Lionel's Vision Line is quite amazing. The locomotives have features that no other O-Scale train company has ever featured in their engines. The Vision rolling stock is just as cool. I own a set of Santa Fe Vision Reefers from the previous run (2021), and I absolutely love them.
However, I model the modern era and would love to see some new Vision Line modern offerings in the future. Here are some of my ideas for modern era Vision Line products.
Vision Modern Locomotive Ideas:
-ET44AC (UP, CSX, NS, KCS, CN, GE Prototype liveries) and ET44C4 (BNSF; with correct truck details); include different smokestack variations and other detail variations
-SD70ACe-T4 (UP, CSX, EMD/Progress Rail Prototype liveries; BNSF, CN, CP, KCS, and NS fictional paint schemes)
-Siemens Charger (ALC-42, SC44, SCB40, ALC-42E)
-Wabtec/GE Battery-electric locomotive
-GEVO Hybrid Prototype in multiple liveries
Vision Modern Rolling Stock:
-Ethanol Tank Car sets in several liveries
-Vision Intermodal Well Car with sound system and speaker in removable container
-Vision Siemens Venture Coaches (for Siemens Chargers); include ALC-42E pantograph and 3rd rail pickup trailer car models with Vision sounds and working pantograph)
-Bi-level Commuter Cars, Surfliner Cars, and California Cars
-Modern Vision Box Cars or Reefers (don't know why Lionel has never made these; they have done 1950s versions several times)
-Boeing airplane fuselage train cars with removable loads; sound car included in set or sold separately)
-Wind turbine train
-Nuclear cask train cars
-Roadrailer Trailer set (one trailer with sounds)
-Vision LNG Fuel Car and FEC ES44C4 (with correct truck details)
New Vision Features for new locos (Base-3 might be able to give us some of these features):
-Rotating bearing caps on modern diesels
-Dynamic braking sound and control
-Sand fill and sand application with accompanying sounds/crewtalk
-Doppler effect feature similar to MTH DCS
Vision Premium Train Sets:
-Avelia Liberty passenger train (replacement for the Acela)
-BNSF Boeing fuselage train (BNSF in real life runs fuselages from a manufacturing plant in Kansas to a facility in Washington; they run over BNSF's Stevens Pass line.)
-NS or Conrail Roadrailer Train w/ sound trailer in train
-Modern Intermodal Train with Vision Well Car or two
-Brightline Passenger Train with 2 Vision Siemens SCB40 Chargers (both powered) and 4 Siemens Venture Coaches; addon cars available; perhaps rear loco could include Station Sounds and prime mover sounds
-Amtrak Superliner Train with ALC-42 Charger (include Station Sounds Diner in set; add-on cars available)
-Pacific Surfliner Train with SC44 Charger (include SS Diner in set; add-on cars available)
-Other possible Vision products:
-Vision Scale Intermodal Crane with Sounds (perfect for modern Intermodal trains); include command-control and crew figures in control station; include working lighting
-Vision Turntable for Fastrack (not really modern, but some are still in use in modern yards (Cheyenne, Wyoming, for example); include motor, command-control board, crew figures in control cabin and add-on details for different turntable looks; a separate-sale sound building would add a lot of fun to loco facility operations
-Diesel Fueling Depot with sounds, lots of details, and crew figures
-Modern Yard Tower with interior details, lighting on interior and exterior, yard background sounds, and crew figures; include different railroad logo signs to place on tower to make it fit your layout
So, what do you guys think? If anyone has any other modern Vision Line product ideas, let me know in the comments. Hopefully Lionel's product people are listening. Maybe I'll see some of these products made in the future.
). And, of course it would have copious amounts of lights - these things looked incredible at nighttime.
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