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Like many modelers, I have many more locomotives than I should. I also have some older locos from my late-teens c.-19th century layout that do not fit my current transition-era period. And of course, one reason for choosing transition era was to be able to play with early diesel as well as steam (which remains my true love). <br /> <br />In diesel, I concur with several posts above - the Stewart/Kato F7 A/B HO diesels are awesome and definitely my best runners, period. But all but one of my diesels run very, very well - the exception being the Walthers GP9M that some others have praised. <br /> <br />In steam, its the Proto2K 2-8-8-2. That would be followed by my Powerhouse 2-8-8-2 semi-brass and a few truly brass engines, mostly from SKI and Samhongsa. The Spectrum 2-8-0 is very smooth but draws more current and is noisier. Spectrum 2-10-0 is a decent runner but not up to the 2-8-0. Referring to my literally and figuratively older steam, I have several Rivarossi purchased in the mid-Sixties: two of their 4-4-0 Americans, a 2-4-0 and the 4-6-0 Casey Jones. All of these are still outstanding runners after 40 years (15 of them in storage in a dry but non-temperature or humidity-controlled environment) and many, many hours of operation; this company at the time was far ahead of the curve. Curiously, the Americans are now offered by IHC and, based on test-running at my LHS, are pale shadows of the originals in terms of running quality.
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