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cheaper than a shoe string budget
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Depending on the size of your layout this will be about a good price range. Depending on what you plan to model you can get switchers, which are much cheaper than road locomotives. A sd90mac would look kinda silly and out of placing pulling 5 cars on a switching layout. While a sw1500 would look right at home on that layout. <br /> <br />A shoestring budget might also help you out. From your info I see your in the 7th grade and I'm assuming pretty new to the hobby. With a smaller budget you buy less stuff at one time. So instead of buying everything at once and being overwhelmed you can build your benchwork and take your time on it and make it nice. Then move onto trackwork and ect.. It will help you learn more if you really learn about what your doing and not just ru***hrough it so you can see your trains run. It may take longer but when you do get your train running it will worth it. <br /> <br />When your buying cars i would look at Athearn blue boxes or MDC cars. I would also look in MRR mag for trains shows that are around you. A lot of my cars have come from shows. You can ussually find slightly used cars for really cheap. There's a post on the first tpage right now discussing the great american train, a lot of useful tips have been posted about shopping at train shows. There will also most likely be a working layout which you can admire and gain ideas from but remember you don't have to build a club size layout just one big enough for your budget and enjoyment. So to finish up yes I can be done and keep us updated on how it's coming along. <br />Andrew
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