Where was the manufacturing point for your trains? What country did they come from? Are you satisfied with the quality or has it gone downhill somewhat. As a Marklin user, my trains came from many different places. All of the older stock, before 1995, came from Germany and was made of metal, and was very substantial and of very good quality. All the track and switches, etc also came from Germany. Now, however, I find that the freight cars are plastic with heavy metal frames but are made in China. The quality remains very good and the detail is excellent. My latest locos were still made in Germany and are also excellent and nicely detailed as before. Some track is now made in Hungary and that seems to be excellent still. I have purchased some local brands of rail cars, Atlas for HO, Micro Trains for Z and others that just don't have the quality I want. Stuff seems to fall off the locos and the cars are probably all made in China, but cheaply. Chinese toys can be of good quality if their foreign buyers demand it. A cheap price is not always what we want and the manufacturers need to understand that. What do you think? Cheap junk or quality. Bob