There was one big company (don't remenber the name) that made product for a lot of companies. They were owned or closely associated with Bachmann. Last year they stopped producing for many of their model RR customers which lead to some supply problems.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
A while back I heard that the company building most of the model railroading stuff decided to make things they could actually make money on and stopped making trains. I'm assuming that someone is making trains now, but since I've been out of the spaghetti bowl, I haven't heard the upshot. So has the quality changed? I'm assuming the prices didn't drop any. I don't remember any of the details so if I'm off base I blame old-timer's disease.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.