Reply to "New Challengers...What do you think?"

Rusty TraqueOGR Forum Member

quote:
Originally posted by Major:

The more gizmos you have on a toy locomotive the greater the likely hood that one of them will fail.

All this techonology in model trains is a two-edged sword. It was the stuff of dreams when I was a kid and seems to be a nightmare sometimes.

It's funny, but if you follow the 3-rail side, you see the same type of complaints about electronics reliability, then the obligatory threads about someone who's had absolutely no problems and want even more features crammed into their trains.

MY HiRail/Flyer stuff doesn't see a lot of milage, so I can't proclaim myself an "expert" on high-tech choo-choo's. But, I'm still eagerly awaiting my Challenger.

However as far as my scale stuff is concered, I've got locomotives that are straight DC, DCC or DCC with sound. Even though my DCC stuff has proven reliable, I find myself operating my straight DC stuff the most.

Rusty

11/14/1110:17 AM

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