Originally Posted by PSU1980:
Correct, they are from the 2012 catalog, being released now and I am speaking of the 4 car set.
You're hung up on 2012 for some reason ... but these were first catalog'd in Lionel's 2010 Volume 2 with the S-3 locomotive, and then again in 2011 Signature (i.e., vol 1) on a half-page devoted to scale passenger cars. Never in a 2012 catalog that I'm aware.
In any event, it's been a VERY long wait... and hopefully Lionel didn't under-produce them for all the MR fans who loved the S-3 and want a great passenger train.
David