ONR 1605 dropping freight in scrap yard.
This GP9 was detailed and painted from an inexpensive P2K purchase I made on Ebay. If you are willing to do some painting and detailing yourself, you can find really good buys on Ebay. I purchased a lot of my engines that way. Several required some tuning up; especially the shaft gears. Many were cracked. I was intimidated to try installing my own decoders but after a little trial and error, it became very easy. I fried a few decoders, mainly be being careless, but both Digitrax and NCE have no questions asked return policy and they were replaced.
Another favourite place to purchase items, other than your LHS (Local Hobby Store), are:
1) HO Interchange (a Yahoo Group where members can post items they would like to sell). There is no fee to join or to sell. I've purchased kits and turnouts and have not had any issues.
2) Train Shows (Flea Markets) - Through the winter there is a show at least every two weeks in Southern Ontario. There are alway lots of great deals, but get there as soon as the doors open and look for the estate sales first. The best deals go fast.
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