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 If you are a 'newbe' the best advice I can give you is: Sit quietly in a room for 2 hours and THINK. What scale will you model, what era, what area, what size layout, whether kits or RTR, as well as anything which comes to mind. Get a fresh note book and make notes as you go. Continue to add to your notes as time goes on. After all the generalities have been answered you will likely have resolved your own question. Buy whatever locomotive most closely fits your master plan. Look around on the net. Everything is for sale somewhere. Hawks has given you sound advice. In my experience smaller is better, at least initially. Good Luck Randy
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