Tower 55

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jeffshultz

Member since
July 2003
From: Stayton, OR
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Posted by jeffshultz on Friday, June 10, 2005 12:09 PM

I'm honestly not sure if I want to see Tower55 do something like an SD40-2. It seems pretty unanimous that T55 products are going to be very high end, with matching price tags.

I'd prefer someone who will produce the SD40-2 at a price point that many can buy the multiple engines that they want and need.

Since they seem to be into the new stuff... how about a Green Goat instead?

Jeff Shultz From 2x8 to single car garage, the W&P is expanding! Willamette & Pacific - Oregon Electric Branch

Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 10, 2005 12:02 PM

I'll be brutally honest here, BLI had the perfect opportunity to sweep the market with their SD-40-2. Without being critical of their model, I think OMI can do better. As popular as the locomotive is both with the railroads and the railfans alike, Tower 55 could make a bundle with well detailed prototypical models. OMI already invested in the tooling for their brass SD-40's, so my guess is that they've already got the hard part out of the way.