From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Bob,
I knew you were different from most scale guys. Wish I lived closer to you. we could have some fun. My high rail club "Lone Star Flyer" is getting all of our accessories wired so that they work. Yea we have a lot of kids at our 2 train shows we set up at, and they will have a chance to operate them. Makes a good selling point for the dads. Some of us run at scale speed, and not at full speed. Keep up the good work, love your railroad. Alan Lambert ________________________________ From: shabbona_rr <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 7:31 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: catalogs Same thing on SHABBONA RR. My observation on most of these complaints that most of these complainers have do not have anything to do with an operating layout, but a test track to show off their expensive electronic operating and sound systems and little else. "S"tring boB _______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Alan Lambert <alanlambert64@...> wrote: > > From: Alan Lambert >         Fort Worth, Texas > > Dave, > > Contrary to what you said about the MTH operating accessories. But Lionel did > not bring them out first. MTH Railking had the sawmill before Linel brought > it out. I know because I have one. And I have more. How do you scale guys > with coal cars load them and then unload at the destination point. That is > part of having a fully operational layout that most high rail guys enjoy. > We don't just run trains from point A to point B without some action. Does > that mean we run more prototypical than scale guys. We run full and empty > cars just like the real world. At leat I do. >                     Alan Lambert > >  > > > > ________________________________ > From: ctxmf74 <ctxm@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:26 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: catalogs > > > >  > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@> wrote: > > I am giving Lionel the win by a nose for promoting "scale S" by clearly > > dividing traditional American Flyer and their new scale line. But their just > > out modern hopper has ALL very imagineered paint schemes on them leaving the > > modern modeler to paint a very brand new car. > > > > Yeah, If Lionel and MTH want to expand the S market they need to cut the > American Flyer cord and just start making S scale models like the HO and N > companies do. I remember seeing American Flyer stuff in the train shop when I > was in HO and it was of no interest to me but then along came that SHS S > scale covered hopper and the light bulb went on, "this scale is perfect". > Even AtlasO doesn't promote their stuff as Lionel trains they call it O. If > MTH is wasting design and production time on operating accessories that don't > bode well for S scale. Lionel bought American Flyer so them making some throw > back stuff does make sense but MTH bought SHS not AF so them building > American Flyer type stuff is a bad sign for future developments. American > Flyer is a dead end street.The scale crowd is just gonna be forced to > continue to by HO or O stuff until some S manufacturer figures this > out....DaveBranum >
