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Hello GR fans,I think the time is now for a company to push British outline mid-detail Locos and Rolling stock.  I sure wish LGB would consider this, as they have the best detail/running quality ratio that I know of.  But right now LGB /Marklin has their hands full...We need a firm that would produce the main pieces in quality plastic, with perhaps metal details to keep costs reasonable. I heard someone say that Aristo was going to make a British loco, but then I have not heard anything since then.  I think it would be smart to create a British line, after all the Britons started the railway.When I brought this topic up before, many said that British outline sales would be small.  But I disagree.  Many in America have ties to England , Ireland , Wales and Scotland.  Also, just look at the popularity (actually, hysteria!) of Thomas the Tank lines AND the Harry Potter "Hogwarts Express".  I think Bachmann and Lionel would both agree that these British prototypes have proved a very worthy investment to their company's bottom line.I have researched O gauge and 1 gauge British outline stuff lately, and there really is no  quality engine mass-produced under $600 to be had except for the Lionel Hogwart set.Imagine a company coming out with a _model_ of the tank engine based on Thomas the Tank and Friends!  Also, British passenger cars are very attractive and goods wagons would add even more interest.There is quite a bit of evidence that the Britons would like to purchase quality British outline items at a reasonable price:  how many times have I seen a small shunter like the LGB STainz kit-bashed to represent some dock worker or a scratch-built chassis placed on an LGB motor block for a English quarry line?Ironically, the most reasonably priced British gauge 1 locos are LIVE-STEAM.  There are many companies in this field but I think electric powered models would be very well received in both England and America.Regards, Tom M.
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