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Identical locomotives....different speeds?
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Jim, I think it's possible to buy "patch" decals to cover the old number, then put a new number decal on top. Not sure who makes these though. <br /> <br />Re: The different speeds problem. If one loco is a lot slower than the other then you should check that nothing's amiss - I have a Bachmann N F7A that arrived from the factory running very slowly and overheating, which I traced to a mangled pickup. I wouldn't have realised the problem existed were it not for my brother's F7A which he'd bought a few months earlier (which ran perfectly), and would probably have burnt the motor out before realising. I've had some surprising "matches" in loco performance under DC - managed to run a mixed Roco/Proto 1k lashup (Proto C-Liner A/B and Roco Sharknose A) without any problems. The problems came with DCC, or specifically with the cheap Bachmann decoders - avoid these if you can, as they have a speed curve more suited to a race car than a diesel loco!
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