That crossed my mind too Jonathan. But, two things to think about.
The O scale E7's haven't been delivered yet and the juries still out on whether
they'll be well received or not.
Also, O scale doesn't have SHS and AM producing quality plastic 2R diesels. All
O scale has is Atlas, MTH and Lionel, who all use the infamous vertical motored
CHINA DRIVE with external gears in the gearboxes like old Lionel toy trains.
The 3R guys don't seem to mind this, but the majority of the 2R guys loath it.
This is the main reason Sunset is jumping in the O scale plastic diesel market
with a new HORIZONTAL DRIVE and I hope they do really, really well. Atlas would
never listen to the 2R market. Everything they built was geared for the 3R
crowd and the 2R guys got what was left over. I hope Sunset breaks it off in
them.
So, the current dynammics in the "S" and "O" markets are a lot different.
Personlly, I'd rather see SHS offer an E7 than Sunset.
Butch
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