And.............no mention of any scale product at all. American Flyer out of the box is the only product discussed. Ed Loizeaux
--- In [email protected], "richgajnak" wrote: > > > David, > > I appreciate your initative in contacting Ms. Egan. A critique, if I may. > > You started off with a compliment. Very good. I would encourage anyone > contacting Lionel to start off this way. > > Outside of you stating the incorrect wheel arrangement for the Y3, the > prototype Y3 had 57" drivers, the Cab Forwards(at least the AC10-12's, the > ones most non-SP folks are familiar with) had 64" drivers. > > Therefore it's not as simple as reusing the chassis from the Y3 to make a Cab > Forward. Lionel has a lot of of research and engineering done for these > locomotives from their O Guage "Signature" line. They will be well aware of > what, if anything, can be adapted from other models. > > I fear your email comes off more like a fan letter rather than constuctive > encouragement and suggestions to continue and improve on the scale Flyer line. > > Rich G(ajnak) > > > --- In [email protected], wrote: > > > > HI all, > > Well, I sent a message to Ms. Egan: > > Dear Ms. Egan, > > I recently received my American Flyer Y3 locomotive. It seems to be a real > > winner, runs well forwards and backwards through classic American Flyer > > track work, including switches and reverse curves. It also does not have an > > extreme hangover on curves. It occurs to me, that with this 2-6-6-2 > > chassis, one could make a very nice Southern Pacific Cab Forward. The one > > running chassis change would be a four-wheel front truck. The boiler and > > tender shells would be the majority of tooling required! > > S'incerely, > > David Dewey > > > > We'll see what response I get--it doesn't really mater what response I get, > > as long as someone else at L reads it!! > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
