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@rdunniii posted:

So, if he lists it for $800-900 and 18 months from now he's has less than, say, 250-300 reservations,  you'd prefer it just be cancelled?  Because that is what is likely to happen with those others and the E60 which is even worse off.  Maybe some of the E60 folks are willing to pay $1500+ for less than 100 models but they are not 100% of the less than 100 who have reserved them so far.

It's not how long they lasted, it's when they were mainstream, and most O gauge/scale folks aren't interested in much after about 1960s.   Which is why the GP9s did so well and people are passionate about them.   Even though every manufacturer on the planet has done them, sometimes multiple runs.

And yes Santa Fe and Milwaukee are popular.  But, I don't hear a peep asking about a Milwaukee Atlantic or F7 Hudson from steam fans.  But a 500th run of a Dreyfus Hudson,by anybody? oh yeah.  The northeast road fans are also a large part of this market and even if they are interested in more modern stuff they are not interested in western stuff.  I think Pennsylvania was one of the most popular GP9s.  I'd bet FP and F45s would get more reservations in SuzyQ than Milwaukee or Wisconsin Central.

My preference is for everybody to get what they want and for those disinterested in a particular project to not be mad that somebody else might get something they want.  Nobody will be any worse off in their lives simply because a proposed project.

The 1960's and prior thinking fails to recognize that Weaver had successful runs with their SD40-2 and GP38-2, despite their shortcomings.  Atlas has done well with modern horsepower: SW1200, MP15DC, GP15-1, SD40, GP60, Dash 8-40BW, Dash 8-32BWH, Dash 8-40CW.  This stuff does sell.  Sunset has yet to produce a model in this category, so it is understandable that the market doesn't YET look to Sunset.  That will change over time as Sunset starts to produce products that interest the younger segment of the hobby. For the most part people pay attention to what interests them.  So some might be surprised that the aforementioned Milwaukee Atlantic and F7 Hudson have been done twice in scale: Weaver and Overland.  As far "Western Stuff" Santa Fe and Union Pacific have always had strong sales.   So there:-)

Regardless of this, that or the other thing; our opinions mean nothing.  It's all about the reservations.

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