--- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave --
>
> Yes, Athearn sold zillions of boxcars of only one type with huge door guides.
> Would you accept those today? It also sold zillions of tank cars with a
> dome that was not right. And F7s with windows that were wrong and truck
> sideframes that werenât right. And GPs with way too wide hoods. And
> they did that for years and years. But they were generally available like
> you say... How many models did Uncle Irv have for years before expanding
> the line? Two diesels, boxcar, tank car, 4 truck flat, gondola, caboose,
> streamline passenger cars, stock car, reefer and maybe a couple of other
> things (Crane, maybe). It wasnât until Irv had been making these few
> things for many years that he added PAs, GP35, more variations of boxcar and
> heavyweight passenger cars. And it wasnât until Horizon acquired Athearn
> and production was moved to China that you saw a real variety of rolling
> stock and high fidelity â" AND limited production. AM is as close as we
> get to the original Athearn, not a bad thing. Perhaps the newcomers should
> be happy with AM?
>
>
> Have fun!
> Bill Winans (former hobby shop owner and glad to be out of it)
> ---------------------------
Athearn STILL sells their original freight cars and F7's as part of the Ready
To Roll line along with some original Model Die Casting rolling stock. So,
there is still a market for some of the more "basic" stuff.
And, I'm still just as happy with my AM stuff, as I am with the stuff from RR,
SWM, SHS, SSA and SMMW.
Rich G(ajnak)
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