A few observations based on my one pair of Bettendorfs;
- Very nicely detailed
- Much better engineered than a lot of brass offerings
- Free rolling - not as well as IM trucks with PSC wheels, but you don’t need that good!
- Well equalized with a clever design so they can use prototypical coil width springs
- Not immediately obvious to me how to replace wheel sets.
- Before putting into service I would sand the treads clean, rather than depending on the rails to do it
- Will easily go into Atlas Cars. Retrofitting Lionel or MTH may require your own adapters.
