If you had the choice?

[Anonymous]

If you had the choice between a p2k or an Athearn which would be the better to buy.

[CP5415]

Personally, after buying several Proto & Athearn RTR locomotives last year, it would be hard for me to choose!
For me it depends what is available from each manufacturer.
I haven't seen any AC4400's from Proto but Athearn hasn't made any D&H PA's recently.

If Proto & Athearn both came out with the exact same locomotive it would come down to price or the availability to hide the purchase of both from the wife. [:D]

Gordon

[Anonymous]

lol
glad to see I'm not the only one who hide the price

[Jetrock]

Are we talking Athearn Blue-Box or Athearn Genesis? I ask because Life-Like, the company who produces the P2K line, also have a "standard" line, and, frankly, the Life-Like standard line isn't all that life-like (unless you mean that, like life, it often ends in failure.)

So it's kind of an apples & oranges choice. If we're talking Athearn Genesis vs. LL P2K, at least it's a fair comparison...

[SilverSpike]

Ouch!
While I feel guilty upon my return from the LHS with $200.00 + of train stuff, when she asks, I cannot tell a lie! But then when she returns from her monthly 'day of beauty' at the local salon, my guilt seems to just wash away.
So, we have an understanding, and I like it like that.

- Ryan

[orsonroy]

P2K all the way, especially for the transition era.

[Anonymous]

P2k for me, even over and above the Genesis units.