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Thanks for the replies so far. I am new to being this serious in the hobby and I am wanting to get opinions of the more experienced modelers out there. I like the looks of the Kadee Trucks so far that and I also prefer to try and keep the number of brands I use to a minimum so that I don't have to keep searching for new suppliers of things if one goes out of business or the local LHS's stop carrying a line of something. Kadee's are certainly a defacto standard in MRR so I would think they would be around for a pretty good time to come. I am not as concerned with the absolute best rolling wheelsets out there so I will probably go with Kadee trucks and wheelsets along with the couplers once I can afford to do this conversion. The main reason I am considering the newer style trucks is that the local railroad in my area uses them almost exclusively and I like the look of them a little better than the bettendorf truck to be honest. I know this isn't prototypical by any means but I am definitely not a prototypical modeler. I do not have the patience as of yet to go that far into the detail work on my models and I want to have some good reliable rolling stock. The default plastic wheels just dont cut it on some of my lower quality stuff. I am more than likely going to end up with mostly Athearn equipment due to the cost constraints I am dealing with. I have a couple of NYC reefers I bought second hand made by athearn and a GP 35 and I am quite p[leased with them thus far. These will be the first conversion cars I do and then I will work on my lower quality Bachmann and Life Like stuff. (Not Spectrum or P2K).
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