Forget the hyper-active railfoamer, he's probably had to change his underwear several times.
Skip directly to 0:39 to 1:04 for GT, BCR and IC images so far...
Rusty
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I agree. That video was about 2 minutes and 10 seconds too long. But interesting news, thanks for sharing.
A less "foamy" look:
Apparently, CN has plans to do 18 units.
Rusty
Kinda admire the guy's enthusiasm although I suspect he might be on the spectrum. Interesting news. I guess if they need to be painted anyway, why not?
My young friend Tom Elesh, Jr. sent me the picture of the whole proposed roster that our foamer posted at the short video! That was the first I heard of this. I think it is great CN is jumping into the Heritage Unit game. I'm partial to the third from the top on the left hand column, since the B&LE runs just over the hill from my house. We still see engines with B&LE colors here, but sometimes other CN roads show up.
i don't know but that BC unit better be made in o gauge as a lionel tier 4 and a duluth unit oh my gosh major foam imagine a duluth tier 4
A reminder of how much more interesting things used to be before all the consolidation created a "mass extinction" of rail lines.
@breezinup posted:A reminder of how much more interesting things used to be before all the consolidation created a "mass extinction" of rail lines.
Absolutely true!!!! On a trip to Pittsburgh, I would see B&O, B&LE, PRR, P&LE. and I probably missed something.
Oddly enough; after seeing a photo of the GT heritage unit on TO the other day; I was watching the Waupaca, WI railcam a bit later and an honest to god GT unit, still in original paint, went by as the trailing unit in a two unit consist pulling a westbound manifest.
I am happy to see JJ pulling the trigger on a CN heritage fleet though!
Curt
@juniata guy posted:Oddly enough; after seeing a photo of the GT heritage unit on TO the other day; I was watching the Waupaca, WI railcam a bit later and an honest to god GT unit, still in original paint, went by as the trailing unit in a two unit consist pulling a westbound manifest.
I am happy to see JJ pulling the trigger on a CN heritage fleet though!
Curt
I think there's still a number of IC "Death Star" units running around also... Shoulda done Orange & White with the split rail. (Opinion)
Rusty
That's pretty cool. Saw the preview photo of the BNSF heritage units and it was a let-down.
@Rusty Traque posted:I think there's still a number of IC "Death Star" units running around also... Shoulda done Orange & White with the split rail. (Opinion)
Rusty
How about an IC in PANAMA LTD cors.
@Dominic Mazoch posted:How about an IC in PANAMA LTD cors.
Iowa Pacific may own the rights. They have had locomotives and passenger cars painted in IC Chocolate and Orange for years.
I know they own the rights for green diamond logo.
Rusty
While this is something I certainly look forward to seeing, it also serves as a sad reminder of how much MTH will be missed in this hobby. One less manufacturer (especially one that was prone to offering lesser known road names or special editions) means less likelihood that we’ll see all, or any, of these being produced in O Gauge. But keeping my fingers crossed.
@Rusty Traque posted:Iowa Pacific may own the rights. They have had locomotives and passenger cars painted in IC Chocolate and Orange for years.
I know they own the rights for green diamond logo.
Rusty
Well, IP is bankrupt and/or out of business. So who does own the diamond?
No Northern Alberta Railway?
An interesting development.
A Lionel ES44AC with Letgacy, Bluetooth, kinematic couplers, in IC Death Star paint scheme? Shut up and take my money!
@Dominic Mazoch posted:Well, IP is bankrupt and/or out of business. So who does own the diamond?
Just because they're bankrupt, doesn't mean the holding company has to surrender or sell the rights. At least not yet. As there has been no interest in IP's assets so far, who knows what will happen to the trademarks.
As we've seen with other railroad artifacts, the owner could hold on until the last possible moment.
Rusty
The Death Star unit should be named for Hunter Harrison!
Rusty, maybe they are saving the orange/white scheme for a ICG unit? A GM&O heritage unit might be interesting. A Alton unit?
@Chuck Sartor posted:Rusty, maybe they are saving the orange/white scheme for a ICG unit? A GM&O heritage unit might be interesting. A Alton unit?
The drawing I saw for the ICG was the orange and gray scheme... A scheme that never won me over.
Rusty
There is a new video on YouTube of four ES44ACs. They are in the BC RAIL, Illinois Central, EJ&E, WISCONSIN CENTRAL schemes.
Andrew
I also would have prefered orange and white split rail over the death star but I'm thrilled to get anything. I am also thrilled that ICG and GM&O may be getting units.
There are only 5 heritage schemes and one CN scheme for a set of 6 Initial Public Offering - 25 Years locos.
I wonder if the people at LIONEL will have these added to the 2021 catalogs in O scale and S scale.
Andrew
Hope the Deathstar makes it into Lionel's 2021 catalog!
Think they got the Bessemer covered.
Joe, True; but as long as I see engines in orange and black with Bessemer on them, I forget about CN. 
@Rusty Traque posted:Forget the hyper-active railfoamer, he's probably had to change his underwear several times.
Skip directly to 0:39 to 1:04 for GT, BCR and IC images so far...
Rusty
Great to hear about this. Thankfully, Mr. Foamer only wasted about 2 minutes of our lives. I loved how he adjusted the camera and went even farther out of frame.
And don't get in his way when he's on that 20-minute trip to the nearest CN tracks.
@Rusty Traque posted:I think there's still a number of IC "Death Star" units running around also... Shoulda done Orange & White with the split rail. (Opinion)
Rusty
And the ICG lettering to go with it. 
ATHEARN would be able to make all of the other possible CN heritage schemes in HO scale.
Andrew
How about this for a B&LE heritage unit; put an IC SD70 Death Star in B&LE colors.
@BessemerSam posted:How about this for a B&LE heritage unit; put an IC SD70 Death Star in B&LE colors.
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Those 6 are all that they had produced.
The trains seem to be clustered in the mornings now. It is a chilly winter. I am not going to wait for an approaching CN train to see if the GTW unit is approaching until the spring.
For HO scale ATHEARN plans to make the CN and GTW SD70M-2 units first.
It is good that Lionel team is not able to get them in production immediately. I a few older locomotives that I have to get first in O scale.
Andrew
