If they were to re-gear the current/older steam offerings to match the superb low-speed
performance of the Ten-Wheeler, I would look at a couple of their steamers as
project-fodder. The current gearing rules out any of these locos that have been produced in the past. I buy few diesels, so if that's all they got...meh.
I've said it before: an 031/036-capable, $400, small, conventional, Ten-Wheeler-geared, generic/realistic, 2-6-6-2/0-6-6-0, a la the Mantua HO articulated, is a product that I believe WBB could quickly turn into an institution. Cute/cheap enough for the toy guys, realistic enough for us Hi-railers to buy and attack on the workbench.
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WBB "incredibly small percentage" of world-wide sales...is this info or merely opinion?
I don't really care, but WBB does do business in a nation with 318 million people, and
even a small percentage of that number can be a lot of choo-choo buyers.
Germany, which is a FAR more model RR'ing-oriented nation than is the US, granted,
has a population of "only" 80 million. Great Britain is at about 60 million.
So-o-o-o...I have doubts about "incredibly small".
Some actual sales facts would be nice, right about now.
