01-16-2013, 07:48 PM
No no no, RTR is not "what floats your boat"
If you defined RTR by Personal preferences, then RTR would not have any meaning! You couldn't call anything RTR, because each person has their own standards!
I'm pretty sure that when a car is labeled RTR, it means: This piece of rolling stock can be taken straight from the box, placed on the track, coupled to a train, run around the layout, and be expected to run with a reasonable degree of reliability and not require major assembly.
There are plenty of "RTR" cars that don't meet the above standards, but most recent stuff (made in the last couple years) by Walthers, Atlas and Genesis will meet that definition. If you don't like it, it doesn't mean that the car is not ready to roll, it means that it doesn't meet YOUR standards, which is fine.
If you defined RTR by Personal preferences, then RTR would not have any meaning! You couldn't call anything RTR, because each person has their own standards!
I'm pretty sure that when a car is labeled RTR, it means: This piece of rolling stock can be taken straight from the box, placed on the track, coupled to a train, run around the layout, and be expected to run with a reasonable degree of reliability and not require major assembly.
There are plenty of "RTR" cars that don't meet the above standards, but most recent stuff (made in the last couple years) by Walthers, Atlas and Genesis will meet that definition. If you don't like it, it doesn't mean that the car is not ready to roll, it means that it doesn't meet YOUR standards, which is fine.
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