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Arlo
@arlostrains.bsky.social
21 • he/him • Enjoyer of trains, builder of tiny ones • Professional electric traction apologist

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Oh sure, I mean it is all politics but they have to walk a very fine line to not get a large amount of boomers very mad at them, and so I understand they can’t just outright say what they probably *actually* think
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Not a single one of the companies in this video have done that though, I didn’t see MTH in there! They actually all care unlike some people in the industry
May 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I used a few of those when I first got into DCC several years ago in some streetcars and small locomotives. All except one have cooked themselves, never again.

Also their DCC system sucks compared to the simplicity, backwards compatibility and support from NCE
April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
These models are built around the solid running 70’s era Athearn bluebox drives with a custom frame casting. You can see it has literally no track time whatsoever. I’ll be installing one of the modern DCC friendly gold motors and ESU Loksound into this soon!
April 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Completely forgot you made this until this second
April 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
That fucking yimbyland account man, god dammit
April 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Erm but Nate have you considered they’re god and you aren’t allowed to complain how their DCC is bad actually
April 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Not terribly hard, I built a new motor mount from styrene that the motor is epoxied into. The original worm gear was pressed onto the shaft with a little CA for good measure.
April 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Haha no this is just for the gag photo
April 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I love the look of the hot Ingot, that’s remarkably effective. Just pencil over the yellow paint?
April 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
March 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
March 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM