Let me just say.....I didnt start this topic in search of a ***** session. Im trying to get the major manufacturers to keep making 2 rail. Its an uphill fight, as they are telling me qty's being ordered are light. I'm telling them I'll help increase the orders, just to get more things made in 2 rail.
If the response from the 2 railers is " i dont care if any more 2 rail is made or not, , if its not one of the few very particular things i want", well then so be it. 2 rail O gauge will descend into the realm of aftermarket sales, and expensive short run manufacturers, as it was pre-1990.
For those who would like to see a future for ready-to-run 2 rail O gauge products..., I just want everyone to know that Im trying, and spreading the word will help.
I don't consider myself old but I certainly am not young. I do very much care if 2 rail is made or not. I cannot buy a lot of new items just for the sake of supporting the hobby. If I was rich maybe I would but I am not. I spend on what I can afford that is within my budget. I do appreciate your efforts and what you're doing for 2 rail. I am really going to miss being able to buy a scale wheeled steam locomotive. Even if MTH sticks around they could always drop the scale wheeled versions like they did in many of their latest special runs. This is why I ordered the Reading T1. It could be my last steam locomotive from MTH.
Maybe you are right and if more people saw how good trains look that are the same size as scale Lionel trains but have smaller flanges and couplers and ride on track with more scale sized rail that doesn't have the center rail maybe just maybe 2 rail would grow.
You had to know that by starting this topic it would start a good conversation.
