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Title: Alco S4 Switcher
Post by: gsobotka on February 27, 2016, 10:34:58 AM
I'm still "old school" in that my layout is still DC. I'm looking at an S4 and would like to know how it operates at low speed on DC. Any suggestions or remarks or recommendations?
Title: Re: Alco S4 Switcher
Post by: jbrock27 on February 27, 2016, 10:42:55 AM
Nicely.  Also nicely detailed, relatively quiet too.  Not as heavy as the Austrian or P2K S models.  P2K S1 has extremely slow performance.
Title: Re: Alco S4 Switcher
Post by: brokenrail on March 03, 2016, 08:15:19 PM
It has a smooth and powerful 3 pole can motor with dual flywheels and geared well for low speed switching ,but not to low that it could not be used on the main line as a helper as an example.
Johnny