3rd Rail E8/E9 Second Chance

I do believe the proposed 2nd run of E units is cancelled.  A bunch of people are backing out of their 1st run reservations and the apparently the standby list has dissappeared.

rdunniii posted:

 A bunch of people are backing out of their 1st run reservations 

Decidedly not cool! 

Really, once people see these they'll be sorry they cancelled. These locos are beautiful

rdunniii posted:

I do believe the proposed 2nd run of E units is cancelled.  A bunch of people are backing out of their 1st run reservations and the apparently the standby list has dissappeared.

Any known common reason people gave for cancelling reservations? Financial? A particular road's details i.e. Amtrak portholes? Etc....

WITZ 41 posted:

rdunniii posted:

I do believe the proposed 2nd run of E units is cancelled.  A bunch of people are backing out of their 1st run reservations and the apparently the standby list has dissappeared.

Any known common reason people gave for cancelling reservations? Financial? A particular road's details i.e. Amtrak portholes? Etc....

Nope.

Time for me to set aside my other layout priorities.  I will stop by the 3rd Rail booth, see for myself, and talk to Scott about possibilities for folks like me to slip in there with a first-run order to replace one of the canceled orders.  One can hope.

2nd Run E8s not cancelled. But some orders will be filled from first run no shows. Not at York. Bob and Jonathan are. Just landed at SFO from China.

Hi Scott

Am I too late in ordering the SAL E8.  Ordered 1 today on your site. Pls. let me know if I am on the list.. Thanks.

My best regards

Tommy

sdmann posted:

...... . If you are short on cash at the time, we have a layaway program for you.  ....

Scott Mann

What are the details of the layaway program?

Thanks, Matt

Matt01 posted:

sdmann posted:

...... . If you are short on cash at the time, we have a layaway program for you.  ....

Scott Mann

What are the details of the layaway program?

Thanks, Matt

I suggest you eMail Scott directly.

Scott posted them this morning here

Scott,

I know the E-8 run will be I assume the same roads as before. Sure would be nice to get a pair of these Frisco's if they could be added. I am sure there are many others that would like one, not sure if it would be enough. But I know I would order two tomorrow.

Look forward to the T&P and Missouri Pacific I ordered.

Don't tell Scott but I snuck out a photo of the ATSF unit;

Sorry, this is the only one I was able to get.

hmmmmm

RD posted:

Again thank you for the info Jack..I appreciate your help.

Now I just have to de-cipher Scotts order/ reservation pages to figure out which run / re-run of what has the AA that I need...

For what it's worth, I just returned from Berwyn's Hobby Shop, and the two Lionel CB&Q A-A units on the shelf are E7A units.

I would STRONGLY recommend the Sunset/3rd Rail E8A or E9A units, both powered, for your CZ train. The biggest difference between the E8A and E9A, as I mentioned above, will be the black front nose strips on the E8A models for pre-1960, vs. the red nose stripes on the E9A models for post 1960s.

Laidoffsick posted:

hmmmmm

WHAT???

Grab irons?

Grabs wrong color?

Non-existent road number?

Door kick plates?

WHAT??? C'mon, spit it out! 

Hot Water posted

For what it's worth, I just returned from Berwyn's Hobby Shop, and the two Lionel CB&Q A-A units on the shelf are E7A units.

I would STRONGLY recommend the Sunset/3rd Rail E8A or E9A units, both powered, for your CZ train. The biggest difference between the E8A and E9A, as I mentioned above, will be the black front nose strips on the E8A models for pre-1960, vs. the red nose stripes on the E9A models for post 1960s.

Jack, 

Thanks for the STRONG recommendation .. just got a confirmation e mail from Scott.. I'm in for a set of CB&Q  AA E8s .. the ones with the black nose stripes....

Those are also the wrong grabs in the nose

I thought all wheels/axels were powered?