Joe Fermani posted:I think its unfair to state there are a high number of engines with failures. For as many posts we have read where there is a problem, how many were sold that have not had a problem? Most consumers do not post that their item worked well. While I do agree, that it is frustrating to buy an expensive loco and have an issue, Lionel will make it right. Just because something is expensive does not mean it cannot break. What is considered an acceptable production run? 3% failure rate? Assume 3% is a good rate, then a run of 2000 locs would yield 60 problem engines. 60 engines would yield a lot of comments on this forum and consumers would think the engine is garbage.
I would much prefer to have a minor engine problem, then say a defective cell phone which catches on fire.
Joe
Very true. The only issue that I can see that could be relevant to all GG1s is the shell seam. I have a VL GG1 and there is a very slight seam. I really have to look at it just right but it works perfectly. The OGR is a small percentage (even though there are those that think the world revolves around it) so without real data it's hard to say but it does give us a small sampling so it shouldn't be disregarded.
