In my conversation with Scott, if the request for the 2rail pilot isn't made before production, then you will have to wait until they do a 2nd run to get the scale pilots.
This happened to me on the E8s. I was late to the game, so I have my trains but my scale pilots won't be available until the factory does the 2nd run (hoping that it happens real soon here). Sounds like the original poster and I are in the same boat
But I do agree, that it seems that more and more people are wanting to get these so it would sure be nice if there was a way to get them other than during the pre-order phase.
