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[quote user="wjstix"]Generally Walthers Proto engines based on previous Life-Like Proto engines aren't exactly straight "reissues".[/quote] Stix has it right. Some current WalthersProto and WalthersMainline locomotives use some former Proto 1000 or 2000 parts, but current production WalthersMainline and WalthersProto locomotives have the WalthersProto drive, which shares no parts with the old P2K drive. In many cases the body tooling has been updated also. For example the WalthersProto GP7s will have new hood contours to correct an error. There is no direct this-equals-that brand map. Some former Proto 2000 models are now in WalthersProto (like the GP7 or SD9) and some are in WalthersMainline (like the SD60 and Alco PA). The lines also include new models (like the GEVO, GP35, or SD70ACe) and some that were created by Walthers before the acquisition (like the SW1). Also most of the models now come with the option of DCC and sound.  Terry
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