The industry is changing as injection plastic molds are less expensive to do. Time is money so the amount of time spent preparing for a brass model gets higher and higher as the customer demands more exacting rivets, bells and whistles. Judging by the success of Sunset/Golden Gates latest passenger trains and Atlas's Zephyr the world of $800-$1000 passenger cars may be disappearing. I can understand Key shelving the Zephyr and F units seeing what Atlas is doing.
