I am considering buying a New York Central w/tender Precision Craft HO Locomative cost is 349 w/ 20% off (69.8) it would be around $280 plus sales tax. Is this a fair price or can I find a better deal else where ? Thanks for your input.
Jerry,
Are you talking about the BLI 4-8-4 Niagara? These have been out for a while now. If so, Trainworld has them for $249. Their prices are good and the service is quick. Trainworlds’s Customer service works best when you give them stock numbers. Any more usually confuses them.
PCM only has the Great Northern and Southern Pacific 4-8-4s. Yes, they are technically the same company but carry different projects. And, for now, BLI uses QSI sound decoders; PCM, MRC LokSound decoders. BLI is using their own proprietary sound decoder in their Blue Line series.
Hope that helps…
Tom
Unless something has changed, as far as I know PCM uses Loksound decoders, not MRC. BIG difference. I don’t think the PCM SP Daylights have hit consumers yet, either.
BLI and PCM are two different companies with common ownership.
Thanks, Spencer. For some reason MRC is stuck in my mind when it comes to PCM. Maybe it’s because it uses two of the three same letters in it’s acronym? [D)]
Tom
And I was thinking about the Reading T1 here for a moment.
Repeat after me: MRC makes very good power supplies, thier decoders are price saving and not necessarily suitable.
BLI, FDT, PCM all are one company effectively in one location.
PCM uses Lok sound which requires you to have either DCC already in place or a DCC master unit for analog users to work the sounds.
BLI used to have QSI, but appears to be dumping QSI all together and re-running everything in the Blueline product line. Heck even the PRR Duplex 4-4-4-4 has been announced in Blueline. What one would want with such a monster is beyond me and I own one.
I cannot resist taking a cheap shot at BLI waiting on two engines for two years while they reheat thier old worn out series in a different slogan.
Trainworld is to be provided just information on the product stock number, item number, road name and number and your address to ship to along with the Payment information.
No small talk, no weather news, no hiya!s no distractions nothing else in that phone call… it is very confusing, distracting and makes them real imprecise processing your order.
Try your local hobby shop first if you have one nearby.