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I know there has been a lot of flack about Athearn RTR but I'm curious. I bought an Athearn Santa Fe RTR caboose and ran it a few times. It had problems staying on the track even at low speeds. I got looking at the wheels and the it looks like Athearn has gone with a cheaper smaller flanged wheel. I didn't have time to mess with it then. I just opened up 2 Rock Island passenger RTR's from Athearn and I can't keep the things on the track. The wheels have almost no lip and the trucks are really cheesy. I have a set of Athearn Amtrak cars that will run for hours at a time with no problems that I built from kits and my other rolling stock has no problems. Anyone else out there having the same problems? <br /> <br />RMax
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