Reply to "Are Lionel and MTH ever going to have some new locomotive model produced?"

I think a Locomotive that would do well for MTH is a Siemens Charger SC-44.  If MTH made a Railking Scale version of it and put it in a starter-set it would do well for sure since these locomotives will be used on busy state-funded Amtrak corridor routes that have a lot of people riding them.  In Japan, atleast I have noticed Kato usually tries to offer trains that people actually ride on over older and fantasy stuff.  Connecting the hobby with modern passenger rail service like state-funded Amtrak or Brightline might bring new people in.  From a new tooling perspective, I would only focus on equipment that either a lot of railroads used or locomotives that were in service for decades.  The FL9 is another locomotive that would do well because it was in use for decades and had multiple schemes.