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QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy For diesels nothing beats Atlas, P2K and Kato.
Bill Carl (modeling Chessie and predecessors from 1973-1983) Member of Four County Society of Model Engineers NCE DCC Master Visit the FCSME at www.FCSME.org Modular railroading at its best! If it has an X in it, it sucks! And yes, I just had my modeler's license renewed last week!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by BRAKIE The Atlas locomotive is far better then the P2Ks.The P2Ks are slow and nice locomotives(I own 38 ) but there is that dang gear problem.I understand its been fixed on the newer units but,it will be a long day in hades before I buy another P2K locomotive after all Ihad to replace gears in 32 of 'em-12 GP7s,16 GP9s and 4 GP30s and that IMHO is unacceptable..[:(]
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 I'm a longtime Athearn owner and can tell you that the new Stewarts and Atlas units can "Spoil You", so be careful! With a quality powerpack these locomotives can creep along at 1-2 mph. At about 30 scale mph, I can't even hear the motors!
QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 Don Gibson As always, you have a realistic, yet cool way of putting info! For me what's ironically funny is that the Proto 2000 units represent exactly what Athearn should have done with their BlueBox line! Yet LifeLike, a company many of us used to make fun of (their trains were a joke back in the day!), beat them to the punch! My HO P2K E units and GP9 convinced me of that! Top it off, even some of the Genesis units, still have the old "BlueBox Growl". Guys, before you roast me, remember that I own Athearn BBs! I'm currently upgrading them one by one just so they can run as smoothly and "quietly" as my P2Ks since I'm jumping onboard the DCC wagon!