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From what I've seen, Trainline is intended as a "budget" range but is still made by Walthers. Quality varies - I have a couple of steel coil cars that are very nice - just added Kadees and a bit of extra weight to them, but I also have an Amtrak caboose that I had to add glazing, ballast, and some careful repainting to to make it look convincing (This may be because Amtrak MOW orange is very tricky colour to create a realistic model in). In summary, they're ok, but best thought of as a base for superdetailing work - at those prices they're hard to beat! <br /> <br />The locos are, in my experince, superb. I have an Amtrak F40PH by Walthers Trainline that is superb - quiet, smooth running, powerful and with reasonable detailing for the price - with the possibility of adding extra detail parts to improve them. I also run a CSX Dash 8-40B which I bought as a non-runner (eBay) and then repaired. It's ok - a few problems still (the whole bodyshell rocks if you open the throttle quickly!) but I suspect these were caused at the same time as the original fault (broken front truck pivot, replaced with a small screw). New examples are probably excellent.
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