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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CP5415 In the way of pricing though, no one can beat Athearn's blue box stuff. The locomotives are durable & relatively inexpensive. The rolling stock is decent On the downside, the locomotives do tend to have the Athearn Growl. Just my 2 cents Gordon [/quote] Also on the downside is the "bonfire in the cab" look instead of directional lighting, being not DCC ready, having poor detail, and in some cases wrong markings (plus wrong locos made for certain roads that never had them - for example the "Rock Island" SW7). By the time you add details, directional lighting, and correct markings the price is much more! I'm adding $50 worth of parts to my RI Athearn BB GP38-2, and it still won't be as good as the detail on my new P2K ! And I haven't bought the directional lighting or DCC plug yet ! If I hadn't already have had the Athearn model, I would have bought the second P2K instead.
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