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The August Model Railroader reports that Athearn will bring out an Athearn CF7 in HO painted for Santa Fe and several short lines. This model is believed to be based an earlier product by Rail Power Products. It has been a long time since I bought an Athearn locomotive. I am currently running locomotives by Life-Like and Atlas. The Athearn CF7 is to be in the RTR line. My operating environment is that of a short line with a focus on switching. I'm used to the slow and smooth performance of Life-Like locomotives for such operations. I hope that readers with experience with recent Athearn locomotives, particularly the RTR line, can give me some advice on the kind of performance I should expect from an Athearn CF7. I welcome all advice but I am particularly interested in advice on the following questions: How slowly will they run? How smoothly will they run at low speeds? Am I likely to be able to run a CF7 with a Life-Like GP7 in "MU operation"? Thanks in advance. Roger
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