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Comparing two Locomotives
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I'm not at all familiar with IHC but they seem to be getting the same appraisal as the old AHM/Rivarossi engines of 25 years ago with their poor performance. <br /> <br />Has MDC improved their product since the time of the die cast kits? All I remember is the old style open frame noisy motor with the worm gear on the shaft that you had to line up with the gear on the drive axle. Have they designed their mechanisms to use can motors or any other mechanical upgrades? I often had to run my MDC locos several hours to get them to quiet down and smooth out, plus they drew quite a bit of current compared to other locos, such as the Mantua mikes and pacifics. We're talking a long time ago and hopefully the line has been improved upon. I have seen a couple of MDC locos that were detailed to the hilt for a particular SP prototype and they did look very impressive, but of course they had a Canon motor, new valve gear, details from Cal Scale and Kemtron, but indeed were as nice a looking engine as a brass import.
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