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 Allow me to add my humble view on this issue of too much of the same stuff.When I received my first copy of MR in 1969, I was amazed how very few manufacturers offered RTR locos. It was AHM/Rivarossi, Lifelike, a little bit of Athearn - a couple of Diesels, the ubiquitous Big Boy/Challenger, the IHB 0-8-0,  the NKP Berkshire - not much more. The wide variety of steamers were offered by those brass importers. And, of course, those wonderful Bowser kits, if you happened to be a fan of the PRR.Today we have Bachmann, Atlas Proto 1K, Proto 2K, Athearn, BLI, MTH - all competing with a lot of overlay in their product range in a small market. Variety has not increased much, at least this is the way I perceive it. It is in fact less, as brass has nearly disappeared.So how many more SD40-2´s, SD70MAC´s, Big Boys, FEF-´s, Challengers, Y´s, GP38´s, Dash 8´s, F´s do we want to see?At least Bachmann has a nice 4-6-0 and 4-4-0 !
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