I payed $40 for mine and it was still in kit form with no kadee couplers. I put it together and I am happy with the way it runs. I read somewhere that it was a noisy thing, but after running on a loop for about an hour it smoothed right out. I greased her good with white grease too.
I'm real happy to get this kit as I find they are hard to find. And it gives me a good refforance for building my own Climax from scratch.
Not sure how old this is but it will go great with my layout. Now to get 2 shays, 10 log cars, about 1,500 trees i will be set
i showed my wife this and she said How much you pay for this well besides THE LOOK that she gave me she dont like it but of course after i get my layout done she will be in there running this hehe
Hiya,
That MDC climax when its run in will pull 10 log cars up a 5% grade without getting out of breath LOL
They are good machines, I made a new body for mine, as I didn't quite like the look of the MDC one. Here's a photo of it.
Shamus