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I'll agree that American locos and stock are often cheaper - this is one of the factors that led me to start building a collection of US-outline HO equipment, others being the easy-assembly nature of the kits and the running qualities of the locos. However, with the latest HO scale RTR stock now priced at around £20-£30 in the UK, and Bachmann and Hornby producing excellent models of British Prototype models in OO scale at much the same or lower prices, the economic factor is not so strong! Take a look at the new Hornby Pullman cars as an example - full interior lighting (with working table lamps using fibre optics), close coupling, etc, and priced at the same level as the recent Walthers Budd stock. I don't plan to stop modelling US-outline HO as a result of this, by the way! <br /> <br />The current situation regarding some European manufacturers is a little confusing - as I understand it Lima have now been "wound up" as a company, which is a pity as they produced some loco classes that nobody else makes in OO scale. Hornby and Bachmann are doing well however, as are assorted smaller manufacturers such as Dapol. Spares for Hornby locos are fairly easy to obtain.
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