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Post by ernestbaron on Jul 16, 2024 10:26:04 GMT -8
A few things that I've heard from my sources.
1) Rapido and Scale Trains worked together to coordinate road names so they didn't have any conflicts when they made their announcement.
2) Apparently when Class One made their initial announcement it should have been treated as major vaporware because they didn't even have a factory doing tooling for them yet. I guess this issue persists to some degree because that's how you calculate unit pricing and nothing has been published mentioning prices for any GP40 locomotives from Class One. Then there's the fact that their website still has nothing for these locomotives either.
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Post by riogrande on Jul 16, 2024 11:15:14 GMT -8
June 15, 2023
"The GP40 is in production but still a little way out."
December 7, 2023 this is the feedback I got from ClassOne on the GP40
"They are being produced as we speak. We'll be sure to let you know as soon as they are available. They will be worth the wait!"
I haven't asked them for feedback since.
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Post by prr 4467 on Jul 16, 2024 12:18:34 GMT -8
Ugh.
Not the way to inspire trust in one's customer base. Very unfortunate. This is too much like the "well, it's a nice green box" topics.
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Post by jonklein611 on Jul 16, 2024 12:34:10 GMT -8
It would be nice if they at least announced which roads / units they are planning on making. No idea if I want to order one because I have no clue what's being produced.
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Post by ambluco on Jul 16, 2024 12:37:49 GMT -8
Seems the jist is they aren't going to make any.
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Post by cemr5396 on Jul 16, 2024 15:07:13 GMT -8
It would be nice if they at least announced which roads / units they are planning on making. No idea if I want to order one because I have no clue what's being produced. I think they did at one point, or at least they had a flyer showing the paint schemes even if it didn't say all the numbers they supposedly planned on doing. I seem to recall it causing a bit of a kerfuffle because at least one of the locomotives shown in the flyer was a Dash 2 in the real world, not a straight 40.
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Post by riogrande on Jul 16, 2024 16:18:44 GMT -8
It would be nice if they at least announced which roads / units they are planning on making. No idea if I want to order one because I have no clue what's being produced. They did announce roads, it was on page one of this topic: "Class One is showing a GP40 announcement ( no model yet) at the NTS. BN Rock Island UP Rio Grande Milwaukee Bnsf Conrail All mid to late 70s"
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Post by tony on Jul 21, 2024 18:32:08 GMT -8
It's almost 2 years from the original announcement date.
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Post by cpr4200 on Jul 21, 2024 19:10:54 GMT -8
Did they show up at this weekend's prototype meet?
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