lionroar88 wrote: Just a Hobo wrote: Well ... Williams has brass engines about or near the same price as Lionel . Lionel is tried and true for over 80 years . K-Line was the best price deal ... 99% Lionel at better prices . MTH had alot of problems and I'd only buy their newer engines ... as the proto 1 engines were extremely buggy and cost hundreds of dollars to rewire and get dependable . You only get the digital remote engines in Lionel and K-Line / tmcc ---- MTH has their version of digital which is not standard and may fall to the wayside like BETA VCR 's . Williams is like the older Lionel .... good quality --- but no advanced control systems at all . As far as the kit=brass engines they love to jump the track and derail . ------ Hobo,I think you mean Weaver, I don't think Williams has ever manufactured a Brass engine...Brent
Just a Hobo wrote: Well ... Williams has brass engines about or near the same price as Lionel . Lionel is tried and true for over 80 years . K-Line was the best price deal ... 99% Lionel at better prices . MTH had alot of problems and I'd only buy their newer engines ... as the proto 1 engines were extremely buggy and cost hundreds of dollars to rewire and get dependable . You only get the digital remote engines in Lionel and K-Line / tmcc ---- MTH has their version of digital which is not standard and may fall to the wayside like BETA VCR 's . Williams is like the older Lionel .... good quality --- but no advanced control systems at all . As far as the kit=brass engines they love to jump the track and derail . ------
Hobo,I think you mean Weaver, I don't think Williams has ever manufactured a Brass engine...Brent
Brent, Yes they did, but not for a few years. Not sure when they did the last one. They got burned pretty good with a lot of unsold stock as the O gauge market cooled some years back.
Oh, and Hi Dep. Haven't seen you post in a while & yes I agree. This post has run long enough.
a guy with five posts shows up and makes an anti-Mth post and the all of a sudden it's armageddon.
Lighten up. A troll is a troll - this thread has a few of them.
Frank53 wrote: a guy with five posts shows up and makes an anti-Mth post and the all of a sudden it's armageddon. Lighten up. A troll is a troll - this thread has a few of them.
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Hi John!!! I'm still searching for the elusive Lionel green FM. Every time I spot one on E-bay it skyrockets in price. Wonder if they stashed bars of gold under that huge body??? That 682 purchase I mentioned fell through
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Deputy wrote: Oh cripes. HERE WE GO AGAIN. Another bash X-company because my favorite is Y-company. C'mon guys...do we REALLY want to see this same ol' rehash of partisan train preferences????The thread DOESN'T NEED TO BE LOCKED. People just need to get control of their emotional responses and STOP BASHING ANY COMPANY!!!! Dep
Oh cripes. HERE WE GO AGAIN. Another bash X-company because my favorite is Y-company. C'mon guys...do we REALLY want to see this same ol' rehash of partisan train preferences????The thread DOESN'T NEED TO BE LOCKED. People just need to get control of their emotional responses and STOP BASHING ANY COMPANY!!!! Dep
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