3rd Rail announces new run of EMD F7s

I may finally opt in for my ATSF set to pull my El Capitan.  I've been relying on Railking FP45s for that set which are poorly done at best.  Need to think it through though.  There are some other roads that could be of interest.

Is the 3rd rail website broken for anyone else?

@GG1 4877 posted:

I may finally opt in for my ATSF set to pull my El Capitan.  I've been relying on Railking FP45s for that set which are poorly done at best.  Need to think it through though.  There are some other roads that could be of interest.

Would you run the full A-B-B-A?  That adds up quick.

I have always liked the NP two-tone green "Main Street of the NW" scheme.  I don't have anything to pull with it, but they're very pretty.

@BlueFeather posted:

Would you run the full A-B-B-A?  That adds up quick.

I have always liked the NP two-tone green "Main Street of the NW" scheme.  I don't have anything to pull with it, but they're very pretty.

It would have to be an ABBA set to appropriate! 

Great news, surprised how rare you see them up for sale; what’s been done, I’m not surprised they are great models and in many cases the only ever done in 1:48. I love my sunset ATSF warbonnet F7s, just perfect for my era and Hi-Level El Cap etc. I have those warbonnet ATSF 1988 run Samhongsa’s from Key Imports and always been disappointed in them, 1960s era.. yuck! …the Sunset’s are just Beautiful! The stainless panels are so awesome, as real as it gets. Thanks Scott and company.

Should be a great filler run... I wonder why no FT rerun after all these years... but I do love my Grande F7 ABBA

Hah, I was just going to ask: were passenger FT pairs ever mixed with F7 or F3 pairs on the El Cap or Super Chief?

Funny you mentioned that. I was just thinking I have a great 3rd rail FT A unit that I have not been able to add to. Plenty of 18” passenger cars in K-line & Lionel just waiting for a nice long, long train. Was hoping those would get rerun. I guess I could mix n match an F7 so to speak if Canadian Pacific would get made. 🤔

Whoops. Nvm

@rplst8 posted:

Is the 3rd rail website broken for anyone else?

I was having issues.  Both browsers that I tend to use on my desktop were complaining about the security certificate and wouldn't let me proceed.  Very annoying. I eventually found that editing the web address to http rather than https allowed it through.

Those ACL units are beautiful!!

Sunrise

Great models!

How about a C&NW to match the soon (hopefully) to be released bi-level commuter cars (Atlas/MTH) from Mr. Muffins which don’t have any matching recent engines?

put in for SF FM freight, A and B,  Anyone have a guestimate on delivery date?  thanks

@SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Should be a great filler run... I wonder why no FT rerun after all these years... but I do love my Grande F7 ABBA

I was hoping for the FTs. ☹️😞🤔  Still, nice to see the F7s offered again. 😜

I was hoping for some WP passenger units to replace my Atlas F3's, but the NP set is really nice looking. Does anybody know if they pulled anything besides the North Coast Limited?

This is great news I’ve already pre ordered my Wabash AA set .

I’ve seen some photos of 3rd Rail F-units on the secondhand market where the metal grills on the carbody sides have warped and become detached from the shell. Does anyone know if this is a common issue or if there is a reason this happens?

I know the HO Athearn Genesis F-units, which also have etched metal grills, had this issue and there was a note included in the box about it (at least the first few years, not sure if they resolved it).
I assume the problem is caused by a thermal expansion difference between the plastic body and metal grills.

Mr Scott - any chance we can get an FP7 804-805 in the 1950 Western Pacific paint scheme?

I would definitely be in for a WP A-B-B.