After looking through the online catalog, this thing should have been released back during Halloween. Those MSRP's are scary!!
Going through and semi-conservitively making a list of items I liked, wanted and wish I could get the catalog price total came to $13,625. Even back in the day when I was spending money on trains like a drunken sailor I never had to spend anything near that for twice as many items. Yeah, I know, me and everyone else. But now with less competition, Lionel (and yes the others too), have turned into the model train version of Mr. Potter! And I do not buy locomotives that I already have just to upgrade the electronics. But this catalog contains some things I didn't know I wanted. I'm sorry to say I'm not seeing the value in these products anymore. I'm glad I bought when the pricing was competitive and during the famous 'blowouts'.
Here's my wish list:
2231490 Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4 #1210-WWII (Just because)
2226870 Santa Fe VISION LINE Stock Car 3 Pack (Haven't bought any of these before)
2231142 Santa Fe Texas 2-10-4 #5022 (5022 ran on PRR rails, and I'm getting to like big Santa Fe steam)
2231380 Southern Pacific A-1 Berkshire 2-8-4 (It looks beastly yet cool and operated not far away)
2231570 Strasburg 0-6-0 #31 (It's Strasburg. I miss going there)
2232080 PRR 0-4-0 #477 (These little guys are growing on me, plus it's PRR)
2233361 Penn Central RS-27 #2407 (I love everything Penn Central. And the RS-27 was only done in ProtoSounds 1.0. Cool it'll now be Legacy)
2233362 Penn Central RS-27 #2409
2233780 Amtrak Phase IV ‘Cabbage’ #90229 (I have a plethora of Amtrak equipment so I need these... I mean I'd like to have these on the roster)
2233800 Amtrak Veterans ‘Cabbage’ #90208
2233580 Aberdeen, Carolina & Western F9 AB (No other reason than it looks so darn pretty. Perfect for my made up excursion train power or just to haul freight)
2226430 Union Pacific Rocket Booster Flatcar 5 Pack w/Rocket (Just so cool looking. I have enough UP power that I only want the add on cars)
2243150 Union Pacific Rocket Idler Car 6 Pack
684028 BNSF Rotary Gondola 4 Pack (All these rotaries to add to the ones I have)
684005 CSX Rotary Gondola 4 Pack
684010 Union Pacific Rotary Gondola 4 Pack
684015 Norfolk Southern Rotary Gondola 4 Pack
2243260 Union Pacific Ore Car 6 Pack (Again, to add to ore cars I have to make the train longer)
2243270 Union Pacific Ore Car 6 Pack
Its doubtful much if any of this will appear on Penn American Railroad rails. Mr. Potter would bankrupt me!
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