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Although most all of the new products coming out today are top quality RTR products for serious or finanically inclined modelers, there are quite a few products out on the market for beginner modelers or modelers that don't wi***o sink very much money into the hobby. Athearn makes many locomotive models that you can purchase for around $30 a piece or you can purchase DCC ready locomotives from Atlas or Athearn for around $60. Buy a decoder for $15 from any number of manufacturers. Walthers makes many building kits that can be purchased in the $25 to $35 range. A DCC system by MRC called Prodigy can be purchased for about $125. Track sections from Atlas can be bought at prices less than $2, switches cost around $8. One could easily purchase everything needed to build a free-standing, 4x8 foot, very high quality model railroad for $500. If you set up your trains on an available table top you could cut that cost by $100 to $150.
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