Hi to all: Have the oportunity to purchase an ho scale  locomotive with 2 drive motors used an in working order at a reasonable price, > less than50 dollars, being a newbie would this be a good deal possibly??

Many thanks to all that have replied,i hope not to bother you with the many questions i will possibly have as reading the board to glean many answers. It just seems to me ho scale is quite small, was lookig for something a bit bigger in physical sze that would run on ho tracks. I think you guys have done good job in answering my question and giving good recomendations. My nearest hobby shops are in oklahoma city and amarrillo texas, 150 miles away as am located in southwest oklahoma,in the boonies so will be using on line to purchase items in all probability. Once again thanks for the help.

Greetings to all in the new year:
My self and grandson are entering into this wonderful hobby together. We got our first ho scale train for x-mas. and I am reading the message board beginning to end and getting many questions answered from all of your posts. Thank youin advance. I do have one question though,what sizes or scale trains can we run on ho scale e-z track?? would possibly like to go one size larger.

Hi to all: I am new here and myself and grandson, he's 2 and 1/2 just got a new bachman chatanooga  train for x-mas. basically a beginners set in ho. My question is  i noticed the wheels on the cars are plastic and cheaply constructed. I have been reading and saw metal axle kits available, would you recomend swapping for these??I am very happy to have found this site,and am looking forward to our new found hobby" as he is train crazy!!!