This is all going to depend on how you operate your trains, and what you are looking to get out of them...there’s differences in the quality levels of both.....for some of us, large Pittman can motors are the way to go in scale stuff, it gives us way better finer control than any old school open frame AC motor ever could.....upgrades for can motored locomotives are far superior than what’s available for AC motored locos. Realism is easily achieved with can motored appliances vs. the AC equivalent.........we now enjoy realistic low speeds set with cruise even on grades and heavy loads thanks to can motors.....but, if whizzing around O31 curves, listening to the buzzing e units and smelling that wonderful smell of ozone is your thing (sometimes it’s mine too) then, let her rip tator chip.......it all depends on what your looking for your railroad to do....ain’t no right or wrong....obviously, DC can motors can run longer than AC motors due to the nature of the AC motors wanting to make heat, but again, that’s debatable dependent on what loads your asking it to do...and the roles could be reversed, say if you ask a 736 to pull 5 cars for 30 minutes, vs. a Railking equivalent pulling 20 cars for 30 minutes............Pat
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