| Motor: | 5-pole
skew-wound with dual flywheels |
| Frame
Construction: | Cast
metal |
| Drive
wheels: | All
8 axles are powered |
| Electrical
Pickup: | All
drive wheels pickup |
| Traction
tires: | none |
| Weight: | Engine:
3.375 ounces, Tender: 0.9375 ounces |
| DCC
Readiness: | Not
designed as DCC ready but it should be easy to fit a Lenz or Digitrax decoder |
| Lights: | Headlight
& Tender backup light, both directional |
| Couplers: | Pilot:
body mounted knuckle (will mate to Micro-Trains)
Tender: body mounted rapido |
| Micro-Trains®
conversion: |  All
couplers are body mounted, simple conversion to Micro-Trains MTL-1015
couplers on both ends
On the pilot do not use any shims, on the tender place
a shim both above and below |
| Packaging: | Card
board box with cut foam liner. Engine is packed in a split bubble / blister. Includes
ten page history of the Mallet, Lifetime warranty card, exploded parts diagram,
and Certificate of Quality (serial number) Warranty Card. |
| Special Features: | Will
run around 9-3/4" radius curves and on Atlas code 55 track
Over 50 add-on
detail parts |
| NOTE:
The following categories are the opinion of N Scale Supply and are very subjective.
These are provided to give you a rough idea of the quality of the product. Your
mileage may vary. |
| Performance: | Extremely
smooth speed range, very good low speed control, realistic top end. Draws less
than 0.2 amps at full speed/load. Pulls better than most of the steam on the market,
but in my opinion it could use a little weight to improve the pulling performance.
|
| Sound/Noise
level: | One
of the quietest steam engines on the market, probably the only engine on the market
that is quieter is the MDC 2-8-0 which has less than half the wheels of this monster.
Even the vaunted Kato Mikado is a noisy grinder compared to this performer. |
| Overall
Value: | Detail
is exceptional, painting and printing is excellent. Out of the box high-quality
performance without any need for additional tuning or adding detail parts. |
