Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27095574-20151019143943/@comment-67.255.109.55-20151120121104

Of course they can be compared. They pull the exact same materials. PF1 has 3 cars of wood, 3 cars of nails, 3 of bricks, and 3 of glass. The Mark VI-I has 1 car of each. So they compare perfectly. A complete set of PF1 vs a complete set of Mark VI-I. The PF1 wins. Now if you break the set then the experiment changes. But I can't get any other maglev wood wagons to stick with the Mark VI-I loco. Since the Mark VI-I set bonus is only 5% losing it makes little difference. Thus I can see that if you can get a high end wood maglev wagon you might win but that's a long way in the future for me and likely a long way in the future for the person who started this discussion.

So, if you are just at the point where you have to decide to buy maglevs, i.e. level 120, then the maglevs lose. When you get to much higher levels then the question is different. Gives me something to look forward to. Until then, the Mark VI-I set remains in my depot. Fortunately I can use it for part 2 of the Goldstar achievement so it's not a total waste. Just bought it too soon.