Like most of the other posters have said, we need to be patient and see how this all shakes out over time. The supply chain issues are the real wild card as the new MTH will have little control over that.
I will give two thumbs up to the new parts company 
. The website is easy to use and the customer service is outstanding. I ordered some parts recently and received them in four days. I was shorted one part so I emailed them about it and the person responsible emailed me back the same day saying the part would be sent out right away. Received it in a few days. Great service!
I do wonder about the Chinese factory where MTH is made. Seems to me their production volume has had to have really gone down since these changes to MTH started. Rumor is that Atlas is moving their existing tooling production to the MTH factory. I wonder if that includes their HO and N gauge lines? How much production volume does the factory need to stay in the train business?
Ken
