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Hey Joe, I received the International Dump truck, wrapped it up for a retirement gift.. Great job! Awesome model.. Great communication with your business.. Fast shipping and packaging. Thumbs up!! Thank you.. I will come back soon! Tony

Order was well packed and arrived undamaged. The track met expectations, no regrets with purchase. The shipping speed was reasonable but the tracking was a bit glitchy, showing it hadn’t left distributor but then arrived. All in all would purchase again from this seller

you all were fast in getting the box car out. very nice company to order from . you were nice in letting me know when the box car was ship and the tracking was nice also. I will deal with you all again. thank you for the having the part.

Great find for me. The rail line I am modeling had this circus company come to town in the summer. These wagons are a nice addition to my circus train.

Only ran the train to see if ran ,will be running the unit a lot over the holidays. It’s on the shelf with my rapito and MRC n scale engines I purchased in the seventies. If the engine holds up to there standards I’ll be happy.

Finally got an engineer's cap. Very well made. Will wear it in the train room and not out in public. Lol. No one will know what it is if they are not into trains.

I’m not very familiar with BLI products, but I must say that things have started off really well: smooth running, quiet, looks great (to my untrained eye). I’m optimistic about this locomotive and others from BLI. Thumbs up!

Had to have some hobos for one of my G scale box cars. Put one sitting in the doorway, one sitting on the roof and on sitting on the box inside. Now all my scales have hobos in or on one of the boxcars. Cool.

I really love this GE U50 engine. It is larger than I thought would be but still smaller than a DD40. Great looking engine, great sound. This is probably my 6th Athearn engine and they all sound great and perform great.

Two beautiful locomotives. I now have four BLI Big Boys in my stable. Two paragon 3’s and two paragon 4’s. I would love to see a BLI Big Boy brass hybrid in the future. Can’t wait to run them! Craig C

Ordering was easy and it arrived quickly and packed wonderfully well for safe delivery! I'm VERY happy with the Walthers Controls 942-4000 DC Train Control! More powerful than what I was using and giving me much smoother and dependable operation of my locomotives! ... Hoping they are able to get more in stock so I can purchase a second one!

LOOKS JUST LIKE THE REAL THING WHEN I WORKED ON THE WP...AS INFO I CREATE DIORAMAS RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT WORKING ROLLING STOCK AND TO THAT END IT LOOKS 200%.

I loved this loco the first time I saw it online, but was just a little expensive, but I forgot that I had coupons for prior purchases and I redeemed them, and I have only one word for this beautiful locomotive and that is ‘WOW’!

I like Bowsers RS 3. It is a very unique locomotive. I have yet to install a decoder in it but I'm sure it is up to Bowsers standards. Also, the price was right.

I was having trouble with my rolling stock not sure if it was my old track or old equipment. I wanted some new good track to compare. Everything worked fine on the new track. Now I need to figure out which sections to replace.

I really like it. This question should go to BLI, not you, but why are the markers on the blind end of the car and not the rear? I’ve been trying to find and observation car to “bring up the markers”. But nobody but brass mfg’s seem to want to make one.

i realy like my new five car christmas livery. Although, I was disapointed that right after I recived (paid for) my 5 car set, a new version was announced that looks way more holiday inspired. I still realy like the ones I got but I am left with a little livery envy.

Great rail cleaning car, all made of brass. Good value and easy set-up for cleaning all tracks of my lay-out. This heavy brass-cleaning car has everything to operate and suggest a proper large engine for traction.

Seems like I pre-ordered the GP 40 eons ago. It is well worth the wait. The paint job is great. All sounds and light functions work properly. I am a happy customer.

WOW! What a difference lighted passenger cars make. The kit is easy to install. Then you snap the roof back on and place the car on live track. Order several so you can have a whole train of lighted cars. Turn off the ceiling lights and enjoy! If you add a few seated passengers while you have the roof off, the effect is even better!

2 Very nice looking detailed Cargill salt hoppers om my lay-out and part of in between other wagons similar as grain cars for breweries. Delivered on time and nice packaging.

Walthers Proto does it again! The new City of San Francisco cars with deluxe lighting and passengers are beautiful. Smooth rolling and flicker free right out of the box. Well worth waiting for!

Exceptional car! Nice clear paint and the decorating in the interior makes the car much more prototype, It runs very smoothly and the lighting and finger touch control are very nice. It is easy to add figures to really make the interior come alive.

More than pleased that this item arrived without damage! Previously ordered same item from different vendor at least twice and both had to be returned because they were cracked upon delivery.