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Cheaper Engines, say under $150.00 ratings and better if under $100.00
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As is true with automobiles, there cudaken, it is also true with model locomotives. In 1973, when I rotated from Germany with the Air Force I ordered a Chevy Malibu for delivery in New Jersey - $3400.00 and the delivering dealer informed me that it was a "crime" to let that car off the lot for less than $4000.00 - but, of course he had no choice. In 1978 when I came back from the Azores I ordered a piece of junk called a Dodge Aspen which dodged everything but repair shops until my wife entered it in the demolition derby while coming home from work one afternoon (no more Chrsler Motors in my future). In 1973 I was shocked at the price tag on my Chevy Malibu; in 1978 I was equally shocked at the price tag on my Dodge Aspen. In 1988 I forked out twenty two thousand iron men for a Toyota 4-Runner. <br /> <br />When will it ever stop. <br /> <br />Neither the Chevy nor the Dodge were worth the money I paid for them - with the Toyota I got the bargain of a lifetime. The purpose of this is to say that in model railroading there is a lot of cheap (read: inexpensive) merchandise and there is merchandise that is (relatively at least) expensive. But I will predict that within ten years your mouth will salivate over the $100.00 price tag on a locomotive. If you want a high quality locomotive for $100.00 you had better buy it now!!! Remember, these things are made of plastic and that is an oil-base product!!!
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