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Well I have a mixed roster on my layout. 3 IHC steamers. 1 IHC SD-35 1 Atlas SD-35 1 Athearn GP-35 2 Athearn heavy F units 1 Stewart F Unit set 1 P2K BL-2 1 P2K SW 1200 1 Athearn SW 1500 1 Walthers GP 38-2 1 Bachmann Spectrum GP-30 1 bachmann Spectrum Fairbanks Morse Of all of these the Atlas wins hands down for smoothness and quietness. However if you breathe on it to much the details will break. The IHC's run smooth as glass but have some noise issues. The Walthers absolutely refuses to run slow, and is only slightly less noisy than the Athearns. The Bachmann's both run great but are noisy Of the P2K's the BL-2 is currently awaiting a new motor, but the switcher runs nice. Same problem as Atlas with the fragile details. All of the Athearns are noisy as heck, but they run reliably, the main problem is they require much more voltage to get them moving than all the others. The Stewart probably runs the quietest second to the Atlas, and it is a fantastic runner as well. I can creep this thing on the layout with barely any throttle at all. The only one that beats it is the Atlas. So all in all, I would say that in my fleet Atlas wins. I do not own any Kato units no do I plan to buy any due to the price. For me the Atlas units are my best bang for the buck as far as detail and reliability.
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