Announcing a product THE OLD FASHIONED WAY!!!
Oct 17, 2024 2:31:23 GMT
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Post by rockymountaineer on Oct 17, 2024 2:31:23 GMT
Hi folks,
If you missed out on The Train Loft's custom-run Vision Line Big Boy earlier this year, here's your chance at a similar paint-scheme in the form of Lionel's H7 locomotive (cataloged in 2024 Volume 1), which Lionel's webstore currently shows having an estimated ship-date from North Carolina of 10/31/2024 -- just a couple of weeks away. I teased about this offering awhile ago, but today it was officially announced as a D&RGW Big L-131 Legacy steam locomotive with 2-8-8-2 wheel configuration.
This might just be the closest I've seen a custom-run locomotive officially announced so close to it's delivery date. So production quantities (I'm guessing 40 units) were established without any kind of pre-order period to test out the waters. Pretty gutsy move, if you ask me. But the Big Boy version of this paint-scheme sold out rather quickly. It IS quite an eye-catcher. And an MTH R50B express reefer and matching Atlas-O ribbed passenger cars are also planned for those who want to make a Ski Train, (in case you missed out on Lionel's 21" passenger car Ski Train from a couple of years ago).
Certainly a nice "York Week" surprise. Here's what it looks like:
