@rdunniii posted:And for people who might wonder why no one has announced an O Siemens Sprinter or Charger it's because Bachmann has a license in HO and Siemens is not interested in licensing in O.
That stinks to hear. I would gladly get a model of that at some point. If you ask me, there isn't much modern equipment in 3-rail, but perhaps it's because it's not as popular, IDK.
@rdunniii posted:And for people who might wonder why no one has announced an O Siemens Sprinter or Charger it's because Bachmann has a license in HO and Siemens is not interested in licensing in O.
What company would throw away free $$?
I love it, but most might be a wee bit upset if it was the final product.
Really? Y?
- Crank
@rdunniii posted:And for people who might wonder why no one has announced an O Siemens Sprinter or Charger it's because Bachmann has a license in HO and Siemens is not interested in licensing in O.
But who's to say we can't contact WBB to make a scale Siemens charger. It may not be perfect like a 3rd rail but it could be a start like the Genesis!
FWIW, if Scott thew out a scale F45,FP45 and the SDP40F offering, I bet he would get a LOT of reservations.
@prrhorseshoecurve posted:FWIW, if Scott through out a scale F45,FP45 and the SDP40F, i bet he would get a LOT of reservations.
Here is some evidence to support that! Bring on the FP45’s!
Hey everybody! GGD updated their website with production pics of Viewliners and Amfleet!
http://www.goldengatedepot.com/reservation.html
SWEET!
Those look awesome! Can't wait to get mine!
I noticed the Viewliners will have window gaskets as a new detail, very nice. I hope this detail will be on the C&O Chessie cars.
@chris lepore posted:I noticed the Viewliners will have window gaskets as a new detail, very nice. I hope this detail will be on the C&O Chessie cars.
That plus the mini switch to turn on and off the individual cars marker lights!
Love the window gaskets. Colors look spot on! Excitement builds!
@rdunniii posted:And for people who might wonder why no one has announced an O Siemens Sprinter or Charger it's because Bachmann has a license in HO and Siemens is not interested in licensing in O.
Any plausible reason why Siemens is so stingy, an refuses to license to an o manufacturer? There would have to be some plausible reason. I am just curious about the motive, as I have no intentions of modeling Amtrak.
When I saw those photos, I immediately had to put in a standby reservation for a dorm, a sleeper, and a diner. I could see the diner and dorm becoming outrageously expensive in a few years if no re-runs are done.
If my standby reservation isn't met, I'll still be very happy with the Amfleets and baggage I have reserved. Can't wait!
@Csxcellent posted:Any plausible reason why Siemens is so stingy, an refuses to license to an o manufacturer? There would have to be some plausible reason. I am just curious about the motive, as I have no intentions of modeling Amtrak.
Too much of a bother.
Absolutely... beautiful 
Almost makes me want to put a standby now for the Amfleets. To cut down on costs for my consist, I've always planned on combining my GGD Viewliner order with a MTH Premier 19-inch Amfleet 4-car set.
GGD has no issue re-issuing cars.
So if you miss this set and its very popular, another re-issued set will likely follow; like the SF and Milw Rd. pass cars.
@AlanRail posted:GGD has no issue re-issuing cars.
So if you miss this set and its very popular, another re-issued set will likely follow; like the SF and Milw Rd. pass cars.
Oh i don"t know about that. If there is minimal to no demand, there is no production.
It took over a decade to announce reissues for the broadway ltd., twentieth century ltd., etc.
I think is was a month or so for the Milw Road Pass set to be re-issued. The SF bilevel set was also reissued . Although that re-issue took place a year or more later
As I said, it depends on how popular the set is.
I think the Amtrak Set will be popular.
It's possible, but it took a while just to get this project off the ground. I'm personally hoping Superliners will be in the cards after this project.
These look fantastic. I'm on standby for a diner now in addition to the cars I have on order. These are going to be cool!
I hope these cars sold well. I'd love to see more modern Amtrak cars in the future from GGD.
@Will Ebbert posted:It's possible, but it took a while just to get this project off the ground. I'm personally hoping Superliners will be in the cards after this project.
You bet! Especially for Superliner 1's!
Absolutely spectacular. I gotta say I'm glad to be part of what may be considered to be history in O scale model railroading.
I feel like Scott should just announce Superliners already lol. My wallet is already not on speaking terms with me, so I would have nothing to lose.
I have the K-line Amtrak Superliners. GGD should do a run of those, too.
@rdunniii posted:Too much of a bother.
More specifically they are the first company who even cares about licensing their locomotive design for models. EMD and GE consider it free advertising. But they are a German company so why do they decides what they decide? Who knows. I can understand licensing artwork and Scott has an Amtrak license, but a locomotive design?
I think Scott should just announce them and if/when they send a C&D then he can push back. At that point he got nothing in the game but an announcement.
Scott should just announce them and if/when they send a C&D then he can push back
Great Idea if it's not YOUR company at risk of a statutory copyright infringement claim.
@AlanRail posted:Scott should just announce them and if/when they send a C&D then he can push back
Great Idea if it's not YOUR company at risk of a statutory copyright infringement claim.
Is it a copyright? Or is a it a trademark, or even a patent. To say I'm going to infringe if you do not defend your whatever is not in and of itself infringement, you actually have to infringe.
Copyright. is a unique interpretation of an idea fixed in a medium. That's this.
A trademark is an unique image or design representing a service or product where source may or may not be known.
A patent is a unique device or process granted by the USPTO having a limited monopoly.
These are short brief definitions that can be expanded upon so not limited to the above.
Updated the GGD web site with some pictures of sample Amfleet and Viewliners. The builder prepared a variety of 2R and 3R cars for our review and we should have them in a few days. We've added some features to these cars:
1. Weather Striping detail added.
2. The switch under the car will turn the red marker lights on and off, the interior lights remain on.
Cars should be done in July, here in August.
http://www.goldengatedepot.com...rvation.html#AMFLEET
Cheers,
Scott Mann
@sdmann posted:Updated the GGD web site with some pictures of sample Amfleet and Viewliners. The builder prepared a variety of 2R and 3R cars for our review and we should have them in a few days. We've added some features to these cars:
1. Weather Striping detail added.
2. The switch under the car will turn the red marker lights on and off, the interior lights remain on.
Cars should be done in July, here in August.
http://www.goldengatedepot.com...rvation.html#AMFLEET
Cheers,
Scott Mann
The weather stripping Really Pops !!!! That’s definitely a Great added detail !!!
I will tell you all right now the Amtrak Modelers Facebook page has a lot of jealous HO modelers especially for the Viewliner cars.
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