Lionel 2015 Volume 1 Predictions

..not in our favor 

I still won't be surprised to see an FEF with whistle smoke this year.

I am with you on this, I would love to see a LEGACY/TMCC controlled Mi-Jack Container Lift. I would pre-order one in a minute.

Yes, sure would be nice to see the return of some Lionmaster articulateds like the Challenger.

LionChief Steam engines to replace MPC era Mighty Sound of Steam. They did the Broadway Limited Last year in a rtr set. Maybe they'll do a Southern Crescent LionChief + this year and the Milwaukee Special in a rtr set.

I wouldn't mind this at all since I don't have in my fleet. 

Zombie GP-38

It is a GP38-2/GP39-2 model by Lionel.

Legacy Polar Express Streamliner

I have decided not to purchase anymore 18" cars from now on 21" or scale to what the real ones are only. spoiled by 3rd rail and Atlas.

"spoiled by 3rd rail and Atlas."

You can add K-Line 21" passengers car to this mix as well. Way ahead of their time and still beautiful today.

Yes about the K-Line cars, although I rate Lionel interiors in some of their recent 18" models rather better but that's just my personal opinion.

More importantly,  any new Lionel passenger car tooling is a bombshell revelation. I assume that this could mean for either aluminum or ABS cars and scale size or less. I have difficulty seeing that they'd go in for producing new aluminum 21" cars so I won't hold my breath but you never know.

I would be very happy with 21" ABS bodies.  While I am wishing, how about kinematic couplers and Legacy SoundStation Diners too!

Here are two locos that are just begging to made with Legacy.

The Dreyfuss Hudson with Legacy was cataloged in 2008 but was canceled.

The Century Club 2 NYC Empire State Express dates back to 2005.

It's occurred to me that possibly Lionel doesn't have access any more to the tooling they used to produce previous runs of 21" cars, which I always thought was tooling K-Line had used. Somewhere there's another thread that I thought confirmed that. Anyway I for one will be keen to see whatever is really new in the next catalog offerings.

I predict that they have to make the Norfolk Southern Pier 6 yellow and black three-bay, open-top hopper with a die-cast metal body.

Andrew

I don't want them to make both of these I need a break !

I predict Veterans and Go Rail.  These NS thoroughbreds will be instant best-sellers.

It would be nice to see the NS 30th Anniversary Heritage #1030 SD70Ace with the 1982 and 2012 number boards and "Under Warranty" to complete the series.

Bryan

I'm with Lee on this one.  I have this 4-6-6T (K-Line's last steam engine ever, I think) and it's a neat little engine.  Well detailed, but the K-line cruise and sound leaves much to be desired.  Assuming Lionel has the tooling, I would love to see this re-issued in a Legacy version.

-Dustin

Charlie,

Is it possible that Lionel is getting away from the stick on windows? 

Big Jim, you have only a week to find out. 

Dustin

That 4-6-6T is really awesome looking and yes I would blow the budget to get my hands on that it's so cool looking.

Right now I am trying to save up to get that MTH BT-44 German Steamer. It's a personal preference because those are the trains I rode on in the '80's when I was an exchange student in East Germany!!

For me it was so much fun(but dirty) to ride those trains you always felt like you were in a World War 2 movie!!

Believe it or not after all these years there are a few dealers that still have that Kline engine in stock.

I bought one years ago when dealers were blowing them out to pull NYC/MCRR passenger cars.  

Haven't run it in years but its a great looking little engine.

here's a shot taken about 6 years ago.

Joe

I know this is not a big item and the lincensing is probably a big issue, but two more Beatle cars would be cool.

I heard through the grapevine that mth has new sd60e tooling in the works. They might win the race for the veterans and go rail.  

I see others have requested what I want to see also!

Scale PRR T1 duplex 4-4-4-4

scale PRR GG1 

scale c&o #1601 allegheny

all with legacy of course! 

The Norfolk Southern GO RAIL scheme has yellowish-green on the front and bluish-green on the back. Those two shades of green conflict strongly. Pick one shade of green for the entire paint scheme.

Agreed! This one definitely has my vote and money!  In high gloss like the rest of the heritage series. This would be a meaningful and beautiful engine it also does not have to be a Vi$ion line engine as far as I'm concerned. 

Very good.  But will they be the close enough like the autoracks to keep costs down or accurate and detailed like the husky stack cars and be more expensive. 

I have been waiting for this engine, ever since Richard Kughn, sold out. Atlas made this engine in HO, about seven years ago. I would do better in Vegas.......

And if they do offer 21" cars, I'd say the odds are extremely high that the first question we'll hear is, "And will they run on O-36 curves?".    After all, the auto racks already have an O-54 minimum. 

David

No, the first question would be, "Are they going to have those butt-ugly stick on windows?" 

I'll be very surprised if there are 21" passenger cars in this catalog.

18" newly designed or tooled passenger cars could be a safe bet.

I hope there is nothing UP related in this catalog.  Need a break.

More Passenger cars will be great news, and how about some station-sounds diners?

scale signals, crossing gates, and possibly a new operating scale accessory:

Like a gas station, haunted house, fire station, etc...

You are probably correct.  Lionel already has access to 21" passenger car tooling through K-Line.  Isn't that how they produced the aluminum Great Northern cars in the Big Sky blue color scheme?  And what about the 21" version of the Texas Special several years ago?

I'm thinking perhaps there's a bigger story brewing here?  Something to the effect... Lionel seems to have had so much trouble finding overseas manufacturers who can deliver aluminum passenger cars in recent years -- and when they do it's almost 3 years late ,  I'm inclined to believe we may be seeing a change-over to ABS production like MTH did years ago.

If that's the case -- and I'm only guessing here, then this could be the "end of an era" for Lionel O-Gauge aluminum car production.  Clearly, the writing has been on the wall.  We'll know soon enough in a few days.  

David

I will say this, there is BIG news about Lionel passenger cars in the upcoming catalog next week. Many will be surprised.

How would that level of detail be observable in the catalog representation/sketch/computer mock-up, etc?

Don't you need to see a finished product to see that effect?