@Engineer-Joe posted:Whaaaa?
I think you may be experiencing a certain model's issues?
Posting that PS3 boards are weaker doesn't jive with my experience. Maybe a cheaper Railking's steam boiler board or tender board is coming into your post?
I don't like your authoritative post that states some finding of yours that is not true for me. Just my opinion.
Well, the RailKing boards are exactly the same as the Premier boards so that shouldn't be a factor. The Railking models tend to be lighter, so that would likely be a much more significant factor I suspect.
Also, I have never seen this effect with PS/3, and it's truthfully never been brought up before. I know my Premier Big Boy from the 2017 catalog has pulled 70 freight cars, and yes from a dead stop. My many other PS/3 locomotives have never exhibited any pulling power issues from dead stop as well. Finally, as per my previous post, I did a little impromptu test and also did not see anything to validate this opinion. I believe this is either a one-off issue with a specific locomotive or an old wives' tale.