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Re: Best Train to Purchase for a Newbie? (Poll)
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 7 Oct 2002 01:40:06 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
> I submitted my opinion to your poll but also thought I would comment on it
> here as well.
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> Two weeks ago I probably would have said the Santa Fe kit would be your best
> choice. Today, I would go with the Metroliner. Why? Because we (Cary
> Clark and I) had a lot of problems getting a long Santa Fe train to run last
> weekend (see Cary's post for more details -
> http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=17905).
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> While the models in the Santa Fe series are superb, there are some issues
> actually running them, particularly if you are going to do so on a small
> loop. The Metroliner doesn't suffer from any of these issues and it is a
> great set.
Yep.
While WE probably all can (and will) fix the problems with the ATSF rolling
stock, it may not be the best set for a newbie, who won't know what to do
(or have the big collection of parts to do it with) and thus might get
frustrated.
That's why I voted for the Metroliner too.
Thanks for putting up all the polls, Aaron.
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| "Aaron J. Muhl" <aaron_muhl@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H3Kqo1.7rq@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Metroliner (...) I submitted my opinion to your poll but also thought I would comment on it here as well. Two weeks ago I probably (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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