Far less money? My first brass locomotive was a Max Gray MT-4. It cost $229 in 1962, and coincidentally my airplane cost $1300 that same year. I believe an MT-4 is worth maybe $1200 today - a factor of six.
My airplane is worth thirty grand today - same one - and I think salaries are up by a factor of ten. As far as O Scale brass is concerned, we have it as good as it has ever been.
Opinion, mostly.
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