Ok, the type that I like are the ones that have stand alone details, like ladders and grab irons. SHS, AM and PRS all have nice ad on details. Some of the AF cars are nice, but would look better with seperate details, IMHO. What type of models you guys like? Greg
Greg, I only own about 8 cars, so I am not sure that I am an expert. I think I like the SHS cars best. I also have some AM and S Scale America cars that look pretty good to me. I do scale, so I have not really looked at the AF cars. I was attracted to S Scale by the larger size and general quality and detail of the stuff that is available. I tend to buy cars of the type I like rather than from a particular manufacturer. None of them has the full spectrum of cars, so I spread my purchases around to provide covered hoppers for my planned grain elevator, tank cars for my chemical plant, box cars for some miscellaneous industries, and other types just because I want them on my layout.