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[quote user="CAZEPHYR"][quote user="New Haven Railfan"] <p> I await the arrival of my New Haven I-5 hybrid. It worries me that Factory Direct Trains still are letting orders in at a discount. I am not sure what it means. It is like they keep re-drawing the line in the stand. Anyway I can only fret and wait until it actually gets delivered or they decide not to build them.</p><p>NHRF </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I hope they are able to bring in all of the latest listings, but the Southern Pacific AC 12 and GS4 so highly talked about just a few months ago are now TBD. The Daylight passenger train is still on the schedule for late 2007. The TBD for the locomotives means they are not scheduled now for any time in the future probably due to lack of reservations. </p><p>It would be nice to know what is really going on down there. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>From an email I recieved indicates that the B&O Pacific 4-6-2 is TBD for possible lack of sufficient orders or interest to do the production run. The 2-10-0 is also at risk and was the one deciding factor in favor of my other engine purchase.</p><p>I also have hopes for several other engines but I think ultimately I will adopt a wait and see attitude and catch it when FDT lists it 6-12 months after release to avoid premium pricing.</p><p>If half of the people who are interested in X type of engine are doing what I am; Waiting on FDT then we probably have lost the hobby's ability or desire to sell new engines in small numbers with sufficient pricing to make a profit. If everyone waited and ignored the new product announcement/release it sure will look like a lack of interest to the factory.</p><p>Persistent threads keep coming up on a variety of items that recently were either totally out of production/unavailible or no longer sold.</p><p>I probably will not see the Y6b on my railroad, however I have an abundance of mountain power to make that particular engine unnecessary. The funds would be better used towards improved engine facilities to tend to the stables.</p>
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