Don, You know I was kidding with you.
Eye surgery number 9 went well, the silicon gel is out, after 4 years and he did not refill the eye with it. He hopes the retina will say on now. Cataract for the other eye is next. Linda says have fun with the Lionel engine anyway. Mike From: Don Thompson Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: inside info I applaude the big "L" for the U33c (I am not a trader to S Scale Mike Marmer, but maybe to SHS...good luck on the eye surgery...). Anything that they do to drive the AF market to the scale side for me is a plus to EVERYONE. Even our own projects there are things I would have liked to do different, but for me this and the Challenger is a hugh step in the right direction. Maybe once the requests for scale drives (alas code 125 gauge to the NASG standards..) are counted, someone in sales will realize that they could increase their steam engine sales 10% to 20% by increasing development costs 1% and include scale wheels....but, we can all dream I guess... OK, the inside Sanda Kan information. Yes, the cylindrical hopper was the first car that big "L" introduced using SK as the supplier. It was not similar to the Atlas car, it was the exact same car. Don't think for one second that this fact was not lost on CEO Tom and the late Jim Weaver of Atlas "O". I suspect that Atlas combined with the HO & N line were the 3rd largest client behind Hornby and K-Line for SK. Tom, was not a model railroader, but a no holds bar business exec. and wanted some justice for this transgression (similar to when K-Line copied our truck and we got concessions on future runs.). I know Tom got satisfaction and I am not sure if it was another freight car tooled either at a reduced rate or for free... The real point here is that there really was no "L" research other than roadnames for this project. And being that I was told that "L" does not use SK at this time, I am not sure if they are privy to that research other than the model drawings. I am only hoping that this is close to the CNJ car and look forward to it's release. It will go nicely with my train of covered hoppers thanks to PRS, SSA, AM and our 2 and 3 bay PS2s... Don Don On Feb 28, 2012, at 1:50 AM, ctxmf74 wrote: --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > Could be S scale versions of the Atlas cylindrical hoppers Lionel also makes those in O, I don't have one but they look similar to the Atlas version. They would be a good first car for Lionel as they were early 60's era so could be used by quite a few modelers. I'm hoping a 57' reefer is the next car as I need them more....DaveBranum
