@Arthur posted:This would require new tooling correct ? I have doubts about seeing any new tooling for a steam engine. Repaints seem to be the way they are gong these days.
Yes it would definitely be new tooling. The alternative would be brass or brass hybrid. Depending on what is out there that is comparable in size, that could be possible to do, but very doubtful anything is close enough to try something like that.
That being said, there is always a possibility of a new tooling coming into the works. These engines Skip has stressed before, back in 2017 according to what my initial search said this morning. So, they could be on the radar as it were, question is has Lionel taken a board look at this engine to see if it is something they would do?
There is always a possibility that these engines will be made or any other that we have asked about, it may take a year, may take 10, who can say. All it needs is a demand for something new and them to take it up. Yeah, that is something seldom done, but you can only hope.
