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I took a hiatus from model railroading from 1999 to 2002. During this time, the freight car kit became less of an entity in the hobby and I don't understand why. Athearn, Intermountain, MDC, Walthers and others all started offering ready to roll freight cars. I am certain that they would not be doing this, if demand was not there. They site, the reason; "People just don't have the time to devote to building a fleet of car kits, like they used to". However, also during this time, due to laser and other CNC methods of making parts on short-run machines, the amount of craftsman structure kits has dramatically increased! I don't understand the logic in this. My favorite thing is; to go down stairs and spend one evening building one freight car kit! I hope the freight/passenger car kit doesn't become obsolite! If it does I will loose my interest in this hobby!
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