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Athearn Super powered PA/PB-1 vs. regular powered
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In my current collection two of my Athearn engines, a PRR PA-1and PB-1 both powered, I believe to be of the super powered (or super geared I've seen both names) variety mainly because they move, much faster than any other engines I have and can haul alot more. i recently purchased off ebay another athearn PRR PA-1 with a different road number only to find that it wasn't as fast as my other engines. So i took the covers off to inspect them and I noticed that the flywheels and motor on my original engines (the supposed super powered ones) was a silver color and that the unit I bought off of ebay had brass (gold colored) flywheels and a gold colored motor. I was wondering if the silver colored flywheels and engine is indicative of the super powered athearn engines. and another question i had is would i be able to take a motor from a super powered F7 and use it on my PA-1's by retaining the original trucks on the PA and just hooking up the driveshafts? Thanks.
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