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$60 Canadian is worth roughly 38 dollars us. There is a run on Athearn products on now. I just finished buying 40' box cars for my grain section. I have been very lucky to date. Now, I had a heart talk with my LHS< and it is said that those after March the 1st who fail to participate in Horizions's distribution system will not carry these products. The second fact is this, there will always be a "Blue Box" style kits and possibly others in the near future. Why?? Hobby Shops collect orders and requests. Distributions send them to the Manufacter. The Manufacter waits until there are enough orders to do a production run. Once the item shows up in the stores it's gone. No manufacter wants to make the full line 24/7 because of money reasons anymore. Train Shows will probably be the last bastions in the near future as people seek products that are out of stock, back ordered etc etc. The first people into the gate will have the product period. Later this year when things calm down it is my fervant prayer that everyone can find what they are looking for without the scares, rumors etc. Dougal, visiting 4 hobby shops an hour away looking for something out of stock is a tragety. It would have made life a little easier to call ahead and ask specifically for the product. I myself have faced the road name problem. For many years I have done without because the item is out of production by time I found out. No more. I choose to buy the specific engine, research the decals, paint and railroad's need for this engine and get it out of the hobby shop regardless of the roadname or color. Then the big strip job followed by a bath then a dry usually yielded a surface ready to be lettered and decaled in the road name I desire. I encourage you to keep in the hobby, I remeber the times other maufacters such as "VARNEY" and "Train Minature" went out of business followed by the similar hysteria from those who mourn the passing of a great product while scrambling hand over fist to grab the last few left. Use the internet, manufacter's web sites, email with your hobby shop and phone calls and such. Keep asking questions such as "Do you have these coming soon?" Or- "Does the distribution have this in stock? can you get one?" etc do not quit. Keep practicing your airbrush skills, I have yet to learn how. I hand brush all my stuff. Maybe I will find room to learn some day. No one is too old to learn. I apologize for such a lengthly post and such a bully pulpit and a loud [soapbox] No young child should have to endure 4 trips to find that product missing. What a waste. Lee
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