MELGAR posted:I frequently see comments on the Forum from people who are reluctant to buy PS-1. As someone who owns and runs quite a few PS-1 locomotives (conventional), that doesn't seem justified to me. Mine have been running trouble-free for more than twenty years. They run smoothly at low speeds, especially after break-in, even without speed control. Just replace the battery with a BCR.
If you don't run command, that makes sense. However, many folks run mostly or completely on command control, so they'd have a different view. As for running "smoothly", that's true, but throw in grades and curves, and they don't run at the same speed all the time.