Perhaps Alan Lambert could contact Jon and find out who within Lionel makes the new product decisions for AF/S. Typically, a CTO (Chief Technical Officer) is charged with designing the product after the marketing guys decide what the product will be. This might be a worthwhile path to trod. Ed Loizeaux
Ed and all, I sent this information before. I don't not have access to Linked.com, but someone here must. All you have to do is search Lionel and you will get more contacts than you want. Matt Ashba is the person you seek at Lionel. His email address is well known amounst many S gaugers. I also know many on this list know who the MTH contact is. An example from linkedin: Jon Zahornacky CTO at Lionel Electric Trains (Lionel, LLC) Location San Francisco Bay Area Industry Consumer Electronics <https://www.linkedin.com/reg/join-pprofile?_ed=0_dHB8G4tKSI1eNkyEd3uBk2dzQE 2AkVU1r9kHbXjxPZGWJlD5Jt4ZMf87SacJnJbVHiowvV2ytVcq14nllggodAo2FRxDejClUiJUB- 4MGj2&trk=pprof-0-ts-view_full-0> Join LinkedIn and access Jon Zahornacky's full profile. As a LinkedIn member, you'll join 175 million other professionals who are sharing connections, ideas, and opportunities. And it's free! You'll also be able to: * See who you and Jon Zahornacky know in common * Get introduced to Jon Zahornacky * Contact Jon Zahornacky directly <https://www.linkedin.com/reg/join-pprofile?_ed=0_dHB8G4tKSI1eNkyEd3uBk2dzQE 2AkVU1r9kHbXjxPZGWJlD5Jt4ZMf87SacJnJbVHiowvV2ytVcq14nllggodAo2FRxDejClUiJUB- 4MGj2&trk=pprof-0-ts-view_full-0> View Full Profile Jon Zahornacky's Overview Current * Chief Technology Officer at Lionel Electric Trains (Lionel, LLC) Connections 198 connections Websites * <http://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elionel%2Ecom&; urlhash=LK_x> Company Website Jon Zahornacky's Summary My background covers analog and digital system design. Most of my career involved embedded system design, of which I had responsibility for "breath of life" software design. Early in my career, I designed test equipment for the disk drive industry, eventually moving into disk drive design, concentrating on interface (SCSI) and servo systems(spindle & stepper). With the PC industry in full swing, I helped develop VXD and DLL's as well as BIOS, for BusLogic Host adapters, as a contractor for said company. Moving up the food chain, I designed several NAS systems, which revolved around BIOS, North/South Bridge code, and basic I/O systems, such as NIC and SCSI interfaces. This day to day responsibility was augmented by management of the group, as director of engineering. Eventually this company (CDS) was purchased by Maxtor, and I gained freedom to explore other venues. With time now possible to focus on what I really like to do, I rekindled my interest in model trains, designing embedded systems for the model train hobby. The efforts eventually created an opportunity to work for Lionel LLC, of which I am extremely lucky to have been blessed with the opportunity. Jon Zahornacky's Experience <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jon-zahornacky/1/995/8b6?trk=pub-pbmap#name#nam e> Chief Technology Officer <http://www.linkedin.com/company/lionel-llc?trk=ppro_cprof> Lionel Electric Trains (Lionel, LLC) January 2007 - Present (6 years 1 month) I Hope this posts, enjoy and good luck, Tom Stoltz In Maine
