Originally Posted by Grampstrains:
The information you are seeking was posted by Al on Sept. 13 under the title of
"Message from Dennis DeVito".
My bad... I guess I missed that one.
For other folks who may be interested, I've included the excerpt from that post for your convenience... rather than have you go searching for it. Here ya go...
The Texas Special sets (the switcher/calf/mint car and the matching order of three cars) is moving forward. The switcher/calf is already approved for production. The flat car with helicopter has already been shipped to the LCCA waiting for the matching cars to be delivered. Yesterday the LCCA received a pre-production sample of the Tank Car. This leaves only the Mint Car and the caboose to approve. Both sets still are on line for a December ship. We will advise if this ship date changes.
The first samples of the Southern 2013 convention car have been received and look good. We have been told that this convention car will be shipped by end of March.
The Goliath, the matching set of 3 cars and the Prospector sets are also still on line for a December ship. This will be a great year for LCCA designed products - a tribute to Lou Caponi. Well done Lou!
Al K, thank you also for your earlier response in this thread. If you have any updates, please keep us posted. But at this point, it appears Santa will be VERY busy with December deliveries. I also heard a rumor that he's building an addition to his sleigh and adding a few extra reindeer (and feeding them well) to help pull it -- given all the toy trains he'll be hauling this year!!!
David