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If you are on a budget I have found the Life-Like F7A (I powered my dummy B units with motors from A's) run really well at a crawl. This is amazing because they don't have flywheels. Bachman Spectrum engines with 6 wheel trucks, have flywheels, are geared for a more realistic top speed, run really well at a crawl, but are noisy. Maybe it's those high ratio gears. I watched a Kato Mikada new out of the box spinning it's wheels pulling 4 auto racks. My point is this, try anything before you buy. Some of those expensive engines may be a ripoff.
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