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Umm..guys we apparently have derailed here. He wasn't asking what Engines to buy, but rather what Roadname has the most equipment out there in steam. And I'll have to reliterate that it'll depend on your era, late steam is primarily in UP and PPR, the earlier stuff has at least 6 or 7 roadnames in abundance. so the best bet is to got to www.walthers.com and do an advanced search on locomotives, using steam as the keyword. take a look at the names that appear and make note of the, say top 5 that seem to be most previlant. Then, do a freight and/or passenger car seach using those 5 roadname and see which one has the most equipment available in those areas, note the top 3 here. Now you'll have the three top Roadnames to choose from, from here I'd do a seach for other items (buildings, ect) and find if any of these have any other stuff available as well. This should help you find a good roadname and them may even settle you to a specific time frame. And as mentioned before, I'd stay away from UP, since they're trying to rake the industry over the coals with a 5-10% trademark fee per model. Jay
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