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[quote user="wjstix"]The OP gives a negative review of the new Bachmann USRA 2-8-2, basically saying it's not perfectly detailed for the railroad in question. My point is, I don't recall Bachmann saying "we're going to makes sure our new 2-8-2 is museum quality, with precise details for every railroad that ever owned a USRA 2-8-2." So slamming them for not producing such a model doesn't make much sense.[/quote] So if you read my post and follow up posts carefully, you will find that the primary irritation is that this thing weighs LESS than a Athearn Light Mikado (read title of article).  Edit: The reason this one (Bachmann) outperforms (slightly) the Athearn model is that neither the drivers, nor the leading or trailing trucks are sprung (unlike the Shamagosa drive mechanism on the Athearn).  This means that all 12ish ounces of weight falls on the drivers vice being spread across all wheels. I also said that I have come to expect Bachmann steam to not have perfect details.  [quote user="BMMECNYC"] But this post is more about the operating characteristics than the detail errors. I have come to expect detail errors, but not poor operating.[/quote]   However, my main gripe with their research department is the deliberate choice to represent a non-USRA mike as a USRA mike, when a google search and 5min of reading would yield a number range for USRA mikados of any railroad.  I should have surmised by original post better, but I kept losing (twice) what I was writing due to computer shutting down (laptop, power unplugged) and closing wrong browser window.  The op was a third draft.  The main problem is operation of the locomotive in question.  The inaccuracies in detail were just the icing on the cake to round out the review.
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