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Athearn C44-9W Question.
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Davidvd59</i> <br /><br />I had an Athearn C44-9w RTR in the canadian national scheme WITH QUICK PLUG IN DCC decoder". I could not get the unit to operate properly, it appeared to be having grounding problems I could not resolve. I kept the shell, my son shoots at the locomotive with his pellet gun. I bought an old blue box locomotive and put the shell on it. That runs fine! The new one rtr forget it! I will not but any Athearn rtr with quick plug in decoder technology again. None of the circuit board wires were soldered, just clipped in the board with a plastic clip holding the wires in place. No thanks! <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Maybe you were a little hasty in demoting the engine to target practice. On mine, and on many others I have heard, athearn doesnt scrape the paint off the frame before attaching the screw that picks up power from the frame. Take off the screw, scrape some paint away and put the screw back in. That solved my problems. (except for the trucks thing)
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