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<p>[quote user="ATLANTIC CENTRAL"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">DAVID FORTNEY</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>I agree with both of you guys that we need smaller prototype steam. I would love smaller steam but the mfgs seem fixated that only large steam Sells. </p> <p>But there must be a reason they keep making, big boys, cab forwards, SD70Aces, es44's, etc. The only thing I can think off, it must sell and the bean counters love it. </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>David, it is a known fact that production batches are much smaller than a decade or two ago. The question is not if big locos sell, the question is what additional variety would sell if produced.</p> <p>Increased variety expands long term interest in the hobby, growing the future markets. What happens when everybody has a Big Boy and only Big Boys are produced? That is obviously taking it to the extreem, but we are headed in that sort of direction.</p> <p>I have no problem with those who just want to collect/run famous and flashy locos, but my modeling interest is about capturing a specific realistic time, place, and image. I have little interest in spending money outside that goal.</p> <p>I do not and will not buy stuff just because they make it. I have never owned a Big Boy or an SD70, both are completely outside my interests.</p> <p>I know a great many modelers just like myself in this regard.</p> <p>But I have 135 locomotives, 1000 freight cars, 200 passenger cars, and would buy more if the right items are produced. And not just one. If someone made a B&O B18 10 wheeler that was DCC ready for $200, I would buy 3 or 4, maybe more.</p> <p>Look at my partial loco list in my earlier post, I am creating a realistic working roster, not a museum collection........</p> <p>Sheldon</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><a href="https://www.brasstrains.com/BrassGuide/PDG/List/Baltimore-Ohio-4-6-0/d411.20">https://www.brasstrains.com/BrassGuide/PDG/List/Baltimore-Ohio-4-6-0/d411.20</a></p> <p>You can set up email alerts if they come in stock.  The price ranges shown when logged in are $200-350.</p>
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