Proto 2000 is a Pain in the neck!!!

[Junctionfan]

Try Pacific Western Rails. They are rather expensive, but they are at least their attitude is good. They can pretty much do what ever you want because they specialize in custom paint jobs.

[nfmisso]

Everything is a limited run (batch process), always has been, always will be. LL's P2K line does quite well for them as evidenced by its continued existance and increasing variety of product offered.

Basically there is an assembly line, which makes HO locomotives. It can make any of the locomotives. It is scheduled a year or more in advance to make a batch of a given model. Then the line makes another model, and so on. The market demands variety, and thus there is a long time between runs of the same model.

Look on ebay for what you want.

[RMax1]

I wanted to buy a few E8/9 sets when they where released . I could only afford 2 sets and wanted 4. I got my 2 and the other 2 I was unable to get.. So now I'm out of luck unless I pay a premium or full list price. Basically their attitude is oh well. There was about a 2 week window of opportunity. So i got this bright idea. What if I could get a shell and use it on one of the units I already have or buy a less popular one. I'd have 1 and a half locomotives. Nope you have to trade your old shell or buy undecorateds. Really a stupid way of doing business. Limited runs? Why? They have a great product just a poor way of getting it to the public. If I can't get your product and at a reasonable price then Proto 2000 guess what you don't make any money or at least not as much.

RMax