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This is a beautiful rendition of the H10. Truthfully, if it were available, I would have purchased BLI's version. But MTH's has some nice features and many that are not really necessary. Cost and availability played a major part of my decision to buy the MTH version. I was assured that service, if required, is available. I believe it was a good price considering MTH's current situation. Running it on my home "test" layout was not very good. But I believe that was largely the fault of my "temporary" trackwork. At the MRR club, it performed better but balked at areas that may have had a bit of dirt on the track. I actually ran a BLI LS2 behind it as insurance so it wouldn't get stuck in one of our many tunnels. Pluses: Appearance, great smoke and sound. Minuses: A bit balky on DCC (Digitrax) but am hopeful that she'll do better after break-in. Also, my biggest issue is that the packaging may be a bit too good. It was responsible for causing the whistle to come loose and disappear somewhere on the rather extensive layout. Bottom Line: I don't regret my purchase and hope it gets better with time.Read full review
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A rivet on one of the drive rods fell out as soon as I removed train from the box and I ha to return it. A second one had a problem with the drive rod guides where the rods jammed and the train wouldn't run. I had to return it too.
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I purchased my 2-8-0 steam engine last week, and it arrived yesterday. It has about 4 hours on it and it runs flawlessly. Seriously, not sure what the bad reviews are all about. Sound, smoke, headlight and marker lights, all amazing detail. Curiously this model does not have the engineer and fireman in the cab. Works great with my MTH DSC system. Running in DC track is not great, so go for the DCS or DCC...you will love it!
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The pin caps in the locomotive drawbar fall out causing damage to the tender drawbar when you try to re-connect them. Engine never runs right after that. This happened on both my 2-8-0's.
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I have 5 of these engines and all have been working great!
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