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Dean; as David said earlier, Marklin is kind of a Rolls Royce or Mercedes of HO quality. "Who makes US prototypes that are similar build quality to Marklin ?" A bit of a tough question...depending on what attributes you seek the most, maybe no one. There are US or US controlled manufacturers with as good or better detail, or paint, but maybe no one with as rugged, durable, or long lasting a product...AND unlike with Marklin, you will have to go to DIFFERENT SOURCES for locos, cars, track, switches, power sources, and buildings, in order to obtain optimum quality. It has really always been that way with North American modelling, totally unlike the horizontally integrated manufacturers like in Europe. Not mentioned in this thread so far, is that Marklin themselves, and their Trix division, have begun producing high quality North American HO models. Yes, they are expensive. Good luck & regards / Mike
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