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well its in ups's hands now lol so I figure by the end of the month I will have a functioning replacement in hand & again MB KLEIN aka MODELTRAINSTUFF was great , no issue , no hesitation, for the swap , I will continue to use them , HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
even with DCC decoder off you should have power arching thru the rail & the lead trucks, hard to believe that I sent it out tues & the tracking its already back at MB KLEIN so I should have the replacement by next week
Heres pic of the latest
funny thing is its basically the same loco from the 60s with electronics
stuffed in the tender lol but its nice to have sound come from the boiler.
Its to plain it needs cab windows ,firemen ,engineer & weathering
I know someone on the trains forum who bought 35 of the BLI big boys...duh...got more money than me, isnt that like 13000 or so bucks...I think lived in switzerland..okok, now you know the rest of the story....