Brad Kowal posted:As popular as the SD40-2 was, I'm surprised Sunset can't obtain enough reservations to produce the model.
What is the explanation for this?
My own theory is that the current Sunset market is geared toward earlier models, so the venture toward selling more modern equipment needs to capture a different segment if the market. And that market might have been tainted when they produced their first diesel in the 1990s..the GE dash 9, which was really bad compared to what they're doing now.
Other manufacturers have produced this model for the 3 rail market, but the same other manufacturers have produced most of the other stuff that Sunset has no problems selling.
Does anybody have any ideas as to how we can assist Sunset with getting enough orders to run the model?
I've read all the reaponses and appreciate the input. I'm just wondering where the modern era guys are hiding. Everything modern Atlas produces sells. The better more detailed freight cars that Lionel and MTH produces (there are not many of them) sells and can't be found except at high collector prices. So, I am not shutting out any other facts, but we really need to hear from the modern era guys a bit more before we can write this off.
There is a possiblily of producing SD40-2's in brass along with variants such as SD38-2's and SD39's etc. That would expand part of the market as well as shrink another part of the market at the same time. Once I have more information, I will put together some kind of survey and see how many orders we might be able to come up with for somebody, whether it be Sunset or perhaps somebody else.
