@CBQer posted:Then what brand will you buy. Lionel? I have several Atlas locos and have enjoyed them all. Sunset makes a very good model and I have a couple E8s to pull my Atlas Zypher cars. MTH is on their way out. Weaver is gone.
With respect.
Dick
I will probably stick with the backlog of PS-1 MTH and conventional Williams locos that I already have to convert to TMCC with Cruise Commanders. Spending a bunch of dough for a new loco that does not run well has no appeal to me.
Where Williams will use one screw to separate the motor from the truck, Atlas will use several, all seemingly different sizes, and the bearings and center axle will fall out at the same time. Sometimes the bearings are shimmed also, and those fall out, too. Seems like K-Line did it similarly, but without as many screws.
I also never had a Weaver steam engine that ran well enough to please me. Is smooth too much to ask?
I fix my own locos, so ease of maintenance and simplicity of design appeal to me.
If someone else fixes your locos, then you are spared the headaches, but your wallet is not spared.
These are just my opinions, based on my personal experiences, which caused me to form these opinions.
