Lionlman posted:The 21” cars I am referring to are the ones from Lionel’s 2018 C1 catalog, UP, L&N and ACL.
Neal Jeter
As noted above, Charles Ro’s website is a good indicator of when shipments are expected to arrive at them and other main dealers. The first two sets of cars you mention are from this year’s Vol. 2 catalog. As far as I can see for those Ro does not list a shipping date - unlike cars fron 2017 Vol 2 which are shown as expected (at Ro) on 20 Nov. That date would be consistent with the 2017 cars being in this container/shipment from the factory. But as respects the 2018 cars, I don’t think they can be expected now. I thought that these were the cars affected by the Chinese factory closure.
The odd exception is that Ro lists the L & N 21 inch 4 pack SKU 6-85367 as expected on 20 Nov. even though it wsa cataloged in 2018, but the 2 car pack and StationSounds Diner cataloged at the same time have no shipping dates. Listing the 4 pack as expected soon may be a website editing mistake; alternatively maybe those sets were made first.
