QUOTE: Originally posted byJPM335 The trucks are installed with a lot of play, you can move them back and forth maybe 1/4 inch.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by GAPPLEG I have the 44-9w and the ac4400 from athearn, no problems both run great, no de-railment problems, wish I could say the same for BLI ac6000. [^] http://mypeoplepc.com/members/gapplegate/jerryslayout/
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Davidvd59 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!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe 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] QUOTE: Originally posted byJPM335 The trucks are installed with a lot of play, you can move them back and forth maybe 1/4 inch. 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?
QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe 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] QUOTE: Originally posted byJPM335 The trucks are installed with a lot of play, you can move them back and forth maybe 1/4 inch. 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? 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.
QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 QUOTE: Originally posted by GAPPLEG I have the 44-9w and the ac4400 from athearn, no problems both run great, no de-railment problems, wish I could say the same for BLI ac6000. [^] http://mypeoplepc.com/members/gapplegate/jerryslayout/ Just curious, whats wrong with your AC6000? Mine runs great.
QUOTE: Originally posted by sledgehammer I love my C44-9W its is my favorite train to run on my layout. I have it going aroung right now with 28 cars hooked to it and does not seem to mind it one bit. Its starting to get a little noisy . My advise is to order them up.