My first HO locomotive..

[jacon12]

I guess I passed another milestone today, I bought my very first HO locomotive.. a Kato EMD SD40. Most people here listed the brand as a good one, but there must be something wrong with mine. Is it supposed to be so ultra quiet..?[;)]
I thought is would growl or complain a little..
Jacon

[cheese3]

Congratulations on your first HO locomotive. There is nothing wrong with it as long as you like it. I am working on saving up for my 13th HO loco. Good luck[^][:D][tup]

[jacon12]

Adam,
I like it! I'm just used to my noisy O scale stuff (both of them) It is taking me a while to get used to the quietness and size of HO.. :)
BTW.. I hope you get lucky 13 soon!
Jacon

[Anonymous]

My first loco was some 30yrs ago a Penn Central from Tyco Trains.

[Anonymous]

My first loco was some 30yrs ago a Penn Central GP-30 from Tyco

[nfmisso]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jacon12

I guess I passed another milestone today, I bought my very first HO locomotive.. a Kato EMD SD40. Most people here listed the brand as a good one, but there must be something wrong with mine. Is it supposed to be so ultra quiet..?[;)]
I thought is would growl or complain a little..
Jacon

Jacon;
Kato locomotives are very quiet, as are most quality HO locomotives - except the ones with sound systems.

[oleirish]

my first engine was a tyco saddle tank 51 years ago(old as dirt here)

[Anonymous]

Kato eh? Good choice - I'd run more of them if I could afford to. My brother has one of their N-scale Shinkansen (Bullet train) sets which is amazing - silent, smooth, very quick (just what you want on a Shinkansen!). Enjoy!

My first HO loco would be the Athearn SP SD9 that I bought back in 2001. It's still as the factory built it at the moment - have just fitted and painted the handrails. I plan to fit a DCC decoder, Kadees (in place of the factory E Z Mates) and ideally a few other detail parts at some point, as it's one of the best locos I have in terms of running qualities - this thing will out-creep a P1K loco on DC control, so what'll it do under DCC with a BEMF decoder...[:D]

[underworld]

My first HO loco was an ATSF Plymouth switcher made by AHM.....and I still have it!

underworld

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[jacon12]

It's always interesting to read about 'firsts' And yes, I know I'll want more Katos just from the build quality of this first one!
Jacon