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The best blurfl huh? [:D] I’m pretty new to this hobby. My only motive power at the moment is a USA Hudson. I just have a temporary indoor loop to run it on. I can tell you it’s the coolest to see operating. It hums along like a watch. I love it. If USA had any other locomotive models available in that cast metal series, I’d buy every one of them as soon as I could afford to do so. I’ll also add a USA diesel to the roster for test runs on my new layout. I don’t know which yet, but one of the era the Hudson ran in, if possible. FWIW we had a Paul Busse constructed railroad at the Atlanta Botanical Center in operation from April thru December last year. Most of the motive power was USA diesel. They ran 8 - 9 hours a day for nine months with just routine maintenance. I also have USA rolling stock, but not too much yet. I bought it because of coupler compatibility mainly and the metal wheels some cars are equipped with.. I also have just one Aristo car, but will have more. I think they represent a great value and swapping out the plastic for metal wheels isn’t a big deal. I know there’s a workable compatibility solution for the couplers, although I’m still not sure exactly what it is yet. The detailing on both Aristo and USA cars looks about equal. As far as prototypical fidelity, I’m too ignorant to know better, so it isn’t a huge concern, at the moment anyway. LGB makes good equipment but I’m not a huge fan mainly because of price and scale obfuscation. Also, if I’m spending $700+ for a steam locomotive, I don’t want plastic drive rods. I’m not a rivet counter, but I’d like my rolling stock to be in the same scale as my motive power. I’m not taking a ruler and calculator along when I shop, so LGB doesn’t hold much promise for joining my roster at the moment.
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