Considering a Stewart U25B, looking for opinions

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 28, 2003 10:08 PM

I am considering a Stewart U25b with Stewart drive in rock Island colors. This is an online purchase. I have not owned a stewart before and would like any opinions anyone would wi***o share on their detailing, performance, ect. Our local hobby shop does not have one.

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CBQ_Guy

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From: North Central Illinois
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 4:19 PM

Gee, I just noticed nobody answered you. Weird. Anyway, yes Stewart is one of the better running locos up there with Kato, Proto, Atlas, etc. At least from my experience with a couple of their F-Units.

I would buy one sight unseen, at least as far as running quality. Hope this helps.

"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~

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CBQ_Guy

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From: North Central Illinois
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 4:20 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy

Gee, I just noticed nobody answered you. Weird. Anyway, yes Stewart is one of the better running locos up there with Kato, Proto, Atlas, etc. At least from my experience with a couple of their F-Units.

I would buy one sight unseen, at least as far as running quality. Hope this helps.

BTW, I have one the Burlington Stewart U-25's and it ran great right out of the box when I tested it on a friend's layout. I also have one in Pennsy but haven't run it yet.

"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~

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AntonioFP45

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From: Good ol' USA
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Thursday, December 4, 2003 8:49 PM

Have to tell you that I purchased a NYC Stewart F7 from Happy Hobo Trains about 3 years ago. From right out of the box I made it crawl at about 2 scale miles per hour with an MRC 2400 powerpack! Runs beautifully. What impressed me even more is how quiet it runs. Crisp paint job and nice detail. Am definetly going to put a Soundtraxx decoder in it. (I'm presently converting to DCC - It's the way to go!) As a " budget concious" modeler, I can honestly say that with a Stewart unit, you're getting a very nice model for the buck! MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD QUALITY POWER PACK or you'll be cheating yourself out of good, prototype style performance! Hope this helps!

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detting

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From: PRR Mainline
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Posted by detting on Thursday, December 4, 2003 9:35 PM

I was at the Stewart Open House last month. The paint jobs on their locos are incredible. There is an emphasis on quality throughout the factory and they do only one thing - HO.

I think that you will be happy with a Stewart.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 11:52 PM

I've never had a problem with my Stewart engines. Very good quality.

Warren

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:52 PM

The detail on these is excellent. They do have different drive mechanisms, however, with the kato-powered ones having very smooth performance. The early versions of these had the athearn drives, which are ok, but not as good performers.

Jim