Trucker-Mike

Thanks.

Got my hands on a beautiful Athearn F-7 A & B set, but it was a rubber band drive. I nearly stripped it of useful parts and checked it...

Tyco F-9A Dummy Kit K225

Not being critical, just gob smacked that someone would pay that much for that. A few days ago I saw someone bought a Life-Like F-9...

The price on the ICG C-630 was absurd. That is a $20 locomotive at most, $35 with the handrails.

Bachmann Spectrum 80-Ton Three Truck Shay

Model Power EMD F-3 Dual Drive

AHM / Rivarossi GE U-25C.

Athearn GP-35, F-7, GP-30 & GP-9.

Athearn EMD F-7 A & B

Model Power EMD F-3.

Athearn DD-40, Bachmann DD-40X.

Yea, I think it is better and clearer than earlier versions. Almost ready for prime time.

Perhaps discarding the trains is not as unreasonable as one might think. I am currently working on a DB for Tyco trains, putting all the...

Getting your input and criticism is exactly why I posted this. To answer your questions, every train was new in the box at some point...