YOU GUY'S CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR I WILL DO REPO BOXES IF WE DO POSTWAR VERSIONS. NOW IF WE DECIDE TO USE SOME OF THE NEW SCALE PRODUCT I WILL CARRY OVER SOME OF THE POSTWAR ERA TOUCHIE FEELIE STUFF.
I PROMISE YOU NOTHING LIKE YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE! NOW IF LIONEL WILL ALLOW US TO REPRODUCE A POST WAR SET EVEN THE BOXES WILL BEE RIGHT!
I REFUSE TO USE ALCO DIESELS.
I HAVE CONSIDERED A HUDSON, -0-8-0 AND A K-4
MODERN ERA AC-6000, SD-90, E-7'S- , SHARKS, JC BABY FACE, UP DD-35
Well, this is more helpful.
All new E-7, Sharknose, JC Baby Face ideas are all very interesting to me but these would require new tooling. Would Lionel-AF do this for you? Suggest a first generation diesel because most S folk have steam or transition era equipment and these would fit in more readily than the more modern locomotives. Would love to see BF-15 Sharks (other than the lovely but expensive scale brass River Raisin jobs) and DR-6-4-2000 JC Baby Faces in S!
The steam engines you mention (Hudson, 0-8-0, and K5) might be best if all new, scale detailed, and full-featured. There are plenty of Gilbert originals out there and I rather doubt the old tooling is up to being used without a lot of reconditioning. Lionel had to make new tools to produce the UP FEF Northerns a few years ago.
I'll give you one PA set that really should be redone -- the No. 20480 Santa Fe "Chief" freight set from 1958. This should include, however, the updated 6-wheel power trucks and TMCC/RS in the freight scheme PA-PB-PA. This is a magnificant big 8 car freight set with an operating Gilbert's milk car and bakeman BW caboose. And, Lionel has all of the tooling to produce this one, too. Done with the proper Gilbert 'feel' in terms of rolling stock decoration and packaging (but with updated PA's), this might sell well.
Further thoughts?
Bob Bubeck
