Mark Hieger and I have been working with Ron Bashista, owner of American Models, since last summer to produce heavyweight passenger car sets for the FlyerChief Frisco Meteor Northern locomotive Lionel shipped at the end of the year. I am happy to say that Ron has these sets in production and will begin to take orders on the 27th of February. Do not contact American Models before the 27th as he is not prepared to take orders and ship till then.
When I interviewed Ryan Kunkle, of Lionel, at York last April for the S Gaugian he said Lionel was not going to produce cars for the engine.
Mark has supplied information about the cars and their colors to American Models so that Ron could paint and letter them appropriately. I supplied information about the colors of paint Lionel was to use on the engine and explained to him why Lionel was not going to produce matching cars for the locomotive.
American Models is only going to produce 50 sets. There are 5 cars per set as with his other heavyweight sets. The cars are baggage, railway post office, combine car, coach, and observation car. The price will be $340 plus shipping.
Please remember not to place an order for the set till February 27th.
