Hi,
I am new to the forum. I just bought my first steamer. My other three are all diesels from Atlas, Con-Cor, and Bachmann. It is an Athearn #10909 Southern Railway 2-8-0 Old Time locomotive. A Ready to Roll model. It is also my first Athearn. Not many vendors stocked this model so I bought it from First Hobby. The model looks like this:
http://discounttrainsonline.com/Athe...140-10909.html
Something doesn't seem right to me and First Hobby doesn't seem to be able to answer my questions which are:
1. The model didn't have any paperwork. No diagram. Nothing. It also didn't have an optional Rapido coupler in a small plastic bag. There was a little compartment in the moulded plastic insert the loco fit into which was empty. Do any of you know if either of those things normally come with the Athearn locomotives?
2. I bought this to pull 5 Con-Cor 85 foot Southern Railway passenger cars that I have. With No Cars Attached this locomotive requires 3/4 throttle to achieve an average speed. Is the motor really weak in this model or do you think I have a defective unit?
John
I am new to the forum. I just bought my first steamer. My other three are all diesels from Atlas, Con-Cor, and Bachmann. It is an Athearn #10909 Southern Railway 2-8-0 Old Time locomotive. A Ready to Roll model. It is also my first Athearn. Not many vendors stocked this model so I bought it from First Hobby. The model looks like this:
http://discounttrainsonline.com/Athe...140-10909.html
Something doesn't seem right to me and First Hobby doesn't seem to be able to answer my questions which are:
1. The model didn't have any paperwork. No diagram. Nothing. It also didn't have an optional Rapido coupler in a small plastic bag. There was a little compartment in the moulded plastic insert the loco fit into which was empty. Do any of you know if either of those things normally come with the Athearn locomotives?
2. I bought this to pull 5 Con-Cor 85 foot Southern Railway passenger cars that I have. With No Cars Attached this locomotive requires 3/4 throttle to achieve an average speed. Is the motor really weak in this model or do you think I have a defective unit?
John