@Madockawando posted:Now that I have come back and have just discovered Lionel’s Legacy system I am on a locomotive buying spree to catch up. However, it’s not like the old days. Trying to find a Providence and Worcester SD70 that just came out: gone! How about the Legacy Central Vermont RS-11? The one that no one likes because of the “wrong” paint scheme? Can’t find one anywhere. People that have them aren’t giving them up either. It’s a very different market out there than just a few years ago. To me, if you want the good high end stuff, preorder it if you like it.
I think you have hit on one of the situations where pre-ordering may be wise. If it is a locomotive for, shall we call it, an underappreciated road, or a unique item, then pre-ordering makes more sense. In a BTO world these are the items where there are less likely to be a surplus floating around, and they are also the items that are most likely to be cancelled.
