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Mark,

? ? ? Sometimes a subject comes up that sparks a related thought that has been on my mind ---and that was the trade offs that occur when remotoring, regearing, adding DCC, etc. ?It's a tangent that you didn't anticipate your thread going down but that happens in a forum like this. I knew I was starting a different thread which is why I slightly changed the heading. That being said, I know I tend to sermonize from time to time and I hope you're not put off by that because everything you've brought up is 100% relevant to this forum. Model Railroading in the 21st century with trains that are 40, 50, 60 or so years old is a particular niche in our hobby that is not covered in the trade magazines. I really think this forum provides a vital link to bridge the gulf of years between when those models were new and the technology of today that some of us (including me) try to marry to those models. Any issue that arises along these lines is something I am very interested in so please continue to post. ?

Jeff

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-----Original Message-----
From: twilight022765
To: yardbirdtrains
Sent: Sun, Jan 6, 2013 9:20 am
Subject: [yardbirdtrains] Re: Steam diagnostics. Locomotive Speed

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No, Jeff I'm not saying that I object to the slow operation of a Helix Humper motor with a DCC decoder. What I am trying to do is ask for helpful advice from people that may have already experienced some of these problems I tried to set forth and try to narrow down what worked for other modelers. That's all. If the HH is suppose to operate at a slower more realistic speed, so be it. But, when the locomotive struggles to pull 5 cars around the club's layout, somethings wrong.?. I haven't stated it in any of the other posts because I just came across it last night, between my L1 project Bowser and my H9 I can clearly see a difference between both power and speed on my test track and both locomotives are set up the same way.

And further more, maybe this isn't or wasn't the forum to have discussed this in, but the other message board pages that are out there really don't have much to say on vintage HO locomotives they seem to be more of RTR modelers. So, please excuse my ignorance. If I was wrong to post these questions here I would have hoped the moderator would have let me know. On the other hand, I believe I got alot of helpful information from the others that offered their advice.

Also, thank-you very much for posting the video of the H9 in operation. Do you know how many cars it was pulling?