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I received two P2K GP7s a few weeks ago and two Athearn GP7s today (all DCC=
 with sound), so I compared them to check out the differences. Theoreticall=
y, there shouldn't be any differences, but read on. I was pleased with the =
P2K version, which came complete with steam generator, overnight heater, ho=
rns in the right places, proper Mars light and headlights, and very nice to=
oling. The gray looked just right to my eye. The Athearn gray was too dark,=
 there is no steam generator, the short hood horn is mounted in the middle,=
 which will have to be moved when I install steam generators. The long hood=
 horn on 241 was mounted on the top of the long hood, while the long hood h=
orn on 218 was mounted on the left side of the long hood behind the overnig=
ht heater, as they should be according to the photos I have. Athearn toolin=
g doesn't measure up to P2K. Hindsight says that I should have bought the t=
wo P2K DC road numbers and installed my own decoders instead of buying the =
Athearn models. I haven't run these models, just programmed the long addres=
ses, so I can't comment about the mechanisms. Both versions are nice model =
unless you put them side by side, so I won't run mixed consists with these =
GP7s, mainly due to the gray mismatch.

Nelson Moyer


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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I rece=
ived two P2K GP7s a few weeks ago and two Athearn GP7s today (all DCC with =
sound), so I compared them to check out the differences. Theoretically, the=
re shouldn&#8217;t be any differences, but
 read on. I was pleased with the P2K version, which came complete with ste=
am generator, overnight heater, horns in the right places, proper Mars ligh=
t and headlights, and very nice tooling. The gray looked just right to my e=
ye. The Athearn gray was too dark,
 there is no steam generator, the short hood horn is mounted in the middle=
, which will have to be moved when I install steam generators. The long hoo=
d horn on 241 was mounted on the top of the long hood, while the long hood =
horn on 218 was mounted on the left
 side of the long hood behind the overnight heater, as they should be acco=
rding to the photos I have. Athearn tooling doesn&#8217;t measure up to P2K=
. Hindsight says that I should have bought the two P2K DC road numbers and =
installed my own decoders instead of buying
 the Athearn models. I haven&#8217;t run these models, just programmed the=
 long addresses, so I can&#8217;t comment about the mechanisms. Both versio=
ns are nice model unless you put them side by side, so I won&#8217;t run mi=
xed consists with these GP7s, mainly due to the gray
 mismatch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Nelson=
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