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Athearn C44-9W Question.
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by 4884bigboy</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe</i> <br /><br />I have one of the older ones from the mid 90s and it runs very smooth. After I balanced a flywheel and stuffed Kleenex in the 3 piece shafts it also got quiet.[:D] <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted byJPM335</i> <br /><br />The trucks are installed with a lot of play, you can move them back and forth maybe 1/4 inch. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />That's interesting. The trucks on mine are pretty tight in their sockets, but they turn just free enough to not derail. Are the sockets that your trucks go into round? Or maybe the plates on top of the trucks that go in the sockets are too small? <br />[/quote] <br />I could be wrong, but I don't think Athearn made Dash 9s in the 90s in their RTR line. Most likely you have a blue box unit, which from what I've seen do run quite well. As far as I know, I think BNSF Railfan's talking about the RTR units. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />The one Im talking about is RTR. Got it about 6 months ago. SP paint.
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