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I've got a Trix Big Boy, #4013 without sound or DCC. Fantastically smooth and quiet runner. Initially, its pulling power on grades was severely limited, but after cleaning the wheels and some break-in running to wear off the factory finish on the treads, it now pulls like a mule! I don't have enough cars to put behind it to stop it on the flats.... I have over 50 cars... Pulls 10 NMRA weighted cars up a 4% grade that is a 22' radius for about 6 linear feet before leveling out again. Thanks to those on this forum that gave me the hints on helping it pull. Since I am running a DCC layout, I figure that I will install a standard decoder for now and perhaps later, when I can afford it, will start converting my loco fleet to sound. Then I would probably install a Soundtraxx system. The loco and tender are very simple to disassemble for decoder & speaker installations and there is lots of room in the tender. The best part is that I bought it on EBay, brand new in the factory sealed shipping carton for $310.00!!! ($10.00 was for shipping) $300 was the minimum bid on a 10 day listing and I bid and won! No one else even bid. Talk about luck. Hope that there are some more lucky ones out there, this is a truly great loco.
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