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Post by James Ashley on Jul 9, 2024 5:24:14 GMT -8
Walthers July 2024 New Product AnnouncementsPDF: dealers.walthers.com/forms/forms/July_2024_Walthers_New_Product_Announcement.pdfVideo: WalthersMainline EMD NW2 Ph VB&O, Frisco, GN, IHB, PC, Rock Island, Generic Industrial Yellow/Black www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer_name%5B0%5D=18467&name=NW2&sku=WalthersMainline Amtrak Horizon Passenger Carswww.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer_name%5B0%5D=18467&name=horizon&sku=&product_list_order=announced_dateWalthersMainline Amtrak Material Handling Carwww.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer_name%5B0%5D=18467&name=mhc&sku=&product_list_order=announced_dateWalthersMainline 40' ARA Single Sheathed BoxcarATSF, C&NW, DMIR, IC, KCS, NKP www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=ara&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467WalthersMainline RD-4 Hopper - singles and three packsBNSF, C&NW, COMX, IESX, NS, UP/CMO, VAPX, AEPX www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=RD-4&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18467Walthers Scenemaster A variety of street and building lights updated to LEDs www.walthers.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=LED&sku=&manufacturer_name%5B%5D=18486
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Post by alexandrianick on Jul 9, 2024 13:39:02 GMT -8
Another month where I hear the word "Amtrak," get momentarily hopeful, and then go "oh" when another announcement comes and goes without more HO scale Viewliners.
Did the tooling fall into the Yangtze or something?
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Post by riogrande on Jul 9, 2024 13:50:45 GMT -8
Another month where I hear the word "Amtrak," get momentarily hopeful, and then go "oh" when another announcement comes and goes without more HO scale Viewliners. Or the former El Capitan bi-levels in phase III Amtrak paint as seen for years on the Amtrak California Zephyr, or more phase III baggage cars. |
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Post by packer on Jul 9, 2024 14:24:47 GMT -8
Still no heavyweights?
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Post by cpr4200 on Jul 9, 2024 16:37:34 GMT -8
I wonder if those "ARA single sheathed boxcars" are warmed over Train Miniature models?
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Post by hudsonyard on Jul 9, 2024 19:29:40 GMT -8
Well I need some PC yard power, those NW2s are great little engines.
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Post by jonklein611 on Jul 10, 2024 3:45:09 GMT -8
Another month where I hear the word "Amtrak," get momentarily hopeful, and then go "oh" when another announcement comes and goes without more HO scale Viewliners. Did the tooling fall into the Yangtze or something? Same here. Or metroliners, or amfleets with decent rolling wheels, or Superliners... |
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Post by locochris on Jul 10, 2024 7:02:00 GMT -8
Been waiting for a Proto Budd baggage car (Amtrak), don't think they've done those since 2012.
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Post by riogrande on Jul 10, 2024 8:54:30 GMT -8
Been waiting for a Proto Budd baggage car (Amtrak), don't think they've done those since 2012. That is probably why those Budd Amtrak Baggage cars sell for a kings ransom on Ebay past few years. |
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Post by prr 4467 on Jul 11, 2024 8:09:09 GMT -8
Well, Walthers inherited some nice steam models from Lifelike, many of which have never seen the light of day, including but not limited to the USRA Heavy 2-10-2, which on Colorado & Southern was actually one of the last steam engines to see Class 1 railroad service (a C&S 2-8-0 was the last in October or November of 1953).
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Post by cpr4200 on Jul 11, 2024 13:04:47 GMT -8
Which Life Like steam locomotives have not "seen the light of day?"
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Post by rockisland652 on Jul 11, 2024 13:18:45 GMT -8
I don't think those IHB NW2's lasted all that long in the orange. The black over orange was longer lived. There's still some hanging around in those colors at LTEX.
The older dark green with a white frame stripe is what has been missing.
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Post by hudsonyard on Jul 11, 2024 14:21:18 GMT -8
Well, Walthers inherited some nice steam models from Lifelike, many of which have never seen the light of day, including but not limited to the USRA Heavy 2-10-2, which on Colorado & Southern was actually one of the last steam engines to see Class 1 railroad service (a C&S 2-8-0 was the last in October or November of 1953).
Couple of local guys here that have a lot of 2000s era LL steam, they have not aged gracefully. Roundhouse on one of their layouts is full of bricked LL and Spectrum engines. Plastic steam in heavy, monthly operations service over years will always find a hard or impossible to replace part to fail even with regular servicing.
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Post by cemr5396 on Jul 11, 2024 16:38:17 GMT -8
.....which on Colorado & Southern was actually one of the last steam engines to see Class 1 railroad service (a C&S 2-8-0 was the last in October or November of 1953). Ummm..... All the Canadian steam that was still running into early 1960 would like a word with you. I'm pretty sure a lot of N&W's steam held on for nearly that long as well. Could be others also. |
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Post by bridge2nowhere on Jul 11, 2024 18:03:16 GMT -8
C&S 641 operated on a remote branchline until 1962. If we're counting that, we should consider the Rio Grande steam operating into 1968 in freight service and into 1980 on the Silverton, or UP steam still operating on occasion.
Most absolute statements about steam need lots of qualifiers.
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Post by lvrr325 on Jul 11, 2024 22:46:41 GMT -8
Which Life Like steam locomotives have not "seen the light of day?" All of them? But Roco made some of them for LL so Walthers does not directly have the tooling. All I remember are the 0-6-0, 0-8-0 and 2-8-8-2. Maybe 3D printing can save some of these engines. |
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Post by cpr4200 on Jul 12, 2024 6:55:04 GMT -8
I guess the LL steam reference related to Walthers not re-releasing any LL steam? I thought it implied that LL had designed models that were never released.
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Post by Baikal on Jul 12, 2024 8:12:45 GMT -8
C&S 641 operated on a remote branchline until 1962. If we're counting that, we should consider the Rio Grande steam operating into 1968 in freight service and into 1980 on the Silverton, or UP steam still operating on occasion. Most absolute statements about steam need lots of qualifiers.
Some of the 1946-built Alco & Baldwin Mexican standard gauge 4-8-4s ran 'til July 1968, tho most were out-of-service by late 1966.
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Post by platec on Jul 12, 2024 9:07:18 GMT -8
Northwestern Steel & Wire (Sterling IL) ran a fleet of ex GTW 0-8-0's until 1980.
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Post by lvrr325 on Jul 12, 2024 9:52:30 GMT -8
Northwestern Steel & Wire (Sterling IL) ran a fleet of ex GTW 0-8-0's until 1980. Not a class 1 though |
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Post by grabirons on Jul 21, 2024 14:40:23 GMT -8
I guess the LL steam reference related to Walthers not re-releasing any LL steam? I thought it implied that LL had designed models that were never released. This would make an interesting thread! |
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Post by grabirons on Jul 22, 2024 18:01:51 GMT -8
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Post by cemr5396 on Jul 22, 2024 22:43:22 GMT -8
those 70 Series units were announced a couple months ago |
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