please let it be something in CHESSIE SYSTEM or AMTRAK or CSX PLEASE
so it makes it necessary for me to go back to o gauge or offer a vision HO offering please
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please let it be something in CHESSIE SYSTEM or AMTRAK or CSX PLEASE
so it makes it necessary for me to go back to o gauge or offer a vision HO offering please
guys i'm sure its a diesel because last time it was an electric and the time before that it was a steam engine so if lionel is following a pattern a diesel would be next the question is what kind of diesel
here are my hopes
Amtrak P30CH
Amtrak SDP40F
GP60 / GP60M
MK5000C
any TIER 4 locomotive
AC4400
SUPER 7
BQ23-7
Lionel just put the AC6000CW in the catalog. Buy that instead of the AC4000CW.
Hhmmm.... here's an interesting thought... lots of folks here bemoaned Lionel for not re-issuing the S-3 will ALL the expected steam effects. And when somebody pushed hard enough to the folks at Lionel, he was reportedly told, "Wait 'till York".
This got me thinking... another locomotive catalog'd around the same time as the original S-3 was the Texas-Class 2-10-4 locomotive, which already is tooled for the cylinder-chest-steam feature. Lionel "just" needs to find space for another smoke unit to provide us with whistle-steam and any other desired steam effects.
So that's another steam locomotive possibility. It's a massive locomotive with lots of presence -- without being an articulated beast. But as I recall, the 2-10-4 will require O-72 curves, so that rules out a chunk of the market who has layouts with tighter curves. But what else is new? Lionel has been leaving behind the under-O-72 market for most of its VisionLine products anyway. And they haven't lost any sleep (or revenue) over it.
David
J Daddy posted:
T1
I know where I have been, I know where I am at, I am hopeful I know where I am going.(The devil and God are talking it over).
Then Again if Lionel did a Hybrid PRR 2-8-8-0, IT would be a sell out for sure!
My wish is a VL Niagara, my guess is definitely a Pennsy engine , T1 , S1 something on these lines.
Alex M posted:My wish is a VL Niagara, my guess is definitely a Pennsy engine , T1 , S1 something on these lines.
My wallet is very safe if it's either of those Pennsy locomotives. Neither ever did much for me. Just not my cup of tea. Now the Niagara could be cause for trouble.
How about the Gomez Addams Line.
Locos go 6 feet, sing the AF theme, blows up in a cloud of smoke never to run again.
Saves Lionel big bucks in repair costs!
Ruling out new tooling (Lionel is cash starved) my guess is limited to what new feature did they conjure up in a reissue to warrant a VL release?
joe
I'll be in if it's a T1 or a properly tooled Virginian triplex. Other then that..... I'm out.
I might get sucked in if it's a really nice T1 Duplex.
I'll be in for a T1 Duplex too!!
Since the last VL loco was Pennsy, Scrapiron says, "No Pennsy" this time. So, if there is no new tooling and a diesel is probably not a choice (no electric either . . See GG-1), what would the most drool worthy steamer be?
1) NYC Niagara
2) N & W Class A
3) C + O Yellowbelly Hudson
4) NYC Mohawk
5) N & W Class J (I know, it was Legacy but now once again with whistle steam and blowdown)
6) DMIR Yellowstone (100 to 1 shot)
7) Dreyfus Hudson (Uh oh)
Doubt we'll see any kind of streamlined Hudson. Dealers can't give away the ESE Hudsons from a few years ago.
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