nkp4me posted:Thanks to all of you, you have given me some things to think about with this for sure.
So pullmor motors are not as good at low speed and may be louder? Is that correct.
I'm not convinced that the engine will perform poorly at low speed nor that you won't be able to run at low speed. I believe I had an F3 in this era with a single Pullmor motor and it ran fine at low speed. I think you get somewhat better performance with a higher power transformer. There is a bit of an apples and oranges comparison going on here. Most electronically controlled engines operate better at low speeds. They are more precisely controlled. It's not the motor itself, but electronic speed control vs. speed control based solely on the voltage output setting of the transformer. Also, with magne-traction, I think this engine will pull fine. I think we should narrow the discussion to the alternatives you have in this road name. There is a Williams NKP GP-9 available on eBay right now. It's a single engine (no dummy) and is a little more expensive than the Lionel set. There's a Lionel Legacy GP-9; whoa is that expensive! That's all I see right now as options.
George
