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New SD40s from Athearn
« on: October 15, 2008, 11:39:15 AM »
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Re: New SD40s from Athearn
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2008, 08:23:06 PM »
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I'm liking the savings bonds one, but I'd have to change out the mechanism. Athearn's is notoriously noisy.
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Re: New SD40s from Athearn
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2008, 12:01:03 AM »
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The new drivelines are not too bad. But yes, compared to Atlas noisy. Still better than the bluebox ones though.
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Re: New SD40s from Athearn
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2008, 11:54:02 PM »
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I'll be buying the BNSF one (only one of them)
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