I predict Lionel will buy the tooling for MTH's Premier Line...there's just too many neat and unique models for Lionel - now the industry's lone top player - to let go to the "last roundup." This would be a wise business decision as buying the designs/molds is likely less costly than reverse engineering them or designing from the start. Thus someday those of us lamenting over the loss of those unique engines will see them again, only with Legacy system.
Maybe they would buy the Railking line, too, but I wouldn't bet on that...certainly the structures I could see Lionel buying but am not confident on the line of trains. My crystal ball, albeit a bit foggy, may be showing Menards as a buyer for the Railking Line of structures/accessories.
That's my "glass half-full" appraisal for today 
