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SD9043N
Passenger

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Posted - 06/18/2011 :  07:01:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i got some athearn sd70 and 75i that id liek to put on kato chassis, they are very noisy and dont perform well at all, i wont be buying any more of them in the future

the atlas and kato engines i have are by far better running

any thoughts are welcome

thanks

adam

trains let us dream big ina small space

CNCPVIA
Brakeman

Canada
272 Posts

Posted - 06/18/2011 :  16:59:02  Show Profile  Visit CNCPVIA's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I don't have a lot of Athearn either...

For what I have seen, yes, they are not as good runners as the Kato or the Atlas... or even the Intermountain!

I also bought an Athearn engine equipped with the TSUNAMI sound decoder.
So far, I was not able to program anything into it.
I am still running it under the 03 address...

I would say that the mechanic and chassis are "fake" copies of the older Atlas-Kato made of the early 90's...
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sschaer
Moderator

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Posted - 06/19/2011 :  21:10:49  Show Profile  Visit sschaer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
sorry. no athearn units here. can't help you.
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