Personally, I would love to see Super O resurrected. However, just imagine the tooling costs for wide-path Super O switches which would be purchased by only a small and ever declining group of niche buyers.
I would like Lionel to consider a better track system like Super O. Unfortunately, Lionel has determined that those who operate Legacy scale equipment appear willing to settle for the same Fastrack system that satisfies the low end of the market.
I have also heard that this track system was originally very difficult and labor intensive to manufacture .
And then there is the matter of that "copper" center rail using a material which is anathema to Lionel due to its cost.
And, as others have pointed out, why would Lionel permit sales of Super O to cut into the fat margins on their lousy but high volume Fastrack system?
