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AZL BN GP38-2s now available
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AZL's BN GP38-2s are now available! The BNs, like the SPs, are being sold to support the family of Don Bouchard. All four BN road numbers are available. We also now have all four road numbers of the SPs in stock.
You can read more on Don and these locomotives at:
www.americanzline.com/azl-news/don-bouchard-gp38-2/
If you have previously ordered BNs, Ztrack has shipped all back orders this week. They will be arriving in your mailboxes shortly.
If you would like to order one of these great locomotives, please visit:
www.ztrack.com/offers/bouchard/index.html
Rob Kluz
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Yes, this is a very common "problem" (if one wishes to call it that) with not only AZL locos but MTL locos as well. I have one MTL GP9 that I've run for hours round and round and round and its still "tight". I believe AZL had an inherent problem with one of their older locos too, but maybe Rob can be of more help there?jedforceone wrote: ... I don't know lets call it, break in for a while? Ran real poorly out of the box.
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I test run all of the GP38s before they leave here. It is only a few laps in each direction, but the speed increase is noticeable from when I first put them on the track. I think you will find that over time, your locos will run even smoother as they wear in.
Joe, you are referring to the first run of the SD70s. There was a collet that put pressure on the motor shaft. These beasts ran very slow due to the pressure on the shaft. I frankly did not mind this and still have 3x NS SD70s from the first run that I run on the clubs modules. They run very smooth at a slow pace. AZL did fix the problem with the subsequent releases of the SD70s.
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I love the SD70's, but some of those early SD's are a pain. I watch the grass growing faster then the engine went around the oval.
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I have to laugh on the speed issue. I remember the early days of Z when there were so many complaints about how fast Marklin Z ran. There was such a push to get trains running at prototypical speeds. Now we are worried about locos running too slow. But no argument on the first run of SD70s from me. Some of those are sloths... but in a cute and lovable way. Again, I love my NS trio. The speed is just fine for me but it is too slow for others.
It would be a good poll to see what speed folks like to run their trains, slow range, medium range or fast.
Rob
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Speed is a relative thing.
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Let’s not talk Z locomotives, but instead talk small electric motors. All motors are designed to operate with a “load”. The load is the resistance the motor has from whatever job it is doing. The more the load, the harder the motor has to work. Too much of a load and the motor will burn out.ztrack wrote: Some of those are sloths... but in a cute and lovable way.
So if the resistance a Z scale locomotive is up against, is greater than what the motor is rated for, it is NOT a good thing.
Rob, as a comparison, I wonder how many boxcars a well running SD70 would need to pull to make it run as slow, as a slow (ie. poor) running SD70?
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As for breaking them in ,being as I am a multi-scaler I can tell you right up front that a break in period is benificial to any scale loco.The break in period allows every moving component that must mesh with outhers do just that.
If you have locos that you do not run very often Im strongly reccomend you give them some track time by themselves beforebyou hookmthem up to a string of cars.You won't be sorry.
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