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tlark

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Only b/c my original thread has morphed into a debate I will ask due to my own ignorance between the brands.

Are the Kato and Atlas Engines comparable with repsect to pulling power and/or quality. The Kato's in the last thread all went for north of $100, a couple at $175 and now these Atlas engines are up there too.

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=at...&_odkw=atlas+Norfolk+southern++8-40&_osacat=0


Is it the horse head logo or what. I would like to add one but not at this cost. Kato is reproducing CNW, you think someone from KATO would take notice of a possible trend here !!!!
 
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new listings on ebay!

since you last wrote about the atlas items on ebay there has been a number more of these posted at really good starting bids :)
 
(quote) Are the Kato and Atlas Engines comparable with repsect to pulling power and/or quality. The Kato's in the last thread all went for north of $100, a couple at $175 and now these Atlas engines are up there too.

Atlas, Kato & Stewart are all Great engines & most have a lot of details. All are great pullers. Anything on EBay that is in these mfgr.'s list won't have a low bid when the bid comes to an end. remember on the other thread you started I said they would be over a hundred bucks a pc. by the end of the bid. Well, the same thing w/these engines. By the time the 4 or 5 or 6 day end comes for these engines they will be way over $100.00 ea. If you want to bid on anything on EBay you need to wait till the last 3 or 4 hrs. Then you will see what I mean about the price. 3 months ago you could have got those engines for less than a hundred by the end of the bid, but not now.
The starting bids are higher now than they were 3 months ago. So, if your on a budget I would recommend buying them online at a good hobby shop or getting them from your local shop & they will probably be cheaper.
 
If ya dont wanna pay the prices on ebay you would be best of buying an undecerated unit and painting & decaling it.

If your into that type of thing. Good thing about NS is they are all one color and decals well not much to em.
 
Larry said:
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The starting bids are higher now than they were 3 months ago. So, if your on a budget I would recommend buying them online at a good hobby shop or getting them from your local shop & they will probably be cheaper.
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You and others were spot on w/respect to $ they would sell for on ebay. I have a lot of experience on ebay and know it cane be a last minute bidding war at times.

I wish I could find a CW in the NS scheme at a local hobby shop as you suggested, but I have seen none. Me thinks they have been gone for a while but as I stated I am no expert. I don't mind paying fair money on one but what these have been going for online is nuts. If anyone has a lead on any please PM me.
 
tlark,
Check out Toy Train Heaven, Standard Hobbies & Model Railcraft Depot on line. These are the 3 places I buy from & they have real good discounts, especially in their clearance sales area's.
 
bigford said:
your best bet for NS is to buy undec's and paint them your self

here's a nice decal set
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120480660682&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

then pick up a loco from model train stuff for $64.00
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/v/vspfiles/photos/ATH-78944-2.jpg

strip and spray for a lot less the the e-bay price

OR buy the stuff ship it to me and i;ll do it for you
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My thoughts exatly as i stated above. Ive got some decal sheets somewhere for NS i been thinking of doing a few engines up just to resell if they would go near what some of the stuff on ebay is. Then I could buy me more Up engines lol.
 
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