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I've been in the hobby since 1953, kinda of grew up in it, and I can tell you from experiance, I've never seen such a ru***o the edge as I've seen the past couple of years, Ya, we've got a ton of new gadgets and super hi performance trains to choose from, but who can afford them. I'll tell you right now, the list is getting shorter and shorter every day. Every time prices go up that list gets shorter. It's only a matter of time before some big expensive company graps up whats left of Athearn and other low cost equip companies just to kill the competition. At that time, when there's nothing left in the price range of our younger generation, the hobby will begin a very fast slip to the bottom, and it will happen almost over night. I know this sounds like gloom and doom but I've seen this happen in other hobbies as well. Marklin suffered that fate about 20 years ago when prices went thru the roof and it's never really recovered on this continent. Mark my words, it will happen, as a matter of fact, it's already started with Lionels filing. I really believe this is just the tip of the Iceburg.
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