Broadway's Past Products?

[NYSW3614]

I may be confusing Broadway with another manufacturer, but it seems BLI had a decent archive of previously released products, or at least a list.  Now I'm unable to find one at all on their site.   Any tips?

Overall, manufacturer's get a poor rating in my book at doing us.   Such a pain!  Atlas, Walthers, and Tangent seem do the best.  Athearn had a decent one until a year or so ago.   

Thanks!

Joshua

[edwardsutorik]

I don't recall such a thing for Broadway Limited.

I agree about Atlas and Tangent, but not Walthers. There's also Moloco. And Intermountain, sort of. And Kadee.

And I also agree about Athearn.



Ed

[packer]

Some of tangent's earlier stuff is semi-scrubbed. They acknowledge the cars, but you can't see the numbers and such for some of the PS4000s or PS 4740s (when will they rerun those?)

[tony]

I think the best BLI product was the first run of SD40-2 with the dual ladders at the rear hood. Just like the brass model from ALCO Products ca. 1978.

[wmcbride]

Mar 7, 2024 6:25:25 GMT -8 NYSW3614 said:

I may be confusing Broadway with another manufacturer, but it seems BLI had a decent archive of previously released products, or at least a list.  Now I'm unable to find one at all on their site.   Any tips?

Overall, manufacturer's get a poor rating in my book at doing us.   Such a pain!  Atlas, Walthers, and Tangent seem do the best.  Athearn had a decent one until a year or so ago.   

Thanks!

Joshua

Broadway used to have a comprehensive list that went back to day 1. It was on their web site because I downloaded it years ago. Probably not there now since the site seems to have been upgraded/changed -- and you could not find it.

Bill McBride

[ictom]

Mar 9, 2024 17:36:35 GMT -8 wmcbride said:

Mar 7, 2024 6:25:25 GMT -8 NYSW3614 said:

I may be confusing Broadway with another manufacturer, but it seems BLI had a decent archive of previously released products, or at least a list.  Now I'm unable to find one at all on their site.   Any tips?

Overall, manufacturer's get a poor rating in my book at doing us.   Such a pain!  Atlas, Walthers, and Tangent seem do the best.  Athearn had a decent one until a year or so ago.   

Thanks!

Joshua

Broadway used to have a comprehensive list that went back to day 1. It was on their web site because I downloaded it years ago. Probably not there now since the site seems to have been upgraded/changed -- and you could not find it.

Bill McBride

^ This

I have downloaded documents for previous releases as well.  They used to have a comprehensive list of every loco they made and ability to download parts diagrams and even old manuals.  Often times when a company renovates their website, there are issues and cost overruns, forcing them to forgo updates to everything.  It's typical.

That said, they may simply update the page when they get around to it.

[ictom]

Oh - I should've added ... you can get lucky with the Wayback Machine and find a lot of info for Broadway Limited. The way it works with me is that once you find an old page through the Wayback Machine, you can click on the links of that page and find all the other old web pages, too. Sometimes the images aren't there, but you can usually get those, too, if you go through the Wayback Machine calendar.

[NYSW3614]

Thanks, gents. I was able to find what I was looking for on the Walthers archive. Good reminder on the Wayback Machine, too! Tip- make sure you click on advanced search and click on the check on mark at the bottom to include discontinued products.

Joshua

[acszoli]

Just use the internet time machine:
archive.org/
It doesn't load the pop-up window images unfortunately, but the old websites are there.

[lhr]

On the Broadway site, click on Delivery Schedule. Then click on the underlined 'Delivered'. Then click on the underlined 'Here' for the Legacy list. The list is different looking than what it used to be, but it still the list. Never noticed it before until now.

Greg