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Until this Monday, the only locomotives I had were Athearns (I'm not counting the cheap Life-Like ones that came in a train set). The Athearn locos ran excedingly well, although they do make a lot of noise. On a side note, no two of my Athearn locos ever made the same noise. Each one makes a distinctive "growl." <br /> <br />The only problems I had with the Athearns is when I tried to convert them to DCC. Now I am lucky to get even one of them running. After weeks of being frustrated, I ordered an Atlas Dash 8-32BHW Amtrak locomotive. It arrived, and my jaw dropped. It is incredibly detailed, and although I can't figure out how to get it open to plug in a decoder, it runs great (I put together a short analog test track). <br /> <br />In my opinion, Atlas is about the most bang for the buck.
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