@Dylan the Train Man posted:I want both the EMD/Progress Rail SD70ACe-T4 and Wabtec/GE ET44AC on my layout with Legacy (Vision Line!) and some awesome new features. I think that while 3rd Rail and/or MTH could pull off accurate, amazing, and detailed O-Scale models of both of these modern locomotives, I think Lionel could make them better with the technology of their Vision Line and Legacy. The SD70ACe-T4 and ET44AC could even be made as Lionel Brass Hybrid locomotives as well. I'd prefer them to be Vision engines.
Paint Schemes for SD70ACe-T4:
-CSX (they call their 10 units ST70AH)
-UP (SD70AH-T4)
-EMD Prototype blue, white, and green livery (I like this paint scheme; it reminds me of GE's ES44AC Hybrid livery)
-EMD Lease Unit ("Banana") livery
-BNSF (SD70ACeP4-T4 Prototype) livery (PR/EMD painted 2 SD70ACeP4-T4 prototypes in BNSF livery; BNSF doesn't roster any production versions of the SD70ACeP4-T4; pity because I really want one of these)
-NS (NS cancelled their order of 10 units; they are PR/EMD lease units)
-KCS and CP Rail have leased these engines, so those liveries could also be made as fictional liveries.
-A fictional military livery would be awesome on the SD70ACe-T4.
Paint Schemes for ET44AC:
-UP (C45AH; both in new livery and older large flag liveries)
-BNSF (ET44C4 with correct truck details)
-NS
-CN (including heritage units)
-CSX (ET44AH)
-KCS
-A fictional military livery
-GE Prototype (with correct dynamic brake hump detail)
Features:
-Correct truck side frame piping and air cylinder details on BNSF ET44C4 (could be carried over to Legacy ES44 to make accurate BNSF and FEC ES44C4s)
-Rotating bearing caps on trucks (new Vision feature)
-All standard Legacy features
-4-digit addressing
-Dynamic brake feature with sounds (Another new Vision feature)
-Sand fill/sand application sounds; crewtalk included (Also a new Vision feature)
-Rotating radiator/dynamic brake fans on SD70ACe-T4
-New modern Vision Freight Cars to pull behind these engines (new Ethanol Tank Cars, Modern Boxcars, Modern Reefers, etc.)
-Accurate 12-1010J Prime Mover sounds on SD70ACe-T4 recorded from an actual engine
-Accurate horn and bell sounds on both locomotives
If both or either of these modern locomotives are made by Lionel (or possibly even 3rd Rail or MTH), I would buy a BNSF ET44C4 and/or UP C45AH and a UP SD70AH-T4, PR/EMD SD70ACe-T4 Prototype, and/or a BNSF SD70ACeP4-T4 Prototype.
I want undec so I can paint it in MILWAUKEE colors.
Dick
