John Deere HO Steam Locomotive Question

[Anonymous]

Greetings!
I just found the site and its awesome! I have a couple questions and wonder if anybody knows the answers.

-1st- I have a chance to buy a 2001 HO Athearn Steam Lcomotive John Deere and was wondering if you guys thought it was a good price? It's marked 1/2 price. It was $170.00 and now its $83.00. It's brand New in the box.

-2nd- Does anybody know if this engine smokes?

Thanks Tye

[Anonymous]

Not to put you off, but you might do far better asking your question over on the "Model Railroader" magazine forum. That forum is populated primarily by HO and N scale enthusiasts. You may get a response or two here because some folks do model in more than one scale, but most on this forum are into O and S scale/gauge trains, along with a smattering of those of us who like Standard Gauge.

I'm just not familiar enough with Athearn HO products to give you a proper response in terms of price or features.

You might also be itnerested in knowing that MTH makes a lot of John Deere stuff in O gauge. If you're just starting out, and are drawn to John Deere items, you may want to check them out (www.railking.com).

[Anonymous]

Done. [;)] Thanks

[Cthetrains]

honestly..if that's what I think it is..you'd be paying for the John Deere name, not the quality of the loco..but if you enjoy collecting J.D. nameplates, (and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, I can't afford it myself), it sounds like a decent purchase

by the way..welcome to the forum

[philo426]

I have several Atheran HO locos and can say that they are smooth.Flywheel -equipped locos.Very high quality and rugged.

[Cthetrains]

same here..but they gotta do something to sell the not-quite-so-perfect ones, don't they?

[csxt30]

Some one posted a site for all kinds of John Deer scale tractors & things, & wonder if anyone still has that site ?
Thanks, John