I went with the Sunset doodlebug as to my eye the rivets on the NJCB model are course. I replaced the oversized Sunset headlights with scale sized ones from PSC. and installed a TSU2200 DCC sound decoder. While the model ran smoothly at track speed it did not provide the smooth slow speed station starts I was looking for. My suspicion is that the small HO sized truck mounted motor didn't have enough low end torque for starting a relatively heavy brass model. Last year I worked with Quinton at Q Car Company and had him repower the original power truck with his below the floor interbank/ trolley drive. The good news is that it solved the starting problem - the bad news was that it needed more power to handle my steep 3% branch line grade. Our solution was to power the dummy truck. While it cost more than originally expected the gas electric runs beautifully and has become a crew favorite.
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