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BRIAN WHITE posted:
If only they had paid their bills

RSJB18 posted:
A BIG YES!!!!
I started buying their diesels a couple of years ago when I got back into the hobby. The first one I bought was a PRR MP-15 switcher. Since then I've added 3 more MP-15's, including the LIRR Greenport Scoot set, and 4 Plymouths, and 3 S2's. I don't have any steam yet but not because I haven't been looking. They made really nice stuff. For a conventional 027 runner, they are really nice. Only change I've made is to wire the MP-15 motors in series to slow them down. Still don't understand how their management could not keep the company running when the product sold itself.

It wasn't so much about paying bills. It was the actions that K-line took to steal trade secrets from Lionel and the following lawsuit/settlement that really did them in.

9/4/1811:39 AM

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