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I have found it really doesn't matter that much. I run Atlas, Walthers, Athearns, and even an ocassional toy loco together without any problems. Never a burnt motor or stripped a gear. They sometimes run for 5 hours at a time in a big loop on a moular layout 10 feet wide and 16 feet long. In fact when the track gets dirty the toy (ie bachmann, lifelike) locos will loose power and the good locos will drag them with wheels a scaping until they get power again. Then I know where to eraser the track. Only thing I ever found was it is better to hook them up with good locos first as it saves on coupler pounding on dirty spots. FRED
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