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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:38 PM

The stars of this video clip are the two Athearn F units I've had a problem with (see the 'Minor problem' thread in the DCC and Electronics forum). The third loco is a dummy. The two black locos you'll on the other line are P2K E units running on Bachmann decoders. Now even though the two locos you're about to get a close look at are Athearn BB units you won't hear any Athearn growl. They have been re engineered so that they run very quietly and draw very little power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqGcVWv_22o

 

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Posted by jktrains on Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:42 PM
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

The stars of this video clip are the two Athearn F units I've had a problem with (see the 'Minor DCC problem' thread in the HO board).  . . .  They have been re engineered so that they run very quietly and draw very little power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqGcVWv_22o

When they run like they're supposed to!!! Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:43 PM
 jktrains wrote:
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

The stars of this video clip are the two Athearn F units I've had a problem with (see the 'Minor DCC problem' thread in the HO board).  . . .  They have been re engineered so that they run very quietly and draw very little power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqGcVWv_22o

When they run like they're supposed to!!! Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

Exactly, which is most of the time.

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