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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Speleon Hi Y'all! One of my best freinds lost his UP three unit coal turbine in a break in several months ago. It was nicely detailed and both the head end and second unit were powered. He replaced them and much to his dismay only the first unit was powered. The thing could barely pull itslef out of the yards. Overland said there was nothing they could do. Has anyone else had a problem like this with Overland? LP [/quote] I have many Overland models and using the 91 run and 97 run of the FEF-3's as an example, they are not identical. The Turbines have been run many times and some have the interior of the B unit with the actual model of the turbine inside. They ran an early model that only has the A unit powered, and the tank drive which had both units powered. I believe another run used the new drive with both units powered just a few years ago. For some reason, they decided to offer the new Turbine with the single powered unit only and I cancelled my reservation to purchase one as soon as I found out. The model I wanted was the earlier one with both A and B unit powered so it could be used on a layout to pull trains. The reason might be price. I have found this new Turbine available for 1650. That is low for a three piece brass model. The best option is to purchase one of the older units and sell this one if your friend can do that. Each new item that Overland runs is just that, new and usually good or better, but this one to me is a display model only. I am curious, does it have the interior installed in the B unit??
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