Reply to "Menards new engines are now online"

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@Mannyrock posted:

As far as the extra sounds that the Menard's engine comes with, I bought a NIB Lionel Santa Fe El Capitan, War Chief, with "Train Sounds", dual engines, conventional only, model 6-24568, last year online for $199 plus about $24 in shipping. The Trainsounds include a bell, a horn, engine sounds, and about 12 separate lines of very clear speaking dialogue from the engineer. Just pointing out that there are some low cost conventional-only locos that have some diverse sounds as well.
Mannyrock

Let's get something straight here.

The Lionel 6-24568 was last offered 12 years ago in 2009 for $369 MSRP. That's $478 in 2021 when you correct for inflation which is considerably more than what the Menards engine is costing.

The MSRP on a new MTH set in 2009 with a wireless IR remote was $359, plus the set could be run conventionally or wirelessly with DCS.

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