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Greetings from Great Britain - information and advice needed!
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Would some kind American model railroaders please help me with some information? <br /> <br />I am a British (of Chinese ancestry) fan of railways #8211; both prototype and model. I have over the years collected a number of British outline OO gauge models, with the idea of building a permanent model railway layout when I retire in about 10 years time. However, a few months ago, a dormant interest in American railroads was revived. As a result, I have decided to sell my British OO stuff, and get some American outline HO models instead, with the aim of eventually building a layout representing an American railroad scene in the late #8216;50s or early #8216;60s (the cab unit diesel era). I have just bought my first American HO model, an Athearn Genesis EMD F9 in NP colours. <br /> <br />I need information and advice because the American HO scene is larger and much more complex than the British OO one. In British OO, we basically have only 4 companies producing ready-to-run locos and/or rolling stock, of which one only produces freight cars, and another has only produced diesel locos up till now. There are only two companies #8211; Hornby and Bachmann #8211; who produce a wide variety of locos, passenger and freight cars etc. There are also a number of firms which produce kits for locos, passenger cars etc., but most of these require quite a bit of time and skill. <br /> <br />I would be grateful if some of you would help me by listing manufacturers of American HO locos, passenger and freight cars, indicating the sort of scope of what they manufacture, and its quality #8211; preferably ready-to-run, but very easy kits would be of some interest to me also. <br /> <br />Very many thanks to anyone who can inform and advise me in this. <br /> <br />Best Wishes to all American model railroaders. <br /> <br />Frank <br />(Rev. Frank Hung #8211; London, England)
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