@GG1 4877 posted:Here are some FL9s!
Thanks for the pics...one of my favourite loco's
@SeptaTony posted:How about the CSX crazy 8’s. I’ve always wanted one, but I’ve heard CSX will not license it.
Well...if they won't license it, seems likely you'll be waiting awhile... 🤨
Mark in Oregon
@SeptaTony posted:How about the CSX crazy 8’s. I’ve always wanted one, but I’ve heard CSX will not license it.
This is a Lionel wanted list, but just in case you didn’t know, MTH offered this locomotive.
https://mthtrains.com/20-20995-1
So I am assuming CSX will license it, it’s up to Lionel to make it.
@Carl Peduzzi posted:This is a Lionel wanted list, but just in case you didn’t know, MTH offered this locomotive.
https://mthtrains.com/20-20995-1
So I am assuming CSX will license it, it’s up to Lionel to make it.
Wow, thank you for this. I had no idea.
The biggest challenge with doing that particular road number correctly is that it is a former Conrail unit and has Flexcoil trucks in lieu of the standard SD40-2 HT-C trucks.
@GG1 4877 posted:The biggest challenge with doing that particular road number correctly is that it is a former Conrail unit and has Flexcoil trucks in lieu of the standard SD40-2 HT-C trucks.
And, of course the MTH model has the standard HT-C trucks. Cuts down on model tooling costs. Thanks for the info Jonathan.
how about a lionchief dash 8 wide nose engine from old railking tooling or a lionchief GS4
As a traditional toy train operator i hope lionel puts the traditional goodies up front and the scale expensive stuff in the back this time
@Carl Peduzzi posted:And, of course the MTH model has the standard HT-C trucks. Cuts down on model tooling costs. Thanks for the info Jonathan.
I have a Weaver SD40-2 that I stole most of the parts out of. I am going to use the side-frames on one of my MTH FP45s that is painted in Amtrak as the SDP40F had HT-c trucks. Part of my quest to make it a slightly more accurate model.e
When I did the work on the 3rd Rail / Sunset SD40-2s I was going to use the Conrail details for the CSX version, Flexcoil trucks and all, but interest wasn't there so the CSX ones are former B&O units.
Back to your Lionel wish list!
I would be interested in seeing more 21" passenger car offerings, but I have a LOT of passenger cars as it is. 
Surely another run of F40s is in order soon. People need power for their Ski Train cars and I wouldn't mind a Cascades cabbage. 
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@Will Ebbert posted:Surely another run of F40s is in order soon. People need power for their Ski Train cars and I wouldn't mind a Cascades cabbage.
The Lionel F40PH is an excellent model if they fix the issues with the first run. While I am saturated with F40PHs from MTH and K-Line, I would consider that upgrade.
i'm still confused about the release date
i hear the 14th and 19th
now which is it?
@paigetrain posted:i'm still confused about the release date
i hear the 14th and 19th
now which is it?
The 14th came from a conversation with Ryan yesterday.
@2012ford posted:The 14th came from a conversation with Ryan yesterday.
i guess the 14th at 9am then
Has Lionel decided to release the catalog a few days early because of the new command system leak I wonder? 🤔
@Will Ebbert posted:Surely another run of F40s is in order soon. People need power for their Ski Train cars and I wouldn't mind a Cascades cabbage.
I’m assuming there might very well be some Legacy F40’s in the new catalog. Ryan K. did say earlier this year during a live stream that there will be some F40 units coming to go along with the Ski Train passenger cars that have just come out! If not this one, perhaps the Vol. 2 later this year.
my biggest wish is a lionchief SP GS-4
The GS4 is like the Shailene Woodley of locomotives both being from Cali and both being absolutely beautiful
i can't own a vision line one so i'm holding out for lionchief or LC2.0
Amtrak motive power 1970's and 1980's with LionChief. Nostalgia decades are marching forward!
I very much like the Amtrak and New Haven versions of the FL9 diesels pictured a few posts earlier. Does that mean they are already recently built rather than "wished for" in the 2022 catalog? They'd sure look good next to the AA set of New Haven Legacy PA diesels I opened Christmas morning! (and the matching 6 New Haven passenger cars scheduled to ship to me in May 2022).
Newly returning to model RRs after 40+ year lull, I am first interested in the trains I have seen the most in real life. But probably as years go by and I read more RR history, I will also look to steam power. Now back to building my track!
@Will Wilkin posted:I very much like the Amtrak and New Haven versions of the FL9 diesels pictured a few posts earlier. Does that mean they are already recently built rather than "wished for" in the 2022 catalog?
Those FL9's were offered by Sunset/3rd Rail a while ago.
Rusty
Thanks Rusty, and funny enough, as new as I am returning to RRs, I had already taken notice of the Third Rail brand and imagined someday getting one of their steam engines. Lots of finely detailed metal and lots of money, that's my impression so far.
16 days until my second christmas
i can do this
I truely understand that the 3rd Rail locomotives are great models and very true to the prototype. At the same time, they are marketed to a higher end group of modelers. While Lionel can be pricey, they are still cheaper then most of the 3rd Rail models, and offer features that 3rd Rail does not (Bluetooth and whistle steam as an example).
I don’t want this to derail the thread. What I am trying to say is that the O Scale market is probably capable of supporting the same or similar models from both manufacturers. I don’t believe Lionel and 3rd Rail are necessarily competing for the same buyers.
Just my two cents.
@Carl Peduzzi posted:I truely understand that the 3rd Rail locomotives are great models and very true to the prototype. At the same time, they are marketed to a higher end group of modelers. While Lionel can be pricey, they are still cheaper then most of the 3rd Rail models, and offer features that 3rd Rail does not (Bluetooth and whistle steam as an example).
I don’t want this to derail the thread. What I am trying to say is that the O Scale market is probably capable of supporting the same or similar models from both manufacturers. I don’t believe Lionel and 3rd Rail are necessarily competing for the same buyers.
Just my two cents.
Agreed. Most of the 3rd rail have fixed pilots, which require o72, which most of us don’t have.
@paigetrain posted:16 days until my second christmas
i can do this
And people say that "Catalogs don't matter anymore." Ha 
@Madockawando posted:And people say that "Catalogs don't matter anymore." Ha
the catalogs have always mattered to me atleast
sometimes i actually take them to school and show them to my friends and teachers too
Despite the digital catalogs being convenient anywhere, there is always something nice about turning the pages of a physical catalog.
Even when I look at the catalog online first, I still look forward to getting the physical copy from my local hobby shop.
@Madockawando posted:And people say that "Catalogs don't matter anymore." Ha
The catalog/digital catalog is my favorite format followed by menards teasers. The mth format creates no suspense.
@Carl Peduzzi posted:Despite the digital catalogs being convenient anywhere, there is always something nice about turning the pages of a physical catalog.
Even when I look at the catalog online first, I still look forward to getting the physical copy from my local hobby shop.
Me too! I love paper catalogs as well!
RPO car for O36 track layout
@Madockawando posted:Me too! I love paper catalogs as well!
I love paper but being at the point of saturation I recently recycled all my Klambach train magazines going back to the 1940's and purchased a digital subscription. I just don't have the room for it!
i plan on getting a hard copy shipped to my house since my shop is in Raleigh
15 days to go
i will be calling my hobby shop after i view the catalog on line
13 days to go
i suspect the catalog will be live at 9am
hopefully i can actually preorder something even if its small
@paigetrain posted:13 days to go
i suspect the catalog will be live at 9am
hopefully i can actually preorder something even if its small
My first pre order went well. If they make North Pole central scale caboose or a chessie sd70, I’ll have to bite. A rerun of the polar railroad sd80, but in lionmaster size is something else I’d probably purchase.
Southern Pacific MT5 with Skyline casing and correct tender. SP GP 7 or 9 Black Widow with correct SP lighting package.
I'd love to see a New Haven I-5 and/or a streamlined B&O P7.
My list
Alco Century 628
DS 4-4-1000
GP 38-2
U 33B
Scale Budd cars
Number 4 or 6 fast track switches
Tom 41miles
I'd like the Legacy 2-6-0 (without problems.... lol) or FM H16-44 re-catalogued. Love small legacy steam. Wouldn't say no to something new in small steam either.
Another Mogul would be awesome!
