Just received the Milwaukee Road S3 6-84067 Hiawatha today from Trainworld. What I like about TW is they double box the locomotives with enough padding to protect the original brown factory shipper - first rate! Ordered it the night before the 4th of July and it was on a truck the next business day. It arrived in pristine condition in its factory foam - no loose parts - no damage.
This loco is a sight to behold with its color scheme; the grey is almost white - OK - as GRJ once noted, it doesn't take much to amuse me. Only one issue out of the box, one of the drive wheels seems to be out of round and you get a smidge vertical and lateral movement - barely noticeable - seems to be working itself out as I run it; I'm not going to do anything about it - adds some realism; probably one of the rubber tires.
I am not familiar with the original version of the S3 released some years ago (wanted it but all sold out then) but like the CAB2 features: the quilling whistle has 3 modes - high pitched, low pitched, and air horn via the AUX1 button; is a good smoker - supplied 20 drops to start off; will experiment with another 20 drops after 10 minutes of running (you all know of my experience with destroying smoke units); will probably never use the cylinder steam; all the lights work including the blinking MARS light when you press emergency stop in the center of the keypad; the smoke switches and PGM/RUN switches are located on top of the boiler under a magnetically held cover - nice touch; there is no odessey switch; there is no orange load module but Lionel Dave published a document on how to load the info into the remote; was surprised to see in the manual that it can be controlled by a Universal Lionchief remote; as for Bluetooth, I do not have a smart phone but will see if there is an app for my Windows laptop; have no issues running it thru my O72 right and left hand command control switches; will lube it later tonight------------Happy Camper!
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