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Lionel and MTH have relatively few employees, they basically are an importer rather than a manufacturer, I suspect they number in the hundreds at most. I don't know about MTH (some tell me they own their own factory in China, others tell me it is a contract model), but the basic model is they design the engines and such, and factories there (who make other things as well) bid and get the contracts to build them. Atlas and Lionel definitely are contracted out, which is why they have little control over when stuff actually ships and unfortunately, the quality. The manufacturers rely on inspection at the factory and then a basic checkout here, which is why the quality can be so spotty, that model doesn't produce high quality stuff. 

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