Popular Locos, Some Flaws

As a result of numerous installations performed at Tony's Train Exchange, here are some of our observations concerning some popular locos. By and large, all the following locos, except as noted, represent good investments.

Tony's Train Exchange will update this information when warranted.

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• Athearn
  • Mechanical Problems with Athearn UP FEF 4-8-4
• Atlas
• Bachmann
  • Revisiting Bachmann Spectrum DCC Ready Locos
  • Bachmann 2-6-6-2 Questionable
• IHC
• InterMountain
  • InterMountain F Units Worm Shafts
• Kato
  • N Scale GS4 DCC Issue
  • RS-2 / RSC-2
• LifeLike
  • Proto 2000 S1 May Blow Decoder
  • Proto 2000 GP-38-2 Wiring Problem
  • Proto 2000 GP-38 Issues
  • LED Headlights on Newer LifeLike Proto 2000
• Lionel
  • Challenger
    • Tinkering / Lubricating
    • Tweaking
    • Derailing
• Mantua
• MDC
• MTH
  • MTH Triplex A-OK?
• PCM
  • PCM N E7 with Sound
• Rivarossi
• Tower 55
  • Digitrax sound decoders
• Trix
• Walthers
  • Proto 2000 Heritage 2-8-8-2 Fixed

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