Originally Posted by Balshis:
Originally Posted by scale rail:
Athearn made their first stab at HO with their rubber band drive. It sounded like a terrible idea but in reality at the time worked well.
Maybe yours did. Mine were nothing but trouble, and I dumped them for geared locomotives as soon as possible.
You got that right. In no time at all the bands would wear out on my old F-7. I used rubber bands that I used with my braces.