Tater to the forum !! Just wonder if you are talking about Ho gauge ? ! We are mostly S & O-gage here & we do have a few companies making the commuter trains I believe you're talking about. MTH & Lionel are making them now !!
Thanks, John
I dont know if this will be a question or complaint. Perhaps you out there can help me out. See, Im on of the oddballs around here,who actually like to model the present,not the past. I get so tired of seeing companies releasing old,antiques of locos that were never widely produced anyway.
I am still waiting for someone,ANYONE to make more options for todays passenger fleet. Modern commuter rail is EVERYWHERE! Its in every magazine,newspaper,and usually on the news. Case in point,Pacific Surfliner/California cars. HEY,the locos have been out for sometime,so long,in fact,that the are already being dicontinued by manufacturers. I really never expected to see Coaster of Metrolink cars in my lifetime,but they showed up,albeit for a short time.
And why hasnt Kato come out with the new BNSF logo on their locos? They have no problem making SD-38 units. Gee,those are REAL popular. Even the Amtrak F-40s are in the old paint scheme,so they wont go on a modern Surfliner.
Right now,Tower 55 is the only company making the new GEVO units.Of course,they are priced at $320.00! OUCH! I remember when a powered unit from Athearn was $50.00,and that was with the good metal handrails.
Guess by the time these care are retired from service,someone will put them out as a complete set for a Retro-train.
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