I expect to see nothing new tooling-wise. Anything, rolling stock or locomotive with new tooling would be a treat. We'll probably get more of the same with new roadnames. Would like to see more Soo Line, B&O, CB&Q, MILW. Ooh, a CGW Geep or Baldwin would be nice.
Anyway, what I'd like to see. Well, earlier someone mentioned a GS4. Good choice. Probably utilize the Northern running gear. It has a couple variants in it's livery, and you could get away with lettering it Western Pacific as well. (Something to run with my WP caboose I bought from them when the Mikado was cancelled.) FlyerCheif would be okay.
I still mourn the loss of the USRA Mikados and Pacifics they had.
Speaking of the Northern, it has freshened tooling from the Gilbert offering. I'd like to see the Hudson get the same treatment. Or the 0-8-0. Many roadnames possible for the 0-8-0.
I'm sure a new diesel could be offered using the trucks and many other parts of the SD70, and the GE units. Please put the headlight in the nose, as the overwhelming majority of roads are ordering their headlights in that position. Or, modify the SD70, and GE ES44C tooling for a lower headlight, and many more roads will be correct for those models. Unless they do the Holy Grail, the SD40. Then most roads ordered the upper headlight in that era. Weird to say SD40s belong to an era now.
So, I do look forward to the new catalog. A few tidbits that I would like to buy would be nice. Bigger things would be wonderful.
