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Paul- You made several good points. Wher I was coming from was: someone starting out that may have only a fleeting interest in model railroading, limited space (we never have enough no matter what scale we model) and/or limited funds (never enough no matter how much), may take a more cautious leap with an inexpensive but reliable Athearn HO engine and a few cars, plus a few inexpensive swap meet structures and Atlas code 100 ns track. I use Athearn as but an example because they have been around for years and most likely were some of the first HO train stuff that serious modelers didn't regret buying and may still have. Not every *** use Kadee's freight cars, Broadway engines and the like because they can't afford to, don't see a need to, and are quite satisfied w/ what most of us used to be consider pretty darn good. I admit that the stuff we have available today is incredible in accuracy and operation; it is also expensive, as I found out having rejoined the hobby after an absence of 10 years. I am slowly replacing much of my older stuff but I've been a modeler for years and have a reasonable handle on what I want and what I need. I agree with you that S scale has some advantages over HO and you illustrated them-the heft of an S scale engine speaks for itself. I was just attempting to provide JCtrain 'some food for thought' relative to scale vs tinplate, and to consider just how far off the deep end he was prepared to go. FYI, I seriously considered Sn3 awhile back-now that's an idea-start out in HO, decide you like model railroading, and convert some of the HO to Sn3. By the was I had an American Flyer 4-8-4 Northern that was DC, not AC like my 4-4-2 which was later converted to DC, and if I remember correctly it had 'DC' marking on the cab - been along time and its even later. Goodnite
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