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7 or 8, plus 2 F3's, a PA1 and a PB1. Now that Horizon Hobby has taken over Athearn, I read in a newsletter they sent to my hobby shop that they will be "the exclusive distributor for all Athearn products". To me, that bodes ill, since only Horizon will be able to control the prices. I don't see them giving a lot of discounts like you could get if you bought from a major distributor through your hobby shop. I guess that's the way it's going to be, though. I understand the business side of it - after all, the business of a business is to make a profit and to make its stock more profitable to its shareholders. Since most of my rolling stock is in HO, I can work on the Proto 2000 series cars, or get some of the Walthers cars, as well as the other manufacturers' cars. If I see that Athearn is getting too expensive, well, I guess I'll have to learn how to scratch-build.
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