I bought the LIRR version. Initially, I had issues. I had major league traction issues with mine. It could hardly move itself without slipping and/or loosing traction. Forget about pulling a train. Took it back to my LHS and they gave me another one. The "new" one runs great. Good puller, sounds good. It seems to sort of have the "quick stop" issue in conventional but not as bad as the steam engines. Just barely tolerable for me personally. Overall, I'm glad to have it and glad I ordered it. I also have the scale Williams 44ton for sale on the for sale forum.
It will find, at least on my layout, find every single dip or track issue and slip. I guess that is good as it finally made me fix a few spots that cause issues with other engines but never bad enough to cause serious operating issues. A shim or two and a few Gargraves track screws and we were in good shape!
No smoke unit, which is just fine with me. I don't care for smoke units in diesels and in general find MTH smoke units too overpowering in my home.
