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Athearn Genesis GP39-2 Problem

Sun, 2021-07-25 19:58 — SD70M2

Last October, my (very understanding) wife got me an Athearn Genesis GP9-2 (MKT) for my birthday. Outstanding detailed model and it ran just fine up until a couple of months ago. On my switching layout, I never run the models over 10 scale miles per hour, but I had given the model quite a few minutes of break-in time on an oval of track I keep for such purposes.

Sound Improvements to Older Kato Locomotives

Fri, 2021-07-16 13:23 — duckdogger

I have two 10 year old Kato HO locomotives which reflect the then state of the art in terms of DCC sound. The main limitation, in my opinion, was the beautifully detailed but solid Kato shell restricted the sound escaping to reach our ears. Actually, there were several members of our club with similar locos which share these feelings.

USA, Montana, Missoula, Northern Pacific Historical Association Convention and RPM Modeling Event, 21-25 September 2021

Thu, 2021-07-15 16:15 — ChrisFrissell

Modeling the Northern Pacific Railway: NPRHA Convention and RPM Modeling Event

DecoderPro TCS WOW and PROTO THROTTLE settings

Thu, 2021-07-15 14:56 — rsbodwell

I am having trouble finding information on recommended setting for the WOW Diesel decoders, and the matching settings for the Proto Throttle. Does any one know of a source for this information?

Thanks

Roger Bodwell

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Atlas HO GP7: Can it handle 15" Radius Curves?

Tue, 2021-07-13 05:33 — J. M. Loll

Will the Atlas HO GP7 negotiate a 15" radius curve without trouble? I realize the coupler overhang might be a problem, but will it make it through the curve?

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Three Special Trains

Tue, 2021-07-06 05:44 — jmt99atsf

ATSF Train #21 El Capitan (WB)

Wed, 2021-06-30 05:41 — jmt99atsf

Steam vs Diesel Locomotives, interesting submissions on a power/regear forum

Mon, 2021-06-28 03:29 — railandsail

I thought perhaps some of these informative postings would be of interest to steam vs diesel power enthusiast.

https://groups.io/g/RepowerAndRegear/message/26306

https://groups.io/g/RepowerAndRegear/message/26316

Lowering Athearn blue box locos

Sun, 2021-06-27 09:39 — motorailer38

Hello everyone

I am working on a trio of Smoky Valley Frisco GP15s using Athearn blue box GP 38 frames and trucks. I have searched on the forum but I'm not finding anything about my question so I'll just put it out here. I remember an article (perhaps by Jim Six) about how to lower the Athearn body about 6 scale inches. It seems I remember something about using a Dremel tool to mill around the truck kingpins?

Project RDG-3640 has begun...

Mon, 2021-06-14 22:59 — JLandT Railroad

Diesel locos

Stripped down (lettering & numbers) using Mr Color - Thinner, original Kato shell is a Burlington Northern - Phase 1b shell.

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