USA trains PA-1?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone own one?
I'd love hear about it.
and some basic info about it too please.

Cheers,
Garrett

[devils]

One of our group has one and a PB as well, they certainly look right and have very fine detail. Pulls 9 USA trains coaches no problem although they draw approx 2 amps each so make sure your controller has enough Amps. I'd recommend them on what I've seen.

Paul

[RR Redneck]

Oh, definatley. They are nice, but they sure do love that electricity.

[jebouck]

A friend has an ABA and pulls 10 USA stream-liners. One A unit does not run the same speed as the others, so it drags a little. They routinely pull 7 Amps from his power pack.  Also they have a lot of gear noise, even though he has Phoenix sound in all three.

jb

[Anonymous]

Ooo, well i saw the large electricity drw to come, im buying a 10 amp bridgewerks powerpack so i think that will do, maybe a 15,
i dont know
what kind of curves does it take, is it 8ft?

[tmcc man]

I'd go with the 15 AMP, because if you decide to get some passenger cars later, those will take some juice as well. If you get just the loco, 8 will do, but if you get passenger cars as well, don't put it on anything under 10. Also, the cars don't like S Curves. 

[Anonymous]

well im not to focused on getting the passenger cars
im going for a late PA use with SP
when they pulled freights
i might just repaint it to a bloody nose

[RR Redneck]

I am buying one soon. I aint running the power hungry thing on my railroad though.

[devils]

4ft radius (8ft diameter) curves minimum required. Just for info the USA coaches draw 1/2 amp each with the lights on.

[tmcc man]

well im not to focused on getting the passenger cars im going for a late PA use with SP when they pulled freights i might just repaint it to a bloody nose

I was thinking about doing that too, except with Lehigh Valley PA's. I love the colors, and they were used on freights after the LV's passenger service was wiped out. So it would be realistic.

[RR Redneck]

Naw, screw USA. I loves me an Aristo-Craft.

[dukebasketballer`]

I have a PA PB set and it is pretty good. There are a couple of downfalls: the power/motor/smoe/light switches are located on the botom of the engine in a nearly impossible to get to. They are somwhat noisy, but when running outside you dont notice it. I run my set with 7 aristo streamliners and it pulls just under 4 amps all together. Also, I would recomend a 10' diameter at a bare minimum. My smallest turn is a 11.5' diameter and it almost seems a little too sharp. It is a superbly detailed model with extroardinary pulling power. Check out San-val.com he has some awesome deals on them right now. I got my PA/PB set for on $275!!! That is quite a steall for all that pulling power.