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This stuff was expensive when I was a kid in the early 80's, and it's become a lot more expensive now that I'm in my 30's making more money NOW than BACK THEN! I now see locomotives selling for $100-150.00 new, (Atlas or Kato engines), and some of the less expensive not so elite brands sell for $75-$90.00. You either have to spend the money to get these, or settle for the $14.99 F40 for all of your locomotive needs. And for $125.00, you don't get that much more for the money than a $35.00 Athearn loco. Save the money and put on your own detailing parts, have some fun. Also, I'd love to get one of those brass imported OMI C44-9W engines, but at $600.00-$700.00+, I'd rather invest that money. Even in a bad economy my money will be worth 10 times that in about 20 years, the brass import loco? If anyone wants to buy it from me for $7,000.00+ in 2023, let me know and I'll get a few. If these prices keep up, the hobby will die for sure.
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