----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre Will, I concur with your decision of not worrying about the gear ratio. I assume I have the high=speed ones as they came original--they do just fine for switching and high speed running. . . . . . . . . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As I recall, AM originally sent out its Baldwin switchers with the low speed worm as standard, naïvely thinking purchasers would use switchers to switch. But a lot of our brethern "across the aisle" just wanted to race them around the layout like all their other AF, and AM soon corrected its mistake and made the low speed (half speed) worm optional.
I think if I had an AM loco dedicated to switching a yard, be it a Baldwin switcher, GP9 or RS3. I'd want the low speed worm. Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan
