This is the GE Evolution Tier 4 ES44. This would make a great complement to the 2010 EVO
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Yep, another great paint combo.
Bill T
I love demonstrator schemes, that one is sharp
I have been trying to limit purchases for the past several months and really need to due to other personal reasons, but if this thing were made I would have a real hard time sitting on the sidelines for this beauty. It is really a nice paint scheme. Like Matt said it would go well with the Demo and Evol previous versions.
I would buy that one. A real looker.
Yea who ever makes this first is gonna sell tons of them .. It's not a lot of changes either . The top and the railings ..I like to know how they do the pilots with the hand rails
Yes, this would match my EVO perfectly. I can't wait to get one of these beauties.
It may be up in the air which version is made. The GE demonstrator in the above colors or the production run Tier IV version (ET44C4?) with carbody differences in the roads that actually buy them. Then again, it would be wise to make both.
The next VL installment???? 
I would think Lionel will never make another visionline diesel that's my opinion .. Vision line evos in Lionel's eyes where a failure .. Fan motor and rear light issiue , hand rail issues , let's not even count the mounting system on the ge evo . Then you got the centipedes .. While most of the visionline steamers where hits. I my self love the visionline es44s but they had to be handeled with care..
How hard would it be for MTH or Lionel to modify their GE ES44 tooling to make a ET44AC? Seems like it would sell decently but it all depends how expensive it would be to modify or create new tooling.
ET44 is supposed to be 75’ long, a foot longer than the current GE Evolution. I am not sure if the extra-length requires a longer fuel tank. I am not sure if Lionel would care to capture the extra ¼” on their expensive O-Scale models.
For some positive news, so far, images I had seen for the pre-production & production ET44 do not have the radial trucks only the Hi-Ad trucks. So that should reduce the number of variations for Lionel to make / manage.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Originally Posted by FECguy:
How hard would it be for MTH or Lionel to modify their GE ES44 tooling to make a ET44AC? Seems like it would sell decently but it all depends how expensive it would be to modify or create new tooling.
Personally I don't like Lionel's GEVO model mostly for the above named reasons and also the front coupler sticks too far out from the snow plow. The engine sounds and horn suck too. MTH could have a real winner if they go the extra mile on this one.........
