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Post by mdvle on Apr 12, 2021 15:10:13 GMT -8
From email sent out:
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Post by riogrande on Apr 12, 2021 15:23:55 GMT -8
I just can't get excited about online shows. But I guess it will be interesting to see what Atlas has to announce.
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Post by SOMECALLMETIM on Apr 12, 2021 15:55:14 GMT -8
Maybe they’ll announce they fixed the issues with the ACF 5250, but the new cost is $100 per car.
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Post by lvrr325 on Apr 12, 2021 16:07:27 GMT -8
I got this email too, but I'll be at an actual live in person train show, one of the two not cancelled for the spring. Which is okay by me, I'd just as soon come home and find out what it is and not wait around to hear them announce live.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 16:30:26 GMT -8
Call me jaded but my first thought was that the O scale announcement would be ex-MTH tooling.
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Post by hovehicle on Apr 12, 2021 16:32:52 GMT -8
It's the 2011 Ford Explorer in HO! Yes, I know I'm crazy, but that would actually be more exciting than anything else considering how many are actually out there in the real world.
Vito L.
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Post by twinzephyr on Apr 12, 2021 17:01:21 GMT -8
April 17 would be the most appropriate day to announce a Mustang model.
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Post by lvrr325 on Apr 12, 2021 17:15:21 GMT -8
I guess we'll find out on April 17
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Post by cemr5396 on Apr 12, 2021 18:12:38 GMT -8
some more of the ex- TLT stuff being released perhaps?
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Post by drolsen on Apr 12, 2021 18:45:37 GMT -8
I wish I could get excited about an impending Atlas announcement, but for the past few years, I just get anxious about them releasing a model that I really want, but it has big, clunky coupler boxes, or molded-on grab irons and other heavy plastic details, with an MSRP over $50. Their FMC boxcar series has been the one big exception, so I hope it's something along those lines.
Dave
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Post by mdvle on Apr 12, 2021 18:49:02 GMT -8
Call me jaded but my first thought was that the O scale announcement would be ex-MTH tooling.
Wouldn't necessarily call that all-new, and they have already announced the first of their O Scale MTH releases last month.
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Post by The Ferro Kid on Apr 12, 2021 20:20:26 GMT -8
All new tooling HO U33C? They've really been getting into the U-Boats.
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Post by gevohogger on Apr 13, 2021 3:44:55 GMT -8
Obviously it is their new P30CH.
I predict by the end of the year, Scale Trains, Rapido and Athearn Genesis will have joined Atlas with P30CHs of their own. This is a great time to be in HO Railroading!
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Post by riogrande on Apr 13, 2021 3:59:44 GMT -8
Well, it's good to have goals anyway! A guy can dream. After all, the SDL39 is becoming a reality. The question is, will the Kraus Maffei beat the P30CH's to market or visa versa.
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Post by gevohogger on Apr 13, 2021 4:06:02 GMT -8
The question is, will the Kraus Maffei beat the P30CH's to market or visa versa. The Kraus Maffei will be Tangent's first locomotive. It'll be announced and be available to purchase immediately, and then will be sold out by the end of the day. |
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Post by drolsen on Apr 13, 2021 4:12:16 GMT -8
Well, technically, Jim, the Krauss-Maffei already hit the market a long time ago! I’m mildly apprehensive that Atlas will unveil a new AC4400CW series. I’m pretty happy with their Dash 8s, even if they don’t include as many separate details as current releases. However, I think ScaleTrains has plans for the AC4400CW, and will do a great job of offering all the variations, so I’d rather see something else from Atlas. Dave |
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Post by riogrande on Apr 13, 2021 4:53:25 GMT -8
Dave, True, but that ain't no good to most these days. So basically moot.
For me, after many years of buying D&RGW trains ranging from the 50's to the mid 1990's, narrowed my time window down a good deal so the KM is not on my shopping list. I also passed on the (admitted very nice) Rapido Ski Train passenger cars since I have stuck pretty religiously to caboose era for new purchases for the past 8 or 9 years now.
As for modernish wide-cabs, I've noticed they are majorly dominating the new engine market for the past few years so that has limited the new engine market for me a good deal (not to mention easing pressure on my budget). If/when a high fidelity GP30 and/or GP40 is finally offered, that's gonna hurt.
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Post by middledivision on Apr 13, 2021 9:50:20 GMT -8
A GP30/35 would be nice.
I'm tired of waiting for ST.
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Post by riogrande on Apr 13, 2021 10:08:06 GMT -8
A GP30/35 would be nice. I'm tired of waiting for ST. I'd love for ScaleTrains to do a GP30 but they seem to be too busy pumping out modernish wide cab loco's or now stuff from MTH tooling that is of no use to me. Still I'd much prefer ScaleTrains do a GP30 than Atlas. |
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Post by SOMECALLMETIM on Apr 13, 2021 10:08:50 GMT -8
Oh please not Atlas to do a GP30/35. I think we'd step back on level of detail that current locomotives have based upon their past 4-axle releases. I'll gladly wait on Scale Trains or even Athearn to do the GP30/35 long before Atlas. A GP30/35 would be nice. I'm tired of waiting for ST. |
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Post by riogrande on Apr 13, 2021 10:13:08 GMT -8
Oh please not Atlas to do a GP30/35. I think we'd step back on level of detail that current locomotives have based upon their past 4-axle releases. I'll gladly wait on Scale Trains or even Athearn to do the GP30/35 long before Atlas. Agree 100% |
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Post by lvrr325 on Apr 13, 2021 10:17:57 GMT -8
*shrug* my C420s look great.
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Post by gevohogger on Apr 13, 2021 10:32:11 GMT -8
Oh please not Atlas to do a GP30/35. They'd have good handrails though. Not something we could count on from ST or Athearn. |
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Post by fr8kar on Apr 13, 2021 10:46:20 GMT -8
Oh please not Atlas to do a GP30/35. They'd have good handrails though. Not something we could count on from ST or Athearn. And it would run like a top. |
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Post by riogrande on Apr 13, 2021 11:05:36 GMT -8
*shrug* my C420s look great. Maybe Atlas does Alco's better than EMD's. I recall their redbox GP40 had an incorrect cab slope angle for many runs. Then GP40-2 isn't bad looking but there were complaints about the cab side windows. They the plow is wrong on the GP40-2 for D&RGW. Sure it can be replaced but these things are examples of how Atlas is NOT Scale Trains. |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Apr 13, 2021 11:16:42 GMT -8
...ScaleTrains...to be too busy pumping out modernish wide cab loco's... cough...SD45...cough, cough...SD40-2...cough...SDL-39.......SD40T-2.....C39-8.....COUGH..... Where the hell is my NW3? Sven |
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Post by riogrande on Apr 13, 2021 12:48:33 GMT -8
...ScaleTrains...to be too busy pumping out modernish wide cab loco's... cough...SD45...cough, cough...SD40-2...cough...SDL-39 A few bright spots to be sure. But I wonder if the more common SP SD45 and DRGW SD45 will be delayed by MTH stuff as well as the many wide cabs? |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Apr 13, 2021 13:27:26 GMT -8
But I wonder if the more common SP SD45 and DRGW SD45 will be delayed by MTH stuff as well as the many wide cabs? And the even more important NW3. Don't forget the NW3! Sven |
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Post by grabirons on Apr 13, 2021 14:23:39 GMT -8
My guess is it'll be the same freight car or locomotive in all three scales. Seems like the right move.
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Post by cera2254 on Apr 13, 2021 14:48:06 GMT -8
Here’s hoping it’s a U33C or U36C.
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