--- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytraque@...> wrote:
> I don't think Lionels SD70's, U33C's, Challengers and Y3a's(albeit with deep
> flanges) is exactly rehashing the "old stuff."
> There's a lot of guys in the 3-rail world doing modern, and while the stuff
> is well detailed, it's not quite Exact Rail or Athearn Genesis equivalent.
> And Athearn is still cranking out the older, less detailed (along with some
> newer, better detailed) stuff in their Ready-to-Roll and MDC lines.
>
The point is to advance S scale it has to be seen as a stand alone modeling
scale and not a toy train connected to flyer or now Lionel.
HO and N modelers don't care about the toy train roots or features, they just
want well detailed models at a reasonable price and in a broad range of
equipment. Maybe Athearn or some scale only manufacturer will move into S and
fill the void if these toy train companies build up the interest a bit, but
until S is thought of without thinking of Lionel or flyer it's not gonna make
big inroads into the HO and N scale buyer's ranks. HO separated it's self from
the toy train market in the 50's when Athearn and other scale stuff out sold
fleishman and marklin and the other toy HO trains.The HO guys have been free
from the toy train problem for over 50 years now. :>) ....DAveBranum
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