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My LL Berkshire runs about like the Kato Mikado. In other words, really good. My friend got an Atlas Shay. It seems to run very well. Some of the add on details, the "bars" or "rails" up on the boiler, for lack of a better term, look wrong. It looks like they are folded and pointy in the front. It seems to run well. I'm kind of torqued at Bachman putting rapido couplers on the new H-5. Hells bells, when you spend that kind of money on an engine you expect knuckle couplers. Oh, forgot to mention one cool thing about the LL Berkshire. It has directional lighting. Its the first N scale steam engine I've seen with it. The first good running steam engine I came across was the Kato Mikado. The Minitrix and Rivarossi just don't seem to be worth buying. The next good N scale steam engine I found was the Bachman Consolidation. As earlier stated, the LL Berkshire, (C&O Kanawha) I recently bought runs very well. I have seen the H-5 run but only on a short "Test Track" at the local hobby shop. I think it will be a good runner but am not sure as I haven't seen it run any distance.
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