TOKELLY posted:They are doing a new tool for the boiler casting for the Legacy Berkshire. There are parting line and roughness issues which they are to address shortly. Lionel is definitely upping their detail game on the 'new' Berk. They are still talking delivery by the end of the year
Bob, did either Ryan or Dave mention if they were pleased with the reaction to the announcement of the Legacy Berkshire in terms of pre-orders? Dave's information posted on the O Gauge Forum convinced me that this new locomotive was going to be well worth the investment, and I noticed that a lot of Flyer Chief Berkshires began to show up on internet auction sites, perhaps in anticipation of the Legacy version. I wondered if a lot of customers, like me, could resist the Flyer Chief Berkshire but not the highly detailed Legacy model at a very attractive price.
Lionel will seldom share production or sales figures, but they are enthusiastically going ahead with production. Before we had even gotten beyond handshakes, the first question that Ryan asked of me was had I placed my preorder. Answer: Yup! Draw your own conclusions. 
Bob
