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Other loco manufacturers
G8B4Life:
Thanks LW93Rcode (and Geek.Verve).
I opened the model up again today and confirmed with myself that there's no room to dual 4S speaker the thing without diecast surgery. We'll see if I bother stripping it back down to do that.
On a different note, from another thread way back when I can't remember, I did get some double sided foam tape and tonight when I had
the model open installed the speaker on it; the vibration and resonance when blowing the horn is now gone. Yay. It sounds much better.
- Tim
Antoine L.:
Hey! Sorry to bring back an old topic, but I didn't want to make another, since I want to talk about this specific subject.
I just bought this beauty (Athearn Genesis WC EMD F45 #6651)
As you can see it runs with a Kato SD45 and both run together consisted liek a charm.
So yeah, this topic is about loco manufacturer. I thought the Genesis line was "the top of the line". As for details, it really is nice, but motor, gearing, mechanical parts: I am not sure this loco is any better than Kato. In fact, it it noisier and less smooth than KATO. It is set at 490ma !!!! (automatic set up from RP)
What are your thoughts about "top of the line" locos, which one are working best? For me Kato wins for now, but I have not tried BLI, Intermountain, Bowser, Walthers yet.
Have a good day!
Antoine
Josephbw:
I have 20 LM2s's installed and one of them is in an Athearn Genesis. I can't say that I'm overly impressed with the running characteristics of this engine. Mine also has a high amperage draw. I have several hours on it just running around breaking it in. It has dropped the amp draw a little, but not much.
I have an old Athearn BB, back before the light board, and it runs better than the new Genesis. :o
Joe
Antoine L.:
Do you recommend removing the board to hardwire the LM2S? Mine is plugged in the 9pin plug that was there already.
Antoine
KPack:
If you have the space and everything works fine, then I would leave the factory board. If you are experiencing electrical issues then I would remove the board and hardwire the LM-2.
Athearn Genesis has hit-and-miss drivetrain quality. Some of mine have been okay (GP7u I just finished for example), but my other 3 Genesis locos all required work. One needed completely new trucks, one needed a new motor (brand new from the box, never run), and the other squeaks like a mouse.
Atlas usually has great drivetrain quality. Kato isn't quite as good, at least from my own experience. I have to say I'm surprised by MTH. I picked up one from them and the current draw is one of my lowest (well below 200mAh) and it is extremely smooth and quiet.
-Kevin
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