Friends,
Okay, its time for my annual, "what train related gift do you want for the holidays?" question. Every year, I remind everyone that on Thanksgiving, we will be getting together with family and/or friends, and at that time we are asked what we want for the holidays. Last year, I wanted Legacy, but it was not available. I finally got it in September like many others on the forum.
I don't have a specific train related item that I have to have this year. Nothing is really calling out to me. In fact, I do not have anything on pre-order. I am not even craving a Vision Line Big Boy, even if I had the curves to run it on. My MTH Railking Imperial Big Boy, which was 1/3 the price of the Vision Line Big Boy on sale for around $2000 is more than adequate for me and has two motors.
What I really want for Christmas this year is better quality control among the O gauge train importers to varying degrees. I am not a rivet counter and would rather have non scale locomotives that run on 031 or 042 curves and have in cast in details (like MTH Railking Imperial or Lionel Lionmaster locomotives) than separately applied details that cost more and break off more easily. However, quality above anything else is the overriding factor for me when purchasing anything. Frankly, I have become tired of noisy smoke units and would like to see better quality smoke unit motors that do not buzz and/or fail after just a few hours use. Locos, irregardless of cost should work out of the box and pieces should not fall off when taking them out for the first time.
So, the questions is, what train related item do you want Santa to bring you for the holidays.
Thanks for responding. Have a great Thanksgiving and run some trains this weekend.
Erol Gurcan
