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I have Athearn Genesis F3/F7 locomotives, one Atlas RS-3, a Roundhouse 2-6-0, four overland cars, some Walthers passenger cars, transition era freight cars, a good handful of different HO cabooses and I’m planning on getting some Walthers Superliners in the IV scheme if I can find some.
So far My Athearn Genesis units run real quiet and smooth, I know some of you don’t like Athearn, but I’m happy with my units and locomotive roster.
I plan on getting a Bachmann GP7 or RS-3 as I heard they run good and don’t suffer from cracked gears like the older Proto 2000 engines had.
On my railroad, any roadname, named train, caboose, or a certain locomotive is game as long as enough votes are revcieved. I do the transition era with a little bit of the present day.
Now, what road shall I add next?
So does my Genesis SCL GP9 since I had it gutted,remotored and rewired and that was after I replaced the burned out builbs with LEDs…
I still like Athearn but,their questionable QA/QC throws up approach with caution signals. I’ve had two Athearn RTR engines flywheels to come loose-a easy fix and bought FMC boxcars with stirrups laying in the car’s tray.
To be fair I will state my other Athearn RTR cars and locomotives has given me no problems and is a vast improvement over my older BB cars and locomotives…
I still favor Atlas/Kato,Atlas Classic and my Atlas/Roco Alco switchers and P2K locomotives.My IM GP10 is very nicely done and a very smooth runner.
Of my two Bachmanns my DCC/Sound Alco S4 is still going strong while my GE70 Tonner had cracked gears.
Im still curious about what problems the OP is having with his BLI six axle locomotives.
Athearn’s light bulbs are highly irritating. This is 2017, technology has advanced significantly, and we now have these wonderful Light Emitting Diodes. Get with the program Athearn…
Not really on topic, but I had an athearn RTR covered hopper completely disintegrate on me. Pulled the entire end off of the car…
Athearn’s so called incandescent light bulbs look like the real ones because the lens are clear, this is not possible with Atlas models.
I guess I’m just getting lucky regarding Athearn. A guy at the local train store said those bulbs will last me quite a while and since I only go to about 4-5 train shows year with my club, burnout takes longer to happen.