Hi Gents, Sunset..
Instead of a concept engine... Ace 3000.. Why not spend your design and engineering dollars on a loco that would sell. Or reengineering older loco's so that if you rerun them, then they will be super! Ex, the SW1.. Do that again, but with a drive that is horizontal like the Atlas SW8's.. those things run fantastic. in HO Plastic, the Horizontal drives work very well. Why can't we have that in not only smaller loco's like the SW8 but in larger ones like an SD45? Yea, perceived value because the larger loco's have two motors.. who cares. they grind and run like crap and if something is wrong, you have to go in and change it out.. They SUCK! I do like the models and details, just dealing with duel motors is horrible.. That's my opinion anyway... it is hard to get slow running with them.. one day, when I get ambitious.. I am going to do the above to my loco's.. Since I have a small shop here that can do it.. Essentially make the O-Scale stuff I have like KATO Ho models.. I had to admit, those run so smooth.. and the O-Scale Atlas SW8's also run fantastic and they pull like mad with one motor which proves it can be done and they are so much better. thus also leaving room for more electronics space etc.. anyhow, I think investing in an Ace 3000 is a waste of effort and time.. you would get more mileage from other products, SW1, ALCO S2-4, etc.. Dan
