Of course, the real question from my perspective is: Has Lionel totally abandoned the scale side of S in favor of more "traditional style" Flyer like what's coming in FlyerChief?
Don't get me wrong, the F/C GP appears to be a vast improvement, visually and operationally even with its compromises. I think it will be a hit. And folks seem to be happy with the FlyerChief Berks.
As long as the SSA SD45 seems to have fallen into a black hole, I would throw my hat in for an SD40 (or SD40-2) of similar quality to the SD70's and ES44's as long as scale wheels and Kadee conversion hardware were available. A Legacy Berk would be of little interest to me without scale conversion available.
Rusty