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I picked up an Athearn after a 10 year or plus no purchase Athearn policy.After a diet of Atlasand P2k it was hard to look at a coffee grinder Athearn.Well this week i picked up a CP GP35 these are my thoughts on it. Still no comparison to P2K or Atla but then again its cheaper in price too! Paint was fair ,thick on rivits and on close inspection not as crisp as Atlas or P2K.Drive was smooth but still noisey.No lighted number boards..........that was a downer for me though the lights were bright,Decoder fit in like a charm and DCC conversion was easy.Detail on trucks was not crisp but acceptable.Basically a blue box Athearn in a RTR repackaged format! Screw on couplers nice to see instead of the dreaded Athearn clips.Of course this is the lower end of Athearn and maybe they are catering to the toy train crowd with these models with unrefinement at a lower price!
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