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@Dallas Joseph posted:
In what years did the 5 volt boards go out in favor of the 3 volt in the RAILKING lineup ? Was the 5volt also used in the Scale and Premier line ?
So far I haven't had the issue with my Railking engines. 🙄

The 5v boards were phased out in 2004, you are pretty safe to buy anything 2005 or newer with a 3v board. In contrast to Arnold, I don't usually install BCR's in my 5v PS2 engines. The board has to fully charge the capacitor which (in my opinion) causes extra stress to the already fragile 5v board. That's just my minor preference, I'm sure that many 5v PS2 board with BCR's will still run for many years...

In the Spirit of the thread, some of my favorite Railking engines:

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