Hello Everyone,

For some time now I've been becoming increasingly frustrated at the
cost of Hornby '0' Gauge locos. Oh you can get some very nice
'clockers' readily enough (I like clockers), but as for the electric
locos, - forget it. In a word they cost $$$$$$$$$, - and that can be
for a lot of wounded old tat! (funny how you can't get brand new
tinplate '0' Gauge anymore in the shops, - it was there when I was a
kiddie .....)
So what is a girl to do when she wants to buy locos she can actually
RUN without having an attack of nerves (or worse) over every
derailment? Well I do look after my locos (and rolling stock), I
don't go throwing them at the wall or anything, deliberately crashing
them & etc; - BUT I still would like to be able to buy nice locos
cheaply that I can run and thereby have some FUN :-) And I don't
want to go finescale ..... (shudder) - been there, done that, bought
the @$#%&*!! tee-shirt.

The answer (taa-dah!!) is to buy nice Marx '0' gauge locos, - well not
so nice Marx locos truth be told, - but slightly shabby/playworn =
cheap prices and these locos are built like battleships and are
usually runners despite being 50+ years old. Truely tatty locos that
are runners are absolutely marvellous for repowering Hornby clockers.
Lionel locos are good too, BUT they tend to be more expensive and
sought after. Thank heavens for the massive outputs of the US
factories and their much larger slice of the market!!
Sooooo drive away boredom and play trains again with nice Marx locos
instead :-)

Best wishes, Annie X