Paws2k posted:Dang, just found 3 Mikados on “that auction site”. Boy are they awesome. Always wanted one. I know things happen - but who lost the molds? Were they promoted or fired? Put BT in one and I am in for 1 or 2 for sure. I would look at having Valley Forge try to convert it to scale flanges (doesn’t look easy - rivets on undercarriage on current model).
It's been about 17 years since the Mikado's were introduced and there's been one or two management changes at Lionel since. The people responsible (who also actually TALKED to S folks at an NASG convention in Milwaukee) for bringing the Mikado's to market are long gone. All the tooling would still be in China if it exists at all.
The NYC and B&O models were the first release. The NYC was separate sale and the B&O in a set with AF streamlined cars:
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