfurin 8-cylender turbocharged na injin diesel 645.
EMD ya gina 368 GP15s a cikin shirye-shiryen da dama tsakanin 1974 da 1982 na shida.
Tarihin Bayani daga: Athearn Trains GP15 Umurnin Umarni
Ayyukan
Athearn yana da dogon lokaci na gina samfuran abin dogara. GP15 ba banda. An samo samfurin a cikin batutuwan DC da DCC wanda aka haɗa da sun hada da Soundtraxx Tsunami mai sauti.
An gwada DCC version don wannan bita.
Ko da yake sun iya kuma sun shimfiɗa ƙafafunsu a sabis na hanya, GP15 na kullum ana sanya su a kwakwalwa da ƙananan yankunan da ke da alaƙa da sauri. Na sanya kaina zuwa gwaji na aiki wani ƙananan yadi da kuma wasu yankunan gida na maraice.
GP15 ya fara zuwa motoci 20 a cikin sannu-sannu da haɓakaccen hanzari ba tare da yuwuwa ba a ƙananan matashi wanda ya haɗa da ƙananan ƙananan matsi. Fiye da motoci 20, locomotive zai yi sau da yawa sau da yawa, ciki har da ƙoƙari na yin jinkiri a cikin ma'aurata. Yawancin samfurin sarrafa nau'ikan GP15 a cikin nau'i-nau'i, don haka naúrar na biyu ba za ta dubi wuri ba idan ma'aikatan yarinka na yin amfani da ƙananan motoci a kai a kai.
Duk da yake locomotive za ta aika tare da sauri a kan babban gudun wanda mai yiwuwa ya fi girma fiye da samfurin, yana da sauri gudu yi ya yi fice. Hanzarta shine sassauka da kuma ci gaba da takaitaccen sauƙi. Ina da wasu matsala a farkon lokaci tare da tsayawa kan waƙoƙi wanda ba a yi amfani dashi a wani lokaci ba. Wani ɗan gajeren hanya wanda ya ɓacewa ya kawar da wannan matsala. Wannan yana iya kasancewa locomotive mafi ƙarancin da na taɓa gwada (ba tare da sauti ba). Ko da a saman gudu, babu motar ko motsi.
Wannan yana ba da izinin mai lalata tsunami mai haske.
Na haɗu da locomotive kan motoci daban-daban tare da mahimmanci biyu. Wasu ma'aurata tare da 'yan tafiya mai tsawo sun tsoma baki tare da gonar.
Sauti
Na'urar tsuntsaye na Soundunxx Tsunami ya rigaya ya karbi bita na hakika a cikin sauran locomotives kuma ya zama sabon sababbin sauti na DCC. Ɗaya daga cikin siffofin da aka saita waɗannan ƙayyadaddun ƙananan shine ikon yin tsara kusan kowane fasali. Na bar locomotive a kan kayan aiki na kayan aiki na wannan gwaji.
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da aka fara tashi game da saitunan ma'aikata akan wannan sauti mai sauti shine ƙananan girma. Idan aka kwatanta da sauran locomotives a cikin akwatin, wannan locomotive ba shi da kyau. Duk da yake sauti abu ne na dandano na sirri, dole in ce ina son saitunan. A kan manyan kamfanonin gyare-gyare, ɗaki da ke cike da kullun motsa jiki a cikakken girma zai iya zama mai banzuwa.
Ana iya sauraron locomotive daga nesa mai kyau, amma ba daga ko'ina cikin gidan ba. Abinda ya dace shi ne cewa dukkanin sauti suna da kyau daidai; ba overpowering karrarawa ko whistles. Zan iya barin mafi yawan saitunan ma'aikata kamar yadda yake, amma za'a iya daidaita saitunan ƙara don kowane sauti idan haka ake so.
Bayanai
Athearn ya yi shelar cewa wannan zai kasance mafi cikakken tsari na wannan haɗin gwiwa wanda aka samo a cikin nauyin HO, kuma an ba su. Tare da dukan zaɓuɓɓukan da aka yi da kayan aiki, GP15 ƙalubalen ƙwararrun masu ƙira. Babu motocin loro biyu na kamfanoni suna kama da wannan. Ɗaya daga cikin zane a sassan sassa na Athearn ya rubuta labarin. Daga cikin iska ya sauko zuwa ga ma'aurata da aka yanke, Athearn ya sake kamawa game da kowane bambanci a cikin babban abu ko babba. Locomotive cikakken bayani sau da yawa canja a tsawon lokaci, don haka ga waɗanda suka yi ƙoƙarin yin samfurin samfurin musamman takamaiman ko lokacin lokaci, har yanzu za a kasance dakin ga wasu tweeking. Ga mafi yawancin, aiki mai kyau na yanayi shi ne duk abin da za'a buƙaci don sanya wannan haɗin locomotive zuwa sabis.
Na gwada tsarin Conrail. Don ƙarin bayani game da cikakkun bayanai na Conrail, duba shafi na biyu na wannan bita.
Gaba ɗaya, wannan locomotive yana da kyau a daki-daki. Ganin-ta hanyar fuska akan radiator, yashi da layin iska a kan motoci, kwalliyar katako da kuma cikakkun bayanai sun fito daga cikin sauran. An saka fuskar fuska da kuma sunshades a matsayin cikakkun bayanai ga mai siye.
An yi amfani da hoto da dukkanin wasiƙa, ciki har da ƙananan ƙarancin tsaro, ya zama cikakke kuma yana da kwarewa. Mafi yawan waɗannan locomotives sun yi aiki a cikin yadudduka kuma sun karbi mai kyau na shayewa da gashi. Kyakkyawan aiki na yanayi zai sa kananan bayanai da yawa.
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Bayanin Conrail
Aikin farko na shirin Conheil na farko a Athearn ne aka kwatanta dashi a lokacin da aka fara aiki a 1979. Conrail ya karbi 100 GP15 a 1979, ciniki a GP7 da GP9. Dukan 'yan jiragen ruwa sun tsira zuwa ga Norfolk Southern / CSX da ke aiki mafi yawa a cikin iyaka da na gida a duk fadin tsarin.
A cikin shekaru 20 da suka wuce, mutane da yawa za su sami nau'in kiwo, rami mai tsabta, sabon zane da kuma sauran canje-canje.
Wasu daga cikin waɗannan za a iya wakilta a baya daga Athearn. (Harsunan Norfolk Southern suna wakiltar ƙananan kamfanoni na CR tare da fitilun wutar lantarki.)
Idan muka kwatanta wannan samfurin don cikakken hotuna a cikin Paul K. Withers ' Conrail Motive Power Review: 1986-1991 (Withers Publishing, 1992), samfurin ya kama kamannin Concomil locomotives da kyau. Wataƙila na fi so daki-daki shine ƙananan LSL (Locomotive Speed Limiter) alamar haske a kan firam a kusa da rijiyoyin gaba. Wannan ƙananan daki-daki na ɓangare ne na na'urar da aka saba amfani dashi a kan locomotives da ke tafiya a Amtrak ta Arewacin Corridor. Kusan ba a samo shi ba a tsarin kasuwanci.
Sauran ƙananan ƙananan bayanai sun haɗa da akwatin alamar jirgi a gefen dama, dual plows, da eriya. Akwai ƙarin zaɓuɓɓukan zane-zane na jiki da kuma waɗanda suke da yawa don tsarawa. Yawancin lokaci, da yawa Concomb locomotives suna da gonaki daban-daban da wasu canje-canje.
Wadannan za a iya wakiltar su tare da wasu sassan bayanan kasuwa bayan an nuna samfurin musamman daga hotuna.
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