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What once was a mixed market, model railroaders and collectors, has become a collectors market. Except perhaps steam as you still need brass for correct locomotive of railroad at a given time. While Overland was still active where did you get the latest diesel locomotives? Only from OMI, plastic was far behind at that time. Today's brass is mostly in the past, or they offer the NS Heritage locomotives (UTI) that were already available in high quality plastic. And than you have the prices. The new DP Balwin Center Cabs will be around $1,500. All more addressed to collectors. I have quite a number of brass steam and diesel locomotives but have never seen them as investment. Inflation-adjusted the best has just kept its value. With the advent of the highly detailed plastic diesels even OMI models from the late 1990s lost value. Being more of a collector's market now explains the high prices at live auctions, which additionally have their own laws. Regards, Volker
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