I have to agree with those who think that MPC has gotten a bad rap. In my opinion, part of the issue is that we are looking at those golden oldies through the prism of current trains. For those of you who, like me, remember when MPC was the rage, I think you will have to agree that, when they came out, they were really the bees knees (did I just say that???). Remember the vast improvement that the much maligned Electronic Sound of Steam was over the post-way “sounds”??? Were there clunkers amongst the gems??? Of course - but you have to admit, somethings never change!!! I admit that I have been totally taken in by the lure of the new, more detailed, scale offerings, but that doesn’t mean that that I completely reject the trains of my youth. While I have gifted a number of my MPC engines to other who have the need for items which will run on small curves, I still have a number of them that have sentimental value (my first GG1, the Pocono, two sets of F3’s with aluminum passenger cars, etc.). Long live History 
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