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3rd Rail gives the disclaimer:

Some Photos Courtesy of brasstrains.com
Production is pending licensing by Amtrak
Permission by Siemens to Produce and Use Production Drawings

This is difficult to interpret. The licensing by Amtrak is a no brainer; they will get it. The problem is getting a license from Siemens. It is not that Lionel and MTH did not want to produce a Charger, the problem has been getting a license from Siemens at an acceptable cost to them. If 3rd Rail has secured a license from Siemens, then most likely the product will be made as there is certainly enough interest. If 3rd Rail has not secured a license from Siemens as of yet and is still pending, then the odds of SC locos being made go way down. 

Cool, but I still want Lionel to make a Legacy-equipped Vision Line model of the Charger. Maybe in the future. Also, the Surfliner, Via Rail Canada, and Brightline versions need to be made. Besides making a superbass unit for the Brightline train as well as a powered unit, I don't know how Lionel would pull off Brightline. Also, we need Siemens passenger cars for the new Chargers.

Cool, but I still want Lionel to make a Legacy-equipped Vision Line model of the Charger. Maybe in the future. Also, the Surfliner, Via Rail Canada, and Brightline versions need to be made. Besides making a superbass unit for the Brightline train as well as a powered unit, I don't know how Lionel would pull off Brightline. Also, we need Siemens passenger cars for the new Chargers.

I don't know how you can "vision that" but adding legacy is a possibility because its a single motored unit

FYI:

Amtrak licenses us per prototype and Livery. They just want to make sure we are going into production (have enough orders) before they officiate the specific License to us. So we use the verbiage "Pending...".  In other words, if we have enough orders, we will get license and produce.

As for Siemens, they are supportive of our effort to make a very accurate scale model of their handy work.

I hope that makes it clear. We hope to get lots of orders quickly to get this project off the ground.

Thanks for your interest and support.

OK can someone clarify that the Chargers sound like Dash 9's?

  • "Multiple Road Numbers
  • ABS BODY and FIXED PILOTS

  • Ball Bearing Axles Journals

  • Horizontal Can Motor Drive

  • 3R ERR Cruise, TMCC, Railsounds (Dash 9 Specific)

  • 2R - ESU Loksound 5.0 DC/DCC  Dual Speakers

  • New Extreme Detail Cab Interior (Lighted)

  • Smooth Operating, All Wheels Powered "

  • And what about the "radiator light"?
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@SirCaptain posted:

This is a welcome surprise, now the hard part: Deciding just how many liveries to buy

@sdmann, Roughly how many road numbers per livery do you expect?

(And on the offchance: Is Brightline willing to license/sponsor out? I'd imagine not / or is cost prohibitive as it's not an option right now)

Depends on reservations but usually 4, so long as there are 4 different prototype numbers of the specific livery.

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