David, your summary of Lionel Re-Manufacturing the Die-Cast ES44AC's is right on Target. Although they were Priced around $799-$850, at that time many Collector/Operators felt they were Over Priced for mere Diesels....Wow, no one would ever Imagine they would become such a Hot Commidity...Selling for almost double or even more due to limited Availability...I had each of them at one time and do to Down Sizing sold most of them, at a reasonable margin over what I paid as they were Built To Order priced to me... Knowing that Mike Reagan felt they were a Service Nightmare, and suggested negativity to their return to the Catalog, I think Now that Lionel is Listening to Our Wants, The Lionel Team might Return these Die-Cast Diesels again as a VisionLine Product, with newer and better Electronics, Blue Tooth/Wifi Capability, better trucks, and of course, More Money$$$$. They have the Tooling....I am thinking $1099.... I would also be a buyer as they were fun to run...I would also like to see the VisionLine Gensets come back, also Die-Cast NW2's, Maybe a Die-Cast SD70Ace????(The Tank Cars to) Wow, we can Dream.....
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