Hi to all - this is my first post so if not done quite right please let me know. If there is a resource or video explaining posting to the forum please let me know. I read the rules but could not find a tutorial.
I am fairly new to O railroading. Had been in HO (and for a while N) since I was a kid in the early 1960's. Last year I was on Ebay and noticed the prices used O was going for and realized it was on longer out of reach for me. Now that new detailed HO Steam Locos are $400+ saw a great opportunity to make the switch over. I had always admired O from afar, but when I could buy new Athearn Blue Boxes in the 1990's for $4 the Price of a Weaver Ultra Line Freight car at $30 seemed like a real stretch. BTW I like Prototypical Proportions, (HO Roots).
Anyhow we have established I'm cheap and not afraid to admit it. So my question. The Williams Loco I mentioned (Come in brown corrugated boxes) seem to be the cheapest Brass O locos out there. I realize they are not equivalent to a new $1500 3rd rail Version but do they operate, OK? I have bought a few of the later (1988 to 1999 I guess), Williams Brass (in the printed boxes, fit over a molded EPS 2 piece box). Loco packed in an old style ice cooler. LOL Too my failing eyes they are magnificent. I feel disloyal to Athearn, but they left me pricewise, I didn't leave them!
Anyhow any insight from you seasoned veterans, would be greatly appreciated. On anything I have asked about. Thank you to all who may reply!!
