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It varies. In my experience there are good and bad locos in every line. I have Athearn locos that are superb slow runners (my best BB is an SD9). Equally I have Athearn locos that are something of a disappointment - my Dash 9s are nothing like as good at slow speed running and are far noisier. There are some surprise good locos as well. Bachmann's latest GP40/GP50s with 8-wheel drive are, in my experience, excellent. The only thing missing in my opinion is flywheels, as the drive train is otherwise identical to my Walthers Dash 8-40B (another excellent loco). <br /> <br />I've not tried Genesis, Kato, or Atlas locos yet - very tempted by one of the new Atlas SD24s though, so I might well buy one of these to add to my "premier" fleet of more expensive locos (all P1K at the moment). Also considering one of the latest Bachmann Niagaras, as they're "a lot of metal for the money" and look very nice - any opinions on their running qualities? I like the idea of one or two big steamers to run in my museum's collection and the Niagara fits the bill, so long as it runs reasonably.
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