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Yes and no. Stean, generally better, but there's a HUGE market over there for good steam locomotives. They're about midway between our better plastic stuff (P2K, Spectrum) and Brass, about equivalent to BLI's stuff. However, there are compromises, especially with respect to drivers (Those huge NEM flanges produce massively undersized drivers) blind flanges and the presence of traction tires and such. As to Diesel and Electrics, our best plastic stuff is significantly better than anything European. They're still stuck back in the days of Traction tires and power trucks, with decent detail (Better than Bluebox, maybe P1K level, not as good as Atlas Master or Genesis). They don't have anything that compares with the best P2K or Genesis Units. Remember though that European models are generally intended to run on massively undersized curves (Fleischmann's track set uses a default of ~12" radius curves for example.) and up ridiculous grades (up to 10-15% at times). They also tend to run more tinplate-style layouts than we do (Although there still is a heavy amount of more realistic layouts, if smaller than the North American Average). So the market's different, and so are the products. I have a small Fleischmann collection, and love it. I'll be adding to it, but not at the expense of my North American stuff.
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