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I've got a Spectrum 8-40CW and my experiences have been very different. My example, bought for around £30 in a LHS (they'd bought a cheap batch of them from a wholesaler), has been fine. It doesn't run as smoothly as my Athearn Dash 9, but it has a much larger haulage capacity and is fine when run in a lash-up with another loco. I'm in the process of fitting modified Athearn Dash 9 handrails to it as the originals were damaged. <br /> <br />The general verdicts on Bachmann diesels are surprising. It sounds as though Bachmann needs to fit chassis of similar design and quality to those that they use in their British OO scale range - these have can motors, twin flywheels, DCC decoder sockets, a hefty steel casting for weight, and drive through both trucks. Bodywork is to a similarly high standard - cab interiors, see-through fan grilles and seperate fan mouldings - if you blow on them they turn!
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