lionel 2017 what do want lionel to make?

A reliable smoke unit fan !

SP AC-9 as coal burners and oil burners.

PRR S-1 Duplex in PRR and World's Fair scheme.

4-4-2 Atlantics in SP and other road names.

0-8-0 Switchers with the center headlight variation, like N&W.

Legacy S scale engines

Mikado 4501 posted:

Mostly...products that get released without issues so customers will be happy. This year shows in the high end BTO locomotives that they need to get their act together.

That has been our biggest issue, poor quality as 3/4 of our recent Lionel purchases over the past few years have needed to be returned right out of the box. Don't even think of the BTO program as possible purchase items with the surprises there. Please no more reissues of steam! At least without the same engine numbers if possible.

How about a real transmission for the "CLUB" NYC Mohawk which cost I think $995.00 thanks Neil Young way to line your pockets at your customers expense. BTW it was my last lionel purchase

How about a dummy SD38 to pair up with my Reading & Northern 425?  They already have the shells painted for the 6-82804/5.  

High hood NS GP38-2

Vision Line or at least Legacy NYC J3a Unstreamlined Hudson.  The same model made for the 50th Anniversary Set in 2000 but upgraded electronically and without the gap between the Engine and Tender.

I would like to see some decent and realistic horns on the legacy diesel locomotives. They do such a nice job on the steam engine whistles so I know they could do it for the diesels.

Newly tooled 21" Heavyweight passenger cars.  I'm starting to miss the Heavyweights

Reading & Northern Pacific 425 along with these,

Peter Araujo posted:

Newly tooled 21" Heavyweight passenger cars.  I'm starting to miss the Heavyweights

You mean you didn't purchase ANY of those fantastic Golden Gate Depot heavyweight passenger cars, offered over the past 4 or 5 years?????

Real grain door boxcars..............

Chicago & North Western 50' box cars exactly like this:

Andrew

Falcon Service

Southern Pacific exterior-braced 50' double-door boxcars with roller bearing trucks:

Seattle & North Coast exterior-braced 50' double-door boxcars

The Standard O Modern 50' Boxcars were made in the USA from 1992 to 2001. That Modern 50' boxcar was not produced in the Burlington Northern scheme. The Standard O Modern 50' Boxcar needs the proper American Steel Foundries frames with roller bearings. This is the closest example of a Burlington Northern 50' boxcar that almost matches the Standard O Modern 50' Boxcar. It was built by Pullman-Standard in 1974. Notice the way the name is placed between the ribs.

Peter Araujo posted:

Newly tooled 21" Heavyweight passenger cars.  I'm starting to miss the Heavyweights

Yeah, some heavyweights would have been ideal. I would have thought with the release of the K4's in the last catalog, it would have been a no brainer. I guess that maybe they didn't have enough time invested into getting the trial run done to get them in the catalog this time around. Maybe in the fall?

Also, doesn't the pictures for the AC-9 all look like coal burning engines but their wording in the catalog says, "represent the locomotives from 1939-1952 when they were converted to burn oil." I would have thought that if they were stating that, they would indicate which would be oil, and which would be coal as they have done in the past with some other models as they were both types.

Mikado 4501 posted:

Mostly...products that get released without issues so customers will be happy. This year shows in the high end BTO locomotives that they need to get their act together.

But from my point of view:

Nickel Plate Road No.587 Mikado with the 12-wheel Berkshire Tender, with the correct cowcatcher design and number boards above the classification lights

Re-releases of New York Central J3A unstreamlined Hudsons, Dreyfuss Hudsons, and L3A Mohawks, with the first two of them having option of a PT tender

Wow, you called it correct on the No. 587 Mikado with berkshire tender! 

LionScale Burlington Northern plug-door 50' boxcars in Cascade Green.

Andrew

You wanna know what I want Lionel to make?  

St. Louis Car Company Tool cars:

How about a Rutland Caboose to go with the Rutland Mogal and all the milk cars they have produced over the years.  DAH!!!!!!  Come on Lionel get with it.