11-21-2012, 12:05 PM
faraway Wrote:However, the old! Athearn RTR drive (motor and truck gearbox) is not worth the trouble and has been totally removed. The engines became dummys to be used with the Bachmann only at this moment.
Are you sure, or are you referring to the old Blue box drives? I know the RTR drives are fairly similar, but they have improved a bit in my opinion, the motor does need replacing, either with a Mashima (A-Line) or a NWSL repower kit. I did that for a GP38-2 I have (actually, that WAS a Bluebox unit, but I replaced the cab for a Cannon&Co one , it's actually the unit in my current avatar :-) ) , and it runs fine, including very slow speeds.
Koos
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