Hi Peter, I wouldn't hold my breath for this to happen, since MTH now has an interest in Lionel. While they may do an es44, I don't think they are likely to jump into the S market with an item that directly competes with Lionel like the SD70Ace. I think it's far more likely they might do something more conservative in the beginning, maybe something like the N&W J 611 4-8-4, which I heard they were considering doing in S scale, but abandoned it when they went into G scale several years ago.
Time will tell... Bill in FL --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <groups@...> wrote: > > Just as an FYI and a bit of my speculation, I was just forwarded a > dealer e-mail, which states: > > "M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced the remaining Norfolk Southern > Heritage Series diesel locomotives that will make up the entire NS > Heritage Series roster announced in the 2012 Volume 2 catalog last > April. As originally detailed in April, M.T.H. will be promoting three > series of locomotives based on the Norfolk Southern Heritage Series of > real-life SD70ACe and ES44 diesel locomotives. The locomotive series > will be featured in M.T.H.'s Premier Line O Scale SD70ACe and ES44 > locomotives and RailKing Imperial O Gauge SD70ACe locomotives beginning > in the 2012 Volume 2 catalog slated for release in April 2012. In > addition to the Premier and RailKing releases, M.T.H. HO Scale SD70ACe > locomotives featuring the same Norfolk Southern Heritage paint schemes > will be promoted in the 2012 HO Volume 1 Catalog slated for release this > summer." > > So, I'm speculating that since they are doing the engines in > O-scale/gauge and HO-scale, I'd imagine it is not too big a leap to do > them in S (however, no official word on the S version, though). > Explicitly competing against Lionel's S version doesn't seem to be the > primary motivation, but that is, of course, my complete and utter > speculation... > > I just received my copy of "Scratchbuilding for Model Railroaders" by > Bob Walker (Carstens Publications). It looks like it is mostly a > re-composition of his articles in RMC, but nonetheless still an > interesting resource. I just thumbed through it only, and look forward > to reading it. Bob's articles in RMC are my #1 reason for subscribing to > the magazine. > > - Peter. > > > > -- > Peter Vanvliet (peter@...) > Houston, Texas > > http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > http://fourthray.com/ (my company) > http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) > http://nasg.org/ > -- > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
