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I've got 7 Athearn F7's, (3 superpower) and found that all were quite noisy initially. After cleaning and lubing after the first few hours of run time, I noticed that the noise was considerably reduced. These engines are now well used and I run them often and do run them hard. (Heavy loads, up and down inclines and keep them going for hours on end.) <br />They all run very quietly now and perform superbly. I use DCC and when running slowly or moderately, all you can hear is the wheels on the tracks. They will all start to "whine" a little bit when I really open the throttles and get them rolling, which I do once each time I run them so they don't always run at the same constant speeds. I also make it a point to run them in reverse for awhile often. <br />Since Athearn has been bought out and has moved, I hope they will survive and continue to put out reliable reasonably priced locos. For everyday runners' they are great, I save my "show" locos for more special occaisional operations.
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