I bought a Texas version.  I am very pleased with it.  The cosmetic upgrade is very nice. Mine runs very well and smooth. No wobbles, no hitches.  It is fast on straight DC but does fine on pulse power. I think (OK hope)it will run better after I have ran it a while. Several of my friends have the DCC version and they report that theirs will craw along fine. I could fine faults with the cosmetics details but these things can be easily changed by the modeler and have a fine running gem of an engine. I thank Bachmann for making the huge investment needed to retool these models. I have one and will buy at least two more.

Bob Harris