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I think the hobby has gone through the same inflation as everything else. Athearn Genesis are alittle pricey for plastic but all the detail work is done for you and Athearn has always had one of the most accurate models of the F7. The old Athearns may need alittle help running smooth but they can be tinkered with and run pretty well. I actually prefer the old metal sideframe units. Maybe that's because I have yet to buy any of the Genesis units. <br />P2K's look good and run nice but their detail parts are very fragile. I have some P2K PA's and the plastic is so thin that the bodies have warped. <br />There are still alot of Stewart F's out there but it looks to me like the newer ones belong in the same category as BB Athearn but with a higher price. They look better but the drive system isn't so great. <br />Track has become rather ridiculous in price and I have been buying old Tru Scale whenever I can find it. I bought some ME code 83 flextrack and it strikes me as the cheapest made track I've ever had and cost over $1 a foot. It won't even sit flat because of mold nubs on the bottom of the ties. <br />Most of my rolling stock is old metal or wood and some brass that I bought as kits or built models. Nice clean ones can be $20 or so apiece but as long as I can keep them from rusting, I expect them to continue to rise in value as they are already 50 years old or so. The paint jobs on them are better than most being made today and usually many road numbers were made of each model. The color and graphics are probably as good as anything ever made. Lucky for me, I model the 50's. <br />When I was a kid, my dad had some rubber band drive Athearns, some old metal Varney locos, etc. I remember looking at brass models that were $80 or so and drooling over them. $80 seemed outrageous. Have you priced a new brass passenger train lately? 4 or 5k for some real nice ones. I have since bought some older brass models at fairly reasonable prices. Good enough for me. <br />A new car in the 50's and 60's could be bought for under 2k. Now, a nice used car can be 20 to 30k. Things change and it's hard for us older guys to change our old values. We remember working for $1 an hour or mowing a lawn for 25 cents. Makes it hard to shell out $100 for a plastic model even if we can afford it. <br />Bill
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