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Need Passenger Car Advice--am I getting warmer?
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My understanding was that only the kits were to be discontinued. Ready to Run cars should be available, and I would think that most hobby shops would still have a supply of both kits and ready to run. <br /> <br />Athearn might have chosen to reduce the variety of passenger cars in their line but from what I understand there is no intent to eliminate passenger cars from their catalog. Athearn might have made a recent decision to eliminate the cars completely but that would be very surprising since they have all the dies and machinery paid up and it takes so little work to stamp out a run. I would welcome input from anybody with recent information from Athearn. <br /> <br /> <br />eBay would be a great source for used Athearn cars. There just isn't much that can go wrong with the models. If they show up as clean and complete they are going to be reliable. They have been made for at least 45 years, maybe longer, so there are at minimum tens of thousands of them out on layouts operating. I remember one year that Athearn announced they had ran almost 15,000 at one clip to satisfy holiday demand, so you shouldn't have any problem finding some at very attractive prices.
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