Thanks, guys.
Greg, this is an Atlas Trainmaster. We had originally planned on using the SD7's, but after we saw the Trainmaster that Atlas brought out (and they were so cheap on eBay), we went that way.
It turned out better in several ways:
a). The Trainmaster looked more like the Baldwins.
b). The Trainmaster pulled better than the SD7's in our tests.
c). The Trainmaster was also more DCC friendly.
(In case we want to operate on the layout we will need DCC since we did not divide the track into blocks.)
Time to eat lunch...then it's off to work on the project.
Greg, this is an Atlas Trainmaster. We had originally planned on using the SD7's, but after we saw the Trainmaster that Atlas brought out (and they were so cheap on eBay), we went that way.
It turned out better in several ways:
a). The Trainmaster looked more like the Baldwins.
b). The Trainmaster pulled better than the SD7's in our tests.
c). The Trainmaster was also more DCC friendly.
(In case we want to operate on the layout we will need DCC since we did not divide the track into blocks.)
Time to eat lunch...then it's off to work on the project.