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Huge Announcement From BLI???? - UPDATE!

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Posted by Milepost 266.2 on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:14 PM

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OMYGAW, that's the Big Announcement?   A Baldwin Centipede?   Something that never ran west of the Mississippi and was nothing but trouble for those couple of railroads that bought them? 

I, for one, cannot WAIT to get my hands on one!   Seriously, folks.  Do NOT make the mistake of standing in front of me in the line at my LHS when they arrive, I cannot answer for the consequences!  Smile,Wink, & Grin 

Yummy!  Tongue

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Maybe you can double head them with your Erie Triplex

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Posted by CAZEPHYR on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:21 PM

 

Huge Announcement.   Yes it is huge, but not popular even for Penny's fans.   I just reserved the Q2 and hope they are on schedule, but will pass on this one.   The good thing about this model is they don't have to run good to be prototypical.  Give me an E6 or G5 any day. .

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Posted by steemtrayn on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:24 PM

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The question is now, how many people will buy something like that though?

Well, the most obvious answer is Slobbering Pennsy Freaks.

K4, I1, M1, J1,  GG1, Q2, and now this....Apparently, they know who their customers are.

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Posted by dmolavi on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:25 PM

 i'm a PRR guy, but a steamfan, so this isn't on my list. even if i liked diesel, i still wouldn't pick it up...too [removed] big. i'm still trying to find an original run (paragon) PRR T1...

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Friday, July 10, 2009 1:51 PM

andrechapelon
Just got an e-mail from FDT ballyhooing a "HUGE" announcement from Broadway this weekend in Hartford.

  Well, if you ask me the most HUGE announcment they could make was that they were actually going to deliever something real from their previous huge announcments.

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Posted by duckdogger on Friday, July 10, 2009 1:57 PM

 BLI is definatley redefining the term niche marketing.  What next? A1A Baldwin Sharks?

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Posted by twhite on Friday, July 10, 2009 2:02 PM

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OMYGAW, that's the Big Announcement?   A Baldwin Centipede?   Something that never ran west of the Mississippi and was nothing but trouble for those couple of railroads that bought them? 

I, for one, cannot WAIT to get my hands on one!   Seriously, folks.  Do NOT make the mistake of standing in front of me in the line at my LHS when they arrive, I cannot answer for the consequences!  Smile,Wink, & Grin 

Yummy!  Tongue

Tom Smile

 

Maybe you can double head them with your Erie Triplex

LOL!  Or my MTH 'Articulated' 4-12-2.  Now THERE'S  a triple-header for you.  None of which I own or am planning to.  Just kidding.  What the Heck would I do with a CENTIPEDE in the Sierra Nevada, anyway? Confused

Seriously, I was hoping the big announcement was their Daylight passenger cars.  But I guess not.  Oh well, maybe next year--Whistling 

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Posted by tstage on Friday, July 10, 2009 2:24 PM

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What the Heck would I do with a CENTIPEDE in the Sierra Nevada, anyway? Confused

Feed it to your pet Gila monster?

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Posted by Daniel1975 on Friday, July 10, 2009 2:28 PM

 I can't see where the problem for most is? Yes, it is a very large locomotive but so is a Big Boy, Cab Forward....etc.

The Centipede may be very exotic (even for PRR Modelers) but so what? I don't model the Pennsy but I will buy me one because it's just too special to pass...and I'm sure it will make an eye-catcher for visitors. 

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Friday, July 10, 2009 3:18 PM

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The Centipede may be very exotic (even for PRR Modelers) but so what? I don't model the Pennsy but I will buy me one because it's just too special to pass...and I'm sure it will make an eye-catcher for visitors. 

Obviously you are a collector of novelties and that's fine. In case you have not followed the endless succession of threads on the topic of which locos the manufacturers should produce, a great many of us have no interest in collecting but rather only buy locos that fit the theme, era, locale, and prototype that we model. A GS 4 never passed a GG1 in daily operation - so why would I have both on my layout? And I for one don't own any display cases.

Anyway, it seems Bachmann wins again from my point of view. While not an operational necessity, I could see a place for about three of the new Bachmann Spectrum C&O H4's on my layout. One in C&O paint to double head with the H5 I already have, and a couple unlettered ones for the ATLANTIC CENTRAL to suppliment the current two 2-6-6-2's and represent and earlier class.

As for BLI, they loose. I don't model PRR and the ATLANTIC CENTRAL does not buy experimential junk like centipede's, duplex's or triplex's.

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Posted by Graffen on Friday, July 10, 2009 3:32 PM

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twhite
What the Heck would I do with a CENTIPEDE in the Sierra Nevada, anyway? Confused

Feed it to your pet Gila monster?

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Friday, July 10, 2009 3:57 PM

So what is the huge announcement?  The original poster should update the 1st post so we don't have to wade thru 3 or 4 pages to try to ferret it out.

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Posted by Thommo on Friday, July 10, 2009 4:03 PM

tstage

I'm still hopin' for the 20th Century Limited passenger cars...

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Posted by andrechapelon on Friday, July 10, 2009 4:09 PM

riogrande5761

So what is the huge announcement?  The original poster should update the 1st post so we don't have to wade thru 3 or 4 pages to try to ferret it out.

