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I just bought both of them and have ran them. Out of the box the Kato can run at a slower pace then the Ready to Roll Athearn. I do have another Kato, an SD90MAC, I bought the AC4400CW because of its performance over the Genesis SD-70. My only complaint is the the Athearn engines have realistic lighting system on them. Kato have some cool blueish-white light that I don't like. If you have the money to buy one get a Kato If you are on a budget then the Athearn RTR is the way to go. Do wieght it though. FYI I have 7 engines. 2 real old SD40T-2 , 2 AC4400CW 's oneSD-70M, all Athearn. One AC4400CW and One SD90MAC both Kato. I hooked all my cars to these individually and the old Athearns out pulled all buy at least 15 cars. Something to think about.
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