Opinion? I didn't expect much. I have a feeling Lionel won't be offering much new S scale product. Just toys to cater to the AF crowd. With MTH closing my opinion is that S is headed for dark times. Until 3D printing really hits mainstream I doubt we will see much new product.
In the meantime, perhaps we should start a grassroots campaign to ask Lionel to FINALLY make the SD40-2? Maybe a petition could convince them to build it?