Mark
You might be right about the Meteor not being rerun, and I regret selling mine, as it turned out it was my 7 year olds favorite engines and brings it up often that I sold it.
But, Lionel reran the flyerchief Berks (that first run sold out and many missed out) and I had talked with Lionel who told me there would definitely be another run of FlyerChief northerns (although no mention of the meteor). It would not surprise me if we saw a Frisco northern in 4500, I think there were a few notherns in real life painted up as the Meteor.
Time will tell. Either way, the loco for sale up there is a good deal!
Ben