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To begin with, I would suggest restricting your purchases to Athearn, Atlas, Kadee, Kato, LifeLike Proto 1000/Proto 2000. These are all good manufacturers - there are many others that I have probably missed, feel free to add to the list! Other manufacturers are variable - Bachmann make some decent locos, and some awful ones. Best bet here is to examine one in your LHS before buying - ask if they can test-run it, this will give an idea of the running qualities. I would recommend Proto 1000 locos as being superb value for money - they are near-silent, have good haulage abilities, are nicely detailed (with the option of adding extra detailing later), and are reasonably priced.
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