Hello all. My name is Pete. I thought I would introduce myself first. I model railroad in both O and G. Mostly O though. I am literally starting over with O. I have a modest set on the floor of my basement right now that I am working on as we speak. Not much really. Just an MTH Premier SD70Ace and 5 modern Lionel auto carrier cars from various railroads. ( I preferred the Lionel versions to the MTH because they are more true to scale). Anyway, I also have a modern tank car. Additionally, I have an Amtrak Surf Liner set, which has the F59 locomotive and three "Super Liner" cars. That's really all I have thus far. Today, I plan on purchasing the MTH DCS Premier ES44AC. Nice locomotive with many of the typical MTH features. Although not prototypical as far as a real railroad mark, it does look real nice either by itself with cars in tow or a lash up.
I'm sure many in here have extensive layouts and I am most interested in talking with everyone about what they have or would like to have. I favor MTH over Lionel, but honestly, they both have really nice features that make decisions sometimes rather difficult. I also prefer modern era versus older type railroads. Though I have nothing but the greatest respect for the steam era whether real or scale.
If anyone has any questions of me, please feel free to ask away. I love railroading and anything to do with trains.
Thanks, Pete
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