3rd Rail E-7's

Butch,

I am very happy with the pair of PRR DGLE A units I purchased. They are drop dead gorgeous. They operate extremely well, beginning with a less-than-walking speed. They are fabulously decorated and have only two very, very minor detail flaws.

They pull very well. I may add some weight to them as I intend to utilize them on very long trains. The QSI Titan Magnum decoder is spectacular in its sound sets. Admittedly I have not made many adjustments to CVs yet. The top speed is about 45-50 smph, which is satisfactory. It would be great if they went upwards up 70smph, but at this point I am not going to change the ratios in the drivetrain.

In short, they ARE great models for the money.

The SP&S 3rd Rail E we purchased via Petersen's Supply is fantastic; very happy with it!

Great!  I almost decided to pass on purchasing a set when my reservation was forgotten, so I'm glad I didn't. 

Thanks guys.

Butch

We had a Pennsy version on the layout a few weeks ago. I put a 40 car brass hopper train on there and pulled away with the train from a standstill on a 3 percent grade.

Somewhere on this forum several months ago were photos of the new 3rd Rail E7 with the shell removed showing the drivetrain.  I've done a search and pulled up a lot of threads but can't any showing the drive. Maybe it was another forum but I don't think so.  If anyone has a link to the thread or can tell me where to look I'd be most grateful.

Butch

Butch here are t he photo's that were shown a few months back. I have 2-PRR A units and my only beef is the red marker lights are on when going forward...These babies crawl...and I mean crawl.....

Dennis 

Has anyone had any problems with the decoders. I bought 2, and a buddy bought 1, and we cant seem to get either of them to run in reverse. Tried to get a hold of QSI, but difficult to get any help there. The sounds match the throttle settings, but the motor is running very slowly. The only comment we got from QSI is that they had heard of others with this problem

the QSI instructions say to begin with using the default setting of '3' for the engine address. once the engine is 'acquired' and tested using the default address, you can then re-program the engine using the road number or other.

you can reset to factory default settings go to the QSI Industries site (or Tony's Trains) to download the Titan manual for help.

Thanks Dennis!  Those are the photos.  Very impressive chassis.  I think there is a lot of value in this model regardless of the minor (correctable) issue.  I've had issues with the newest models from the major brass importers in the past year so what the heck.

Butch

Erik,

Scott is on his way to China. I believe he left today.

No smoke unit(s) in those?

Did you figure out why the grease leaked out where the axles exit the gearbox?

Eric, my apologies for not mentioning you as the originator of the photos. I knew you posted the photos but could not remember your last name. You did all of us Sunset E7 modelers a big service and Sunset. I will now have the confidence to open my PRR units up and fix the marker lights….

Thanks Dennis  

Thanks Richard.. He is busy !

No problem Dennis