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Simon-- I have three BLI locomotives and have not experienced any problems personally. Each loco has about 10 hours of running time. But if there is a 35% failure rate as you mention, BLI has some quality control issues that you rightfully point out will do them in. I agree that BLI has rushed a lot of products to market. As I noted on the Atlas forum several months ago, the SP E units had light showing through the front of the shell. While this is easily fixed by either painting the inside of the shell or by adding some electrical tape inside the shell, when you pay $200+ for a diesel locomotive, you shouldn't have to do that. The only reason why I mention this is because it is further evidence of the ru***o market business plan that BLI is executing. If you compare BLI to Trix, another high end manufacturer, Trix has been much more deliberate in bringing new models to market.
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