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Old 15th May 2019, 7:30 am   #16
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Default Re: A Trainorama !

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Originally Posted by Biggles View Post
I was a bit surprised at some of the prices for the railway engines and rolling stock at the exhibition. The same cost/income ratio seems to apply as much nowadays as it did when I was trying to finance my railway layout on pocket money 40 odd years ago. Alan.
The Trainorama is getting very expensive to build with cost of track etc
not to mention up to 10 locos, in spite of having bought them second hand
off the net.
Most locos now, new are over £100. Hornby boxes once had,
'Made in England' on them, now it's 'Made in China'.
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