Hello,
What quality are the trains made by Keystone and Piko in relation to Bachmann or LGB? I have found the Keystone Army train set with the 2-6-2 engine new for $99. I also found the Piko train set with the 0-6-0 saddle tank engine new for $99. If you had to chose from one of them which? Or should I just save my money?
Thanks,
George
George,
I can’t speak for the Piko, but my 2-6-2 is a poor performer. Poor power pickup, high center of gravity and poor traction.
But I keep it around, because it’s different. I converted it to battery/RC to solve the power problem.
Still workin on the other two 
Ralph
Yep my Keystone out of the box could have been called Krapstone, my issue was the lack of engine weight, its a very light puller. My Piko was a good little chunker, the main issue with it was Pikos stupid decision to leave the wheel flanges painted limiting the power pick up to the skates only out of the box, removing the paint from the flanges vastly improves the power flow. Its a good little engine.