Atlas O Premier (MTH) GE 44 Tonners - Anyone else have problems?

Hello CCTSteam,

Please contact Atlas O Repair Technician Bill Seratelli at 908 687 0880

I just wanted to give a shout out and compliment to Bill Seratelli, and Atlas overall.  With the holidays behind us, Bill and I spoke on the phone and corresponded over several emails, with the result being the 44 tonner will be on its way to Atlas to be looked at and repaired.  I definitely appreciate the help and good communication back and forth to get this taken care of. 

Nice to see they're jumping in to support the new product.

Picked mine up at Hennings last week. So far looks great and runs great. It had no problem pulling 20 cars, half of which were die-cast. "The little engine that could". Nice to see they are picking up from MTH!!!

Nice to know that Atlas is on top of this. Now if they could make it in 2 rail I would by one.

If there’s a company that wants there products to work right from the beginning, it’s Atlas O. Happy Railroading Everyone

Has there been any improvements on this engine since the original 2015 run?

I can't speak to what may or may not be different about this since previous production runs...  But I thought I'd once again give a shout out to Bill and Atlas regarding this.  I got a very nice phone call after the engine was checked out and repaired explaining what the problem was and that it would be on its way back to me shortly.  Apparently the spacing on one of the axle assemblies was incorrect which they repaired.  I received it back yesterday and after giving it another test run last night am pleased to report it runs well now.  I definitely appreciate Atlas standing behind their product, and the confidence it gives to buy again in the future!

I picked up my CB&Q 44 ton diesel last Friday.

It ran well during its test run at Chicagoland Hobby.  

No operational layout yet at home, but working on my modular LCCA FasTrack Layout.

Now that is good service! I’m looking forward to my F40PH coming in to add to the fleet.