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    Favorite N Scale Manufacturer

    I come back to my original comment re the makeup of my own fleet - what do you need and who makes it? I need primarily GP38-2s and SD40-2s, therefore have a lot of Atlas and Kato for the right look. I need a lot of Canadian grain cars, therefore have a lot of Intermountain freight cars. If...
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    Favorite N Scale Manufacturer

    I'm with Tyson. What are you referring to? Locomotives, rolling stock, structures, etc.? Also availabiilty plays a large role. In locomotives I prefer Atlas to the extent they have what I need. Kato is also high quality and I have a few Life Likes that are good. In rolling stock, MTL is...
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    Inadequate obituary in MR

    With 40 years in the hobby now, and a John Armstrong fan all of those years, I can tell you that John didn't follow the trends - he created a lot of them. He was one of the most innovative thinkers, along with people like Linn Westcott, that the hobby has ever had. Given the length and depth...
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    Pourquoi pas?

    Using my imperfect french and spanish, I believe it is about a French prototype model railroad being built by Marvin the Martian on the Borg cube while it orbits Pluto . . . David
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    any atlas forum make it here yet

    I've been a lurker on this forum forever - hardly ever posted. Actually never posted all that much on the Atlas forum either, considering how long I've been on it. David