On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM, David Dewey wrote:
One reason the old ACG trains are still repairable today is because so much of the pieces are shared between units that this gives enough demand in production?numbers that reproduction folks can make them profitably.
Another reason is old Gilbert is incredibly simple (as is postwar Lionel) compared to today's models.? Support for the current products is spotty.
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I have a Flyer U33C that had a defective paint job (missing yellow stripes on an EL unit.)? I sent it back through my LHS and had to wait over a month until Lionel could get another shell from an unrepairable return.
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Rich G(ajnak)
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