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Well I didn't think that I would generate that much interest in this subject! This is good stuff! Just getting back into the hobby after an absence of about 6 years. Wow how time flies. Been wanting to purchase "kits" but everything out there for the most part is RTR. MR and RMC mags have ton's of ads, reviews, ect. But it's all about how nice the RTR stuff is. This is not a bad thing, but I hope that manufactures don't stop making kits. I like building stuff. That way I can stretch my modeling dollar way out. Now granted as I said i have a lot of Athearn loco's, (I actually counted 29 athearn, the rest are Spectrum. Proto 2000, Bachman Plus, Mantua, and Rivarossi)and yes the others run exceptionally well, but the point I wanted to make is that the old BB stuff as far as I can see is Bullet proof. It requires tinkering to make them run well. They all run good. <br />Derailments are not an issue. Wheels out of guage will cause most of that on it's own. <br />Maybe I'm an old timer, 42 this year! and my old railroad club buddies are older than I am!!!. HA ha. Don't get to the point of being a "Rivet counter" and you will find that this is a pretty good hobby to be in! Have fun!!
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