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I go back and forth on my #1. It is somewhere between Atlas, Kato and Athearn Genesis (diesels only). If we could only get the best each has to offer, we would truly have a great engine. I would cobble them as: 1. Kato drive 2. Atlas Master detail 3. Genesis detail that Atlas can match I like the Proto detail, but I'm not wild about the drives. As for older units, you can't beat an Atlas unit with a Kato drive, or a Stewart unit with a Kato drive. These are great starter projects. The shell quality is not on par with today's offerings, but a little detail can bring the quality up real fast, and of course you have the smooth Kato drives.
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