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I agree with others that Kato and Atlas are the best. Life Like is right up there, but what holds it back for me a bit is so far they haven't come DCC ready (plug and play). By the way, the latest buzz is that Kato is coming out with a new Steamer (not my thing) and I saw a couple of pics of it, so you might want to research that one out. The new LL 2-8-8-2 is a hot, hot, hot engine; everyone is loving it. If there were a Canadian prototype I would buy it. The Bachman Consolidation is also a hot number, but make sure you run it before you buy it, a few have some running problems. If it runs well in the shop, you won't have problems with it. I just blanked out... oh yeah... Model Power just released a Pacific...but stay away from this for the next six months. There has been a few running problems and I know there have been many sent back to the manufacture to be fixed. I feel bad for Model Power on this one as I think their heart and head were in the right place (didn't want to produce a junker) but they still ran into some problems. But rarely do you go wrong if you buy a Kato or Atlas.
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