I like the Euro trains. They add some welcome variety to a market that seems to await the latest iteration of NYC Hudson, UP Challenger, Warbonnet diesel, etc. with some new tweak of electronics or detail. I have the Swiss Cargo electric and a few tankers and gondolas to go with it. I also have a bunch of SBB four-wheel box cars and beer cars waiting for a good deal on a Croc to come along, plus a five-car Orient Express similarly anticipating the right French or German steamer. The Orient Express cars are enormous - longer than my K-Line 21" streamliners - and the detail is spectacular. MTH has done a very nice job with the Euro trains. Now they need to come out with more different molds of freight cars - all you can get now is 4-wheel box cars and reefers and modern tankers and gondolas.
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