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Reply to "Open frame AC motors vs. can motors"

Everyone's entitled to their opinion Ted.  For the locomotives I can buy off the shelf, speed control is a huge plus.  FWIW, I have done upgrades on some Williams brass with a 44:1 gear ratio, and I wasn't all that impressed, by the time you were running around 40 scale MPH, the motor was starting to get loud, it was topped out at around 8,000 RPM!  There's a balance between the gear ratio and the running characteristics.  Also, I don't care what motor you're running, with no speed control it'll still slow down or speed up on curves and grades.

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