@Rayin"S" posted:These locomotives run much slower than an American Flyer. There is nothing wrong with it, it's set to run at a more realistic speed. I have seen these at the S Fest train race events, they are geared to run at a lower speed.
Ray
My childhood train was a K5 Pacific. I think it was 312AC; not fast at all. Top speed was prototypical 80 mph at best. It was 1/2 the speed of my friends Lionel.