@SANTIAGOP23 posted:The availability argument is so immature. I mean is 3 rail equipment readily available? Yes, but so are PEZ dispensers.
Something may be a non-issue for you, and yet it could be a major problem for someone else. When investigating why O 2 rail isn't more popular you need to take the potential market as they are, not as you want them to be.
In the mid-1980s I wandered into a shop that had some of the most gorgeous O 2 rail steam locos. It was one of four events that I identify as getting me back into O, albeit 3 rail. In all of the years since I have not set foot in another shop that had a significant amount of O 2 rail. It isn't for lack of trying. By the time a potential model train fan is exposed to his first O 2 rail locomotive he's probably already experienced HO, G and O 3 rail. He may already invested in one of these alternatives, and has a good idea of where to purchase for these alternatives.
Don't knock PEZ dispensers. There are people out there who enjoy collecting them too.