 Thanks

Why? My job was done when I announced that BLI was going to have a big announcement.

Besides, I didn't care what the announcement was since odds favored the proposition that I would have no interest in buying whatever it was they were announcing.

Back in the good old days, people didn't announce that they were going to have announcements. They just announced.

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Posted by Thommo on Friday, July 10, 2009 4:21 PM

Hmm, I like Pennsy, especially transition period with numerous diesel types + leftover steam, but those giant engines would look very out of place on my small room layout...

Pitty that somebody does not announce PRR L1 Mikado, numerous, great looking steam loco. And, I think PRR sold some engines to other RR's - ATSF, L&NE, maybe more?

And 4-4-2 would be nice, also.

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Posted by wjstix on Friday, July 10, 2009 4:21 PM
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Posted by rjake4454 on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:38 PM
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Posted by rjake4454 on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:40 PM

steemtrayn

K4, I1, M1, J1,  GG1, Q2, and now this....Apparently, they know who their customers are.

They sure do! Smile

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Posted by Tjsingle on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:51 PM
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HO GE B36-7 in CSX YN2 (Bright Future) Scheme and other railroads. This diesel locomotive is sorely needed in HO scale.

HO 4-4-0 Steam Locomotives Western and Atlantic "GENERAL" and "TEXAS" of US CIVIL WAR fame and 1860's era freight and passenger cars to go behind these locomotives.

Yes it is, some SW1001's would freaking nice, not some big articulate
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Posted by rjake4454 on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:51 PM

dmolavi

 i'm a PRR guy, but a steamfan, so this isn't on my list. even if i liked diesel, i still wouldn't pick it up...too [removed] big. i'm still trying to find an original run (paragon) PRR T1...

I think there was a brand new one on ebay a few days ago, but I can't find it now. I'll keep my eyes open, if it pops up, I'll let you know.

I just bought one of these at a hobby shop today (had to drive 70 miles or so, but it was well worth it), absolutely love it, its now my favorite engine. I used to have the blue line version but this one is superior IMO.

I hope you find one, its a beautiful piece. Good luck to you. Glad to see a fellow Pennsy duplex fan, we should petition broadway to do another run of these.

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Posted by twhite on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:57 PM

tstage

twhite
What the Heck would I do with a CENTIPEDE in the Sierra Nevada, anyway? Confused

Feed it to your pet Gila monster?

Tom

Tom: 

HOO HA!  Laugh  Wrong mountains, buddy.  I'm in NORTHERN California.  Tongue 

Hey, on second thought, that's not a bad idea!Whistling

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, July 10, 2009 6:14 PM

twhite

tstage

twhite
What the Heck would I do with a CENTIPEDE in the Sierra Nevada, anyway? Confused

Feed it to your pet Gila monster?

Tom

Tom: 

HOO HA!  Laugh  Wrong mountains, buddy.  I'm in NORTHERN California.  Tongue 

Hey, on second thought, that's not a bad idea!Whistling

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, July 10, 2009 6:18 PM

duckdogger

 BLI is definatley redefining the term niche marketing.  What next? A1A Baldwin Sharks?

Now, if they did GMD1's with the A1A set up THEN I'll buy the ferschluggenner things because they actually would fit MY layouts time period AND their location!!Sigh

But do you think anyone would do this?Whistling

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Posted by twhite on Friday, July 10, 2009 6:30 PM

Or an EMD E-2 COSF 'Bubble nose' A-B-B and a 1937 City of San Francisco train to go with it. 

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Friday, July 10, 2009 8:15 PM

Ahhh....

All this ho ha over a giant bug?  Huge is a relative term.  If there was no tunnel motors in plastic, then I'd say annoucing a tunnel motor would be huge.  I guess it is relative to ones interests.  It will be a huge model from the looks of the picture.  Different strokes for differen't folks!

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Friday, July 10, 2009 8:25 PM

 Something else I can add to my Christmas list that I won't get.................Dead

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Posted by tstage on Friday, July 10, 2009 11:58 PM

You know, Tom, as soon as I posted that I thought to myself, "Gila monsters are in the desert, idiot - NOT in the Sierras!"  Oh, well.  Gilas aren't known for their sense of direction anyhow. Laugh

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Posted by R. T. POTEET on Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:44 AM

wjstix

I clicked on the above link and found myself asking a rather profound question: just as I have often wondered exactly what an "Unopen Trench" might look like I now wonder what is an Unauthorized BLI Dealer?

The proper title for this topic should be "Comical Announcement From BLI????"

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:43 AM

tstage

You know, Tom, as soon as I posted that I thought to myself, "Gila monsters are in the desert, idiot - NOT in the Sierras!"  Oh, well.  Gilas aren't known for their sense of direction anyhow. Laugh

Tom

HEY!!!----Who said that 'PET' Gila Monsters had a proper place anyhoooo?LaughWhistling

At least it wasn't something like a Komodo Dragon!!---now THAT would have been a little out of the way--

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Posted by dadret on Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:15 AM

Looks like the "huge" announcement is the Paragon2 Baldwin Centipede, at least thats the latest on their website this morning

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