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Hi Jeff,

 I would consider a MTH Ready-To-Run Set with PS3 (one that comes with the DCS Explorer). Let him decide which type and railroad he would like. If you are way into the hobby already, then I would do a diesel or  Imperial Steamer with PS3 just by itself. Honestly, you cannot go wrong. If he wants a steam engine, then I would recommend the Imperial Berkshires. They are a good medium size and well built. The just released Southern Berkshire 30-1765-1 is beautiful and I would pick one up if I had some extra money. 

I had my introduction to the Railking line back in 2013 with the BNSF SD70Ace freight set.  It was a great set which was feature rich being that it is considered entry level.  I would highly recommend going with a Railking starter set.  The only issue I encountered was that I needed to do a feature reset on my locomotive, and was unable to do so with the DCS commander remote which came with the set.  I didn't own a Z controller, so I wound up buying the full DCS system to perform the reset with no regrets.  MTH no longer includes the DCS commander with their starter sets, so that may no longer be an issue.

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