@Bill N posted:First off thank you Dave for all of your work in researching and being a booster for this. Secondly I applaud any efforts to make authentic southern and SOUTHERN specific passenger cars available in O scale.
What concerns me is the idea that demand for southern specific passenger cars would be based on the reception for this particular offer. There are a number of reasons why SOUTHERN RAILWAY fans might pass on this. It is duplicating a train that came along at the end of SOUTHERN's steam era. The cars are not appropriate for many of the lesser trains that graced SOUTHERN's rails during that period. An eight car set is more train than many would want to buy. Some of us have minimum mainline curves tighter than O-72. That people like me are not the target market for this particular offer does not mean we are not in the market for southern specific passenger cars.
I understand those concerns, but the only other scale lightweight Southern cars in O scale that I am aware of are the Lionel cars. But they are plastic, generic cars, and they have black roofs, so are 1970's specific, apparently. I have a nice set of K-Line aluminum 21" cars modified and re-lettered for Southern, so they are somewhat correct. But it would be nice to have some very accurate cars. Also, I think that a lot of people want complete train sets. So, I think this is a good idea for GGD. I hope they get made.
