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I would agree and to continue on with more in this range, I would say the Märklin 4095/5 or maybe even the 4097/6 falls in the same size/price range (without the dynamo), plenty out there too.

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So what’s the Mamod equivalent? An SE3? While it’s a twin cylinder, I think it fits this range better than the SE2...

That Fleishman 125/4 looks interesting to me!...the flywheels/cyl/governor have a well made attractive look and I like to see oil cups on the flywheel main bearings specially....boiler looks good to....the only thing I notice is the black painted brick Firebox....copper is my favorite color metal and I find Wilesco copper bricks are my favorite so far...are these 125/4 quite rare?

That Fleishman 125/4 looks interesting to me!...the flywheels/cyl/governor have a well made attractive look and I like to see oil cups on the flywheel main bearings specially....boiler looks good to....the only thing I notice is the black painted brick Firebox....copper is my favorite color metal and I find Wilesco copper bricks are my favorite so far...are these 125/4 quite rare?

You won’t regret buying one, I only sold mine on for shelf space when I bought it’s larger brother the 135/2. They also come with a very attractive purple-blue boiler 😍 (they are often missing a little door on the back of the firebox under the smoke stack, but I see Scott’s still has it)

Ok....I watched a few more videos on YouTube and they are not all that loud so I suspect wear on first engine.
    I like mechanical sounds engines make and was thinking about the tin base on this class of engine...I suspect it acts like a Speaker or bullhorn and amplifies engine noise....I suspect a wooden board would soften the noises....also there is a product called dyno-mat, basically sticky rubber sheet with aluminum foil facing...applyed to the underside it would quiet a tin base I bet, but may be difficult to remove later...ok I will stop hijacking your thread now Scott

I have to throw in my two cents. I have the Fleischmann 130/2, and the 135/2.On the 135/2 it has that noise
but there's an oiler with a handle on the end cap. When you first put the steam to it, being cold, the steam
condenses in the cylinder with the piston slapping it. Open that valve just a crack to blead out the water
and she smooths right out. Don't leave it open, just a couple cycles.
On the 130/2 it got the plague, the zinc plague, bearing journals and flywheel. It wasn't pretty. It's fixed
now by hunting down the parts but it took quite a while. Now I'm not knocking Fleischmann's, they're beautiful.
If you're want to run it and run it hard, I'd go Jensen or Wilesco. They're still in business and parts are
readily available. I have a couple Jensens and several Wilescos, those are for, well, "STEAM IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT".
There's my two cents

I'll also post here a link to Ventix's excellent resource on Fleischmanns:

http://www.ventix-pages.de/fleischmann/html/125-4.html

A wise move, the 125/4 is an entirely different beast 

The 120/4 is a nice but very simple engine, with a single acting oscillating engine, and no steamvalve for speed control.