Jack, send Brian the 'bodies"…I’ll take the drives?
Let me relate a story about “Peanuts” trains. This past Christmas LGB of America received the remaining Peanuts Christmas boxcars from Nuernberg. Like a dummy I didn’t buy one for my daughter’s Peanuts train set while they were in the warehouse figuring “Hey all the dealers will have them for a while.” Well I called just about every dealer I could think of and guess what? Not a single one to be had!
I had plenty of 50 foot boxcars, ACF tank cars, centerflow hoppers in all kinds of road names at dealers and in the warehouse but couldn’t get a single Peanuts Christmas car- Go figure!
I want to thank everyone for there post on this subject, Well, after the post here I going to take a few months to look this over before I make a move and sell the LGB’s… As far as the PIKO brand, Until they get U.S. models I will not purchase them, the PIKO track maybe? A lot of you have posted great info on the MTH’s and they would seem to be the one brand I would buy if the LGB’s are sold… Toad, I have a track cleaning loco and like you said where do you get the parts (cleaning wheels) for this loco? I know there will be a scale change from 1:22.5 to 1:32 and some of my buildings will look out of place, I’ll work that out as I go. What will give the green light for the sell of my LGB’s is if Marklin does not try to do anything here in the states in the next few months… I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way! Again, Thanks for you thoughts and Happy Railroading… Mark
Mark,
I do believe you can get most of the LGB, after-market, parts you might need from these folks in Cumming GA. here at Massoth Electronics. www.massoth.com PH: 770-886-6670
Byron C.
Byron, I’ll check that out… Thanks for the info… Mark