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Hello everyone,

We are excited to announce that Scott Mann of 3rd Rail will be taking on a new licensing deal with Lionel for the distribution of ERR Products. Scott is a fixture in the train space and has been connected to Lionel using the ERR technology/boards in his products for over 10 years. Stay tuned for future updates as it will take a few months to receive parts inventory and for Scott and his team to get up and running.

Here is the link to the official announcement on the Lionel website: http://www.lionel.com/articles...el-Electric-Railroad

Thanks!

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Folks,  We are excited about this arrangement/agreement as well.  We hope we can provide you the support you have been accustomed to.  But for now, give us a few weeks to get our order page up, and know that we won't have stock for at least 4 months from the time we order to the board maker. Hoping for an October delivery schedule.

Cheers and thanks to Howard and his crew for putting this together so quickly and painlessly.

More later.

Scott Mann

sdmann posted:

Folks,  We are excited about this arrangement/agreement as well.  We hope we can provide you the support you have been accustomed to.  But for now, give us a few weeks to get our order page up, and know that we won't have stock for at least 4 months from the time we order to the board maker. Hoping for an October delivery schedule.

Cheers and thanks to Howard and his crew for putting this together so quickly and painlessly.

More later.

Scott Mann

Scott are you nuts?Boy you came out of left field to save the day. Goodluck, and Oct delivery time frame actually works for me.

Last edited by superwarp1

Let me allay some fears and give you a few more details to avoid a lot of back and forth emails and questions. 

A. We are licensed to  produce only the following products:

1. Cruise Commander v4.1 (Including) o R4LC o Prog/Run Switch o Antenna

2. AC Commander (Including) o R4LC o Prog/Run Switch o Antenna

3. DC Commander (Including) o R4LC o Prog/Run Switch o Antenna

4. RSOE (RAILSOUNDS KIT) o Interconnect cables o Speaker 

5. Cruise “M” o Motor Driver

I am sorry if you don't see other items you may have wanted. Perhaps in the future we can consider it, but for now this is all that has been released  based on previous order volume.

B. Dealers of Electric Railroad will be offered Dealership status with us as well. Dealer discounts by % are the same.  We know many of the dealers's business relies on this to provide upgrades and service with some profit. So don't worry...

C. Prices will be determined by costs. We will do our best to keep the costs down, but if there are increases at the board manufacturer, we will have to pass these on in our Dealer and Retail Pricing. We won't know until we have received a quote. Give us until June 30th to know the exact prices.

D. If you missed ordering before, you will be able to order soon when our web site is up and running end of May. Orders for October will be similar to our Reservation system. No deposit required, but you better buy  when the boards arrive, or we will look at you funny when you try to order again. Then just sit back and wait for a notice of arrival when the boards are coming to us.

E. Service calls for previous product purchases (Before May 15th), will be referred back to Electric RR Company.  We currently can't answer your technical questions until we have staff in place. We warranty what we sell after May 15th 2018.

F.  I think that's enough details for now.  Once I have reviewed our web site with the folks at Lionel, and get the OK, we will release our link. 

Until then, sit tight and play play play.

Regards,

Scott Mann

 

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sdmann posted:

Let me allay some fears and give you a few more details to avoid a lot of back and forth emails and questions. 

A. We are licensed to  produce only the following products:

[snip]

4. RSOE (Including) o Interconnect cables o Speaker 

[snip]

Pardon my ignorance, I assume that the RSOE is the RailSounds Commander kit, but what do the "O" and the "E" stand for?

Last edited by Matt_GNo27

I just thought about something-this is even better than most of us think. 3rd Rail and subsequently GGD will now become known by a larger audience which means less canceled projects, more growth for Scott and the team, and more cool offerings. One customer who came into the shop during the Christmas season was eyeing a Lionel ATSF Hi-Level set, but it wasn't close enough to the prototype for him. He had never heard of GGD, so I told him about the El Capitan sets in 3 rail that were still left at the time (very few, must have been 2 or 3). He came back the next weekend and had purchased an entire set plus extra cars. This is great news for all, many more will come to appreciate the art Scott and the team put out.

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