Reply to "MTH F3s and Kadees"

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harley rider posted:
I just ordered a MTH Southern Pacific F-3A 3 rail dummy I hope to turn into a 2 rail powered unit. Your Rio Grande F3s look so much better with Kadees.

Yes, these are fabulous looking engines to begin with, and they look even better with kadees. The options MTH provides with the 2 and 3 rail versions are really slick. And of course there is the benefit of having real couplers on both ends, so you can make/break consists on the fly, run them singly or paired up, or whatever.

You might also be interested in this thread. Mine had a tendency to pop wheelies, probably due to the combination of traction tires and no lobster claws. With that fix in place, they are smooth, solid runners, and already among my favorites.

Please post details of your conversion from dummy to powered unit when you get around to it. If I can ever find one, I want to do a powered B unit of the Rio Grandes, so I'd be really interested in how that turns out for you.

3/19/198:35 AM

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