01-29-2011, 06:44 PM
a couple decades ago, shoddy items were priced accordingly. The sad part was some of the locomotives that were made for the toy train market had locomotives that were not available in the higher priced lines. Model power made a 6 axle ALCO C628, Sharks. E7's and some 4 axle ALCO's, AHM made the C-liners and a BL-2 as well as some 4 Axle ALCO's and Tyco-Mantua made a bunch of steam locomotives as well as an F7 and a GP20. The TYCO stuff after Mantua was terrible stuff, 2 laps around a 4X8 and a Durotorque motor was letting the smoke out. But these locomotives did lend to some kitbashing so you could have a model that ran well and resembled the prototype somewhat, without spending a lot of money.
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