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I think it is a matter or preferences. I have 3 Rivarossi and 1 Trix Big Boy, of the two, I much prefer the Trix unit. The Trix comes in with a hefty 2 pounds of weight. With that much weight, I've found that I can pull about 25 feet of rolling stock (I ran out of rolling stock, I think this means I gotta get some more [:p]) on level track and it could handle it with no slipping. At slow speeds, this baby can creep along very nicely. My experience with the Trix BB is that it can handle the tightest of curves without derailing. It is also one nice looking engine. Although I must admit that with my model the rear tender leading truck will derail if the rails are not flat flat. I believe this to be a flaw in the design as the truck will float a little above the railhead. This has not cause the train to derail, indeed, perhaps due to the weight the train just puffs along until it hits a switch just right and cause a short which shuts down my DCC system till I correct the derail. I like my Rivarossi's but there have been times when I over shoot where I want to stop and if I try to back up, the rear tender will derail. <br />My impression is that I don't think Trix wants anyone digging into their model as I was unable to find any documentation on how and where to install my DCC chip. I like Rivarossi because they do give an exploded view of their BB. At the time, it took an issue of MR or Railmodel Journal on how to take the Trix BB apart to install the DCC chip. With the new release of the Trix BB, this is not a problem as it already comes DCC (and sound) equipped and can detect which power you are running, DC or DCC. <br />As a side note, I should mention, that the Big Boy does take up allot of room, to look right, it should pull allot of cars, and have wide turns. I would have to agree with mpeterll that making such a large engine does tend to make them unsuitable for most layouts. This has caused me some grief in designing my new layout. If I had it to do over, I think I should have stuck with the smaller stuff. But then again, it sure does my heart good to watch that BB roll down the track. I'm seriously considering buying another Trix BB to keep the other one company as I do like looking at all those BB's next to each other. This'll be my last BB purchase, I promise [angel] (does anyone know if hell froze over? [;)] [}:)])
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