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I have eleven Atheran locos, 9 of them blue box. I do like them, but they fall FAR short of the detail and motor/drive quality of my Atlas locos (of which I have 8, 4 Classic and 4 Masters). I, for one, feel the cost of the Atlas locos is worth every cent. Why? I could (and do) superdetail the Athearns, but at the cost of the detail parts to get it to Atlas standards, and including proper lighting (as opposed to the Athearn "fire in the cab") and a DCC plug and decoder, I would come close to (or exceed!) the price of my Atlas Masters! Even disregarding the labor! And the Atlas Master loco would STILL look and run much better! Try putting an Athearn SD40-2 (even the improved one) next to an Atlas Master GP40 and compare detail. Then RUN them and compare! Sorry, folks, but you DO get what you pay for in this case! - George
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