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These are fundamentally good HO locomotives with very nice detail. However , in operation, not all are the same. Some of these have 5-pole motors and some 3 pole. To run smoothly and quietly at low speed they really need modern DCC decoder that uses back EMF and high-frequency pulse in the motor power circuit. For example, for the two I bought some time ago on eBay, after cleaning and lubricating, I fit them with TCS WOW Sound ver. 4 decoders, and in that configuration they run smoothly and quietly at low speed with very little motor buzz. Those have the 5 pole motors, which I think might be the older ones but not sure. I am also not sure how you can tell which motor is in it from the factory documentation or looking at it. Need to look inside, when you have it apart for clean & lube. The ones that say "DCC ON Board" have very cheap decoders that are about worthless, very noisy motor buzz no BEMF and jerky sticky at low speed. Read full review
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Dose not run very good even after cleaning and oiling .
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Ideal for short passenger or freight trains.
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