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O gauge Premier line K4s locomotive by MTH
To big and expensive for me!
MTH certainly are producing some interesting products with a novel marketing approach, and the Torpedo is a good example of catering to the scale oriented operator with it’s length, wide minimum radius, and 3/2 rail convertability. This modeller, however, is probably going to have to remain in the toy train mode because the RAILKING product line is such a darn good bargain, possesing a reasonably scale appearance (through skillfull shortening -most engines seem to lose about 2-1/2" without it being too noticeable and using the same PROTOSOUND 2 electronics. The price differential between the two product lines of about $600 together with the advantage of 0-31 opeation, are going to keep me a toy train boy for some time, unless MTH can drop the price a little of that missing 2-1/2"!
Buying this beauty from MTH would set back my train purchasing budget back for two to three years! Also, I would need more space for 0-72 curves when 0-54 is a big enough problem for me.
If it had been designed to run on 054 curves, I probably would have ordered one of these. I don’t quite understand why 072 should be required for a Pacific loco. Possibly the large tender or the wireless draw bar has something to do with this. I buy the smaller engines in Premier but have to go with Railking for the larger ones.
Why does the engine slow down when the whisle blows?
One piece of information that I would like to see in your reviews is the amperage draw of the locomotive at several scale speeds and loads. Thanks