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A couple months ago I bought an MTH Premier Proto-Sound 3 SD50 (20-20424-1) from the local hobby shop. I noticed when I removed the locomotive from the box that the grille over the smoke stack looked a little warped. I thought nothing of it even though my other SD50 (20-20424-1) which I bought a month later looked OK.

 

Well, this is what the grille looks like now after 2 months of running...

 

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I've already contacted MTH Customer Service about this and Midge is taking care of it. However, I've noticed that the same thing is starting to occur with my other SD50. None of my other MTH engines that I had/have experienced this issue. I'm thinking it's just flimsy plastic for this model.

 

Once I get the replacement part I'll probably just operate the locomotive without the smoke unit turned on as I figure the replacement grille will eventually suffer the same fate.

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I was thinking about replacing the grille with one made from metal. I'll have to check that out. Or, as gunrunnerjohn stated, run the smoke unit on a lower setting. These engines don't seem to generate much smoke at the lower settings so that's why I have them set to high. I'm also considering the no grille option as well.

 

They're diesels, so smoke really isn't that important. It is a cool feature, though, and I find that my lone Proto-Sound 2 locomotive (20-2758-1, Western Maryland GP40) smokes better than any Proto-Sound 3 engine that I've owned.

 

Thanks for the replies! 

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