Athearn F7B rolling resistance

[Gerry]

I have a new F7B Athearn and it seems to roll with a little more resistance than other cars. Any one else experience this. Dont see anything rubbing. I lubbed it and its no better.
Thanks,

 

[malletman]

Thats just how the athearn dummy engines roll, the exception is the very early athearn dummy engines that have less detailed trucks, but also have needle point axles like a normal freight car. Those roll really nice and the chassis will fit your engine. I have one of these with a A unit shell on it, shoot me an email off site if your interested in it for the chassis, its cheap! The original athearn F units were sold by Globe, and this is one of them. The shell has had the dynamics removed and casting flash removed, its an undec that was painted a brass color, would make a good shell for the rip track or future custom painting. Mike