Don... Interesting news for sure.
Is MTH aware of Lionel's SD-70 project in S gauge/scale? I would think the two firms study each others catalog with great interest. Just wondering if this is deliberate duplication or inadvertent? While it is none of my business, duplication like this seems to be such a waste. Oh well, life goes on. Cheers....Ed L. --- In [email protected], Don Thompson <don@...> wrote: > > Just saw this on the O gauge forum... > Don > > The North Carolina Transportation Museum is having an event with the entire > roster of Norfolk Southern heritage diesels on display. Last night they > hosted a welcome event and Mike Wolf was in attendance. Several members of > our club, Atlantic Coast S-Gaugers, got to talk to him personally. > > The first new-tooling project he has planned for S will be to do the SD70 in > all of the heritage paint schemes. Estimated time to production is 18 > months. They will feature the MTH DCS control system. When asked about > pricing he mentioned he wanted to "keep it cheap". What that means is > anyone's guess... I always thought SHS products were a great value given the > price, and if he's able to keep the price for this new product around what > SHS had done that would be a win in my book. > > Reissue-wise, his first locomotive will be the F-7... no info as to which old > roadnames or if new roadnames will be done, or what the date would be. One of > our members asked about when the flextrack would be available. While Mike > didn't mention the flextrack specifically, he did indicate that starter sets > would be available with the S-Trax track sometime early next year. Not sure > if he's keeping the S-Trax name or not. > > All in all, some good news. He made quite an investment buying out the SHS > tooling and he seems to have a good plan as to where to go with it. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
