I am not in the market for these - as you guessed, I am long in the tooth, and lose interest completely beyond the SD9. Most of my Diesels are sand cast PAs, E7s, and a lonely Erie-Built.
And worse - for no rational reason, I prefer metal and wood models to plastic. Scott's E7s are things of great beauty, but I am taking a step backward and hopefully getting some sand cast sides (reminds me - I ought to call the foundry).
It would be interesting to do a poll - first question would be "can you tell the difference between an SD40 and an SD70? " My answer would be no, and I would be excused from the poll, but counted as an O Scaler.
If you said yes, the next question would be " can you tell the difference between an SD40 and an SD40-2 ?" A yes answer would lead to question 3:
Would you buy an accurate SD40-2 in plastic with horizontal drive for $700 ?
My guess is that at that point you would be dealing with 1% of current 2-rail O Scalers. That may be enough - probably not.
But best of luck - hope springs eternal.
