rdunniii posted:Amtrak only does not sell well. Scott and I have had several discussions about Viewliner sleepers. The choice is 1200 cars with the generic underframe for ~$300 per or the same production numbers as the Big Dome (I think about 250) for the same price as the dome with a hybrid aluminum shell with custom underframe. Come up with 100 firm reservations for the later and I will push it again. The former will not happen. Adding some number of baggage cars helps because of the lack of an underframe. I told him we would rediscuss after the diners and coaches are delivered and the differences between the I's and the II's were known.
Those are heavy prices on those but may be interested.
As far as "Amtrak only" not selling well, MTH produced Amfleet cars many times over the years. Amtrak is the only operator of Amfleet cars and I am betting MTH sold a lot of these. I have about 15 of them myself. Yes MTH ran Amfleet cars in fictitious MARC, Metra,SEPTA,NJ Transit, and MBTA, but these were fictional roadmames.
