Walthers Trainline EMD HO Scale GP9M Ready-to-Run Sante Fe (Superfleet) #2092

Good

The media could not be loaded. Out of the box worked and ran, very heavy weight HO Scale I love it 8 wheel drive 2 motor 15 20 carts easy pull capacity.

So far everything has arrived early intact an still working. Very happy over all.

Need an engine for my HO train set, purchased this and it runs well and is a great addition to my set

This engine didn't run at all. I took it apart, because I didn't want to wait for yet another replacement locomotive for two weeks.The top of the rear (and front as well) truck has two tabs that are forced into the upper part of the chassis. There the train rest and turns on the truck. What I did was drilled out where the tab was, and screwed the truck to the chassis.I also put a Soundtraxx 885824 Tsunami2 decoder in it, and it runs great. Has good slow speed, and sounds great as well.The broken tab might be a fluke, and I might buy another one. I noticed they raised the price, so maybe not, because I bought it for the low price.

I bought this to run old legacy Tyco tracks with a 30 year old transformer. It runs just fine. One thing I noticed is it seems to lack a gradual ramp up speed. It seems to go from a full stop to 1/4 speed with nothing in between. It could be the transformer, but the legacy Tyco engine I have doesn't behave in this manner with the same transformer. Maybe that's the difference between a $50 Walthers engine and a 100+ dollar comparable Bachmann engine. For my use, small oval around my Christmas tree, it works just fine.

I originally bought this same engine on eBay for a bit more than I paid on Amazon. The eBay description said "NIB", which, I am assured, stands for New in Box. The eBay item was missing the rear coupler, which, of course, is the hook which pulls the train cars. So, not all that useful for making a train. I was refused a refund, told "items sold as is".Is eBay populated solely by nasty, money-grubbing dirtbags, or are there actually some decent people involved?This engine works just as it should. It pulls 12 cars around an eight foot oval without any problems. It even pushes the cars if one should want such a thing. My children and I am very happy with it.

This Walthers diesel runs smooth and quiet. Even with used life like track and old transformer. Fast enough to throw light cars off the rail. I will weight them and get a larger layout. Excellent upgrade to hobby quality. Be sure to lube engine as instructed. I use Rem oil. Will pull all I have and more.