Quote from: Irbricksceo on March 20, 2014, 12:49:56 AM
Is that so? I never owned a lot of older Athearn equipment however the RS-3 I had used this awful Rubber band drive that gave it two speeds, 0 or 300 mph. I am by no means calling you a liar as one example does not speak for a whole line, however I do think one should watch out for these, beyond just the speed issues, the bands would wear away and any you obtain could have bands that have disintegrated.
No, there was not an Athearn RS-3..... but regardless, I should have been more specific: I was not suggesting using the older "rubber band" drives, but the later Athearn "blue box" drives had flywheels and geared trucks that are identical to Athearn's current RTR. These are plentiful on the second-hand market.