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I have a varity of steam locomotives. I don't have Athearn's lite mike so can't say much about it. I have a couple IHC locos, their 0-8-0 and a 2-6-0 are nice runners but somewhat lacking in detail. They are prime for super detailing, however. I had a Bachman Spectrum Pennsy K-4 Pacific, which ran very nicely and had nice detail, but didn't fit on my Northern Pacific layout. I have a Rivarossi lite mike converted to an N.P. W-3 Mike. This loco is a good runner. I also have a BLI J1e Hudson which is a good engine but has not been broken in yet. I converted this loco to the famous Timkin engine, N.P. 2626. Yes, the Timkin is a Northern! However, the two do look similar other than the missing pair of drivers. I also have two brass locos which run nicely. <br /> <br />My opinion is that most all of the steam locos available at this time are pretty good running pieces, excepting the cheap ones, ie life-like and plain Bachmann. <br /> <br />Jay_c is right, check things over before you slam a loco's mfger. Good runners out of the box can be made better with some TLC.
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