I got mine from The Favorite Spot for $29. The same day I got a Spectrum 0-6-0 in Weyerhauser paint for $19.
Phil
I was lucky and found one of the few Undecorated units that were made when they were first introduced in the late 80’s or early 90’s . It’s a dual motor and I had the guys at Tony’s Train Exchange set if up for DCC. Honestly my biggest issue was finding the right shade of Industrial Yellow for the unit as I wanted to do the Prototype that use to Shuffle Coal Cars at the Old Buck Steam Station in Salisbury NC. I finally found that, then had the issue of finding a decal of Ready Kilowatt the Duke mascot…no dice there so I had to laser print one…all in all things turned out well, and the unit has been operating fine for about four years now.
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See also Wolfgang Dudler’s web pages and videos. http://www.westportterminal.de/ [tup]
If the item comes in a shrink wrapped box then I doubt it is a factory second item.
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