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Bowser Loco Kits??

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Posted by scubaterry on Friday, April 7, 2006 6:27 PM
Darth - Tks for the info. You say the DC-71 is more powerful. Is it significant over the HH? This loco and tender weigh almost two pounds. I don't want to put a wimp motor in it.
Terry[8D]
Terry Eatin FH&R in Sunny Florida
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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Friday, April 7, 2006 8:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by scubaterry

Darth - Tks for the info. You say the DC-71 is more powerful. Is it significant over the HH? This loco and tender weigh almost two pounds. I don't want to put a wimp motor in it.
Terry[8D]


I don't actually have an HH motor, but the new DC-71s are more powerful than any motor I have(Atlas, Roco, Kato, P2K...). Bowser says they have .004 horse power, which is quite-a-bit if you consider its size![:0][:D]

I'm sure the Helix Humpers have plenty of power. Most newer can motors do, so they should work great![:D] And for the price, they'd BETTER work great![^]

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Posted by scubaterry on Saturday, April 8, 2006 7:40 AM
Darth, thanks as always you are a fountain of information[:D] I think I will email Bowser again and get their take on it. Maybe with the new DC-71 the HH are not needed. But I could see where you might want to replace one of the older style Bowser motors.
Terry[8D]
Terry Eatin FH&R in Sunny Florida

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