Ah man... I feel guilty now sending it into you! I didn't even notice those issues. But I'm definitely looking forward to getting it back! And it sounds great! Thanks so much for your hard work! :)
I am just not an Athearn fan when it comes to their N scale stuff these days. On an unrelated note. Hey Kelley have you tried those "Run-N-Smooth" keepalive things that Iowa Scaled Engineering came up with? I figured if anybody had any real world experience with installing or using them it would be you.
From my experience athearn doesn't have the greatest pulling power. It's not bad but it's also not impressive. My layout has a 4% grade and this athearn challenger and my athearn big boy will pull about 18 freight cars up it ok. On level track it could pull double that. My Kato fef-4 or GS4 will pull double that.
Ah man... I feel guilty now sending it into you! I didn't even notice those issues. But I'm definitely looking forward to getting it back! And it sounds great! Thanks so much for your hard work! :)
Nice video sorry for your troubles but I'm going to wait for Broadway Limited Imports Challeger not sure of the release date.
I am just not an Athearn fan when it comes to their N scale stuff these days. On an unrelated note. Hey Kelley have you tried those "Run-N-Smooth" keepalive things that Iowa Scaled Engineering came up with? I figured if anybody had any real world experience with installing or using them it would be you.
How Much can This Pull?
From my experience athearn doesn't have the greatest pulling power. It's not bad but it's also not impressive. My layout has a 4% grade and this athearn challenger and my athearn big boy will pull about 18 freight cars up it ok. On level track it could pull double that.
My Kato fef-4 or GS4 will pull double that.