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I lean toward Ken's approach - at present, transition-era freight cars on my layout are mostly Athearn BB, as those were the first cars I encountered in HO, so I bought quite a few due to the low prices. Now, I'm more inclined to spend larger amounts for higher-quality - slowly replacing the Athearn cars (which still look good in a long train, I just plan to buy a few high-quality ones so they don't stick out alongside newer locos). I'll still buy BB though, as there are some cars there that nobody else has - still keeping my eyes open for one of their 4-truck heavy duty flatcars for example, I know it's not a specific prototype but it should look good parked in the "workshop" area I plan to build in a future extension. Kadee's boxcars and hoppers are truly amazing models and work out around the same price as a fair to middling UK outline wagon - when prices are compared you're lucky to get anything for much less than £10 new these days (works out around $20 at current rates). My point here is that while prices are climbing, modelling US prototypes in HO still represents great value for money compared to prices in the rest of the world.
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