For $99.00 you are buying the locomotive at a discount and getting the rest of the train for free.
Yes, exactly. That's just how I viewed these other train sets sold by the other store chain (Loblaws).
I have a pretty nice CNR Hudson that I bought about 3 years ago. It's not 100% accurate in detail but it at least looks something like a CNR Hudson! I've now weathered it and am pretty pleased with it. I've either given away most of its freight cars, although I did repaint a couple of them in realistic CNR colours with appropriate decals -- that was a fun project as well. Most of the Loblaws freight cars had tacky food-product graphics and cartoons on them!
In the past, Loblaws would discount their prices from $100 for the set to just $50, so it became an even better deal! :mrgreen:
Rob