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One of the things that worry me is people may expect that 1960's engine to perform like a Life Like Heritage or Kato of today. I have a feeling that there is too much "greed" in the asking prices of these AHM engines on Ebay. A general search reveals a wide range of prices. The one I linked to probably will never move at that price. I might pay 50- for it. Deep down I suspect the sellers are trying to unload the older equiptment so that they will have the ca***o purchase a newer unit possibly with Sound and DCC installed. I recall long ago when Athearn boxcars are $2.50 a unit. We had lots of fun shopping for these and building them at home. Now they cost anywhere from 6.00 all the way up to the RTR prices and it is not so fun to buy a armful of them. I own about 60 Athearn. They have metal wheels and kaydee couplers which is no small expense. But they will perform very well on the track and that what makes it all worth it. I hear someone talked about cars. Here is my two cents. My first car was a 72' Ford Maverick with the 302 V8 and air conditioning. The person maintained it very very very very perfect as possible the entire ownership. The paperwork was very complete down to the orginal invoice which had a retail price of exactly $3200 as equippted. If I know the things I do now, I would have put the money into the car to upgrade it instead of trading it for a new one. Life is like that sometimes. Today's cars will run you at least 18,000 all the way up. Performance will cost extra. Much extra. I saw a used car lot that had a Cadillac STS 4 door for 11,000 here in arkansas. The list on these things are almost 50,000. Either there is something major wrong with the car or the guy just cannot sell it in the local population who may not afford it. Dont get me started on houses. I am now over the hill on my home with less than 20K to go and see people struggling under 200,000 mortages elsewhere for a similar home.
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