TOKELLY - On the note of AM and the SD40-2, if it's AM that makes it so be it, I will get TMCC put in it and be happy as a clam. Really, I feel like I need to do a reverse robbery - pull a gun on someone and demand they take MY money. I don't get it, how do we not have an SD40???? I mean, when looking at when to spend money on new tooling for a diesel, how did AM end up on the RS11? The are wonderful, I have 2 of them, but still....over the SD40...as for the Budd vista, I'm glad he made it, and I have 3, but I think people have been asking for them for over a decade before they got made.
Bill - I get what you are saying, sugar vs vinegar and all, but people who spend their disposable income on this hobby are going to passionate about it, and they should be. I'm not unreasonable in my expectations of Lionel, we were told one thing, and presented something different. I made a significant financial investment in them because of it. I have standing to let them know of their short comings, it's reasonable because I also commend Lionel on the products over the years that they make that I like, I have always given credit where it's due...that goes both ways.
And to the notion that someone at L reads this page, I know they do, Ryan is all over the 3 rail side communicating, John Z is on from time to time and others...but not much here. I mean, no one from L chimed in to answer the simple question of will the new GP7 trucks be oversized like the catalog shows. Makes me think that they don't care enough to answer, OR they are going to give an answer that they know we won't like. But really, why can't we get an answer??? We have seen over and over that answers that come from the "contact us" section of the website are far to often wrong.
Communication does not seem hard to me, even if the answer is "don't know, I'll get back to you". I don't expect the world from any of these people, just a little follow through and some communication. That's the key to my wallet.
Ben
