I got the PRR Q2 and Had troubles off the bat.. First front drive wasnt connected and had a short in the tender..Exchanged that in and my second one not even two weeks old and ran less then 10 times smoke unit took a dump on me....I'm not to happy with BLI now...
I had a B LI diesel with a bad QSI decoder several years ago, and BLI replaced it and paid the shipping both ways. This was not really BLI's fault, but QSI's.
As far as BLI steam locomotives go, we have around six of them at our HO scale club and none of them have had any problems, but none of us use smoke. If the locomotive comes with it, we immediately turn it off so the oily smoke fluid does't mess up the track and scenery.
The smoke units are burning out early on a lot of BLI's locos. Its best not to leave them dry and with track power just sitting. I have switched mine off as soon as I get them. On a couple of them I took them out and put more weight in the boiler. To me the smoking loco is a toy like gimmick that I could do without. I get enough oily smoke from work and do not need it in the train room.
Pete
I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!
I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
I have 2 BLI AC6000s and they have ben fine. My concern with BLI is that they don't have many repair parts which I needed when building one of those which was undecorated--I broke some parts.
Richard
The eletronics are fine in my AC6000CWs also,wish they will make so sound AC6000CWs because of the price and will like to get two more in the new CSX scheme.
Russell
I did exactly what Pete did. One of them had a slide switch connector so I could turn it off manually; the other I had to turn off via the CVs. And, on one unit, I believe that it was the smoke unit that was causing shorting problems when I was trying to initially program the long address.
Smoke units may look kinda cool but they leave an oily mess all over your layout. No thanks...
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
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I still have windows 8 but been having proublems like on my home computer for 2 years on this site.. try to post with wifes laptop and even mine did the samething..both are like 7 months old..
I'm sorry if I offened anyone... Just bumb out about this.. One thing good on this engine it does run quiet and smooth..Just wanted your opion on what to do? Told BLI If I send it back it wont be unit after christmas..Wonder if there willing to put a QSI titan in my Q2? I got a 2 year warantie on it. Just don't want the samething happenning again..I saw on FOX new that Chinese are using old re used/junk electronic parts in most of there products and found out US millitary hardwear has Chinese electronics in them..Korea and Japan make better stuff then China..Heard BLI korea made train where better quality... Maybe BLI should rethink and go back to korea?