Andre,
No update on the Kansas City & Gulf for a good four months now. Hope there hasn't been a major derailment that shut down the railroad?
Item: Like you, I'm following the latest hooray's since Menards released their Santa Fe "F3". Although it appears closer to pass for an FP7 instead, let's face it, it's not intended to be a model for the rivet counters, but a Nice Price introduction in order to pull their extensive line of ever growing freight cars. No biggie that the AT&SF never rostered any FP7, afterall, it can still be a stand alone locomotive as if Santa Fe had just purchased another carrier like when they grabbed The Orient and added some x-NYC steam power to their roster as well.
The point is, it looks like Menards has a winner up front that may just take the O gauge market by storm with an affordable Diesel that fit's everyone's hobby budget in these lean times. It was long overdue, and just look, the future of toy trains appears to be now!
Joe
