Jerry B44 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I picked up a used set of MTH F3AA engines that were like new with only 20 hours on them. Got Kadee couplers on them and ran them with the only silver cars I have, some wood ones made by a modeler in Nebraska for a cafe. I got them when it closed. They even had wooden trucks, I replaced them with some old Great Trains passenger trucks and Gary Raymond ball bearing wheels. Like all MTH engines they have good smoke/sound. These ran nice and smooth for several hours. I am negotiating to get some more MTH engines and cars, so be prepared! The passenger cars are also 1/32 scale, so a long train can not dominate my layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Congrats! Nice looking engines. I have one of those. I need to see why it runs slower than anything else I have. It does run good though. I bought several sets when all of a sudden a bunch of MTH popped up. They all run good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
du-bousquetaire Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Great train Joe and those F3 are real good engines Mine have been growling around for four years now with up to 35 cars in tow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B44 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 I just got a Santa Fe dome car by the DeHanes company, they made them back in the late 80's. 1/32nd scale, so hope it matches my MTH Santa Fe coaches. Didn't want to build another dome car like I did for my MTH Union Pacific coaches. Was on ebay, in the gauge 1 section, not G scale section. Sorta tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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