LCCA may announce AF set very ltd.

SHHH! Lou!!!

If all the O Gauge guys buy go and it up, there won't be anything left for the S Gauge guys!

Rusty

Lou already said on the S gauge Forum that the set will be headed by steamer.  He also promised that it would not be a Docksