I am looking at steam locomotives in HO scale with DCC. I have narrowed my search down to locomotives made by Broadway Limited and MTH. The MTH locos are more expensive, I suspect because they are all metal as opposed to metal chassis and ABS bodies.
Is there a general consensus as to which manufacturer has the higher quality? If I'm going to spend either $370 or $270 on a loco, I'd like to get the good quality with good value too. If MTH is just that much better, I'll spend the extra $100, but if they are very close, then $100 less would be good.
interestingly, I like the looks/style of the cheaper BLI loco a little better, but quality means a lot to me too.
Thoughts?
Jeff
Is there a general consensus as to which manufacturer has the higher quality? If I'm going to spend either $370 or $270 on a loco, I'd like to get the good quality with good value too. If MTH is just that much better, I'll spend the extra $100, but if they are very close, then $100 less would be good.
interestingly, I like the looks/style of the cheaper BLI loco a little better, but quality means a lot to me too.
Thoughts?
Jeff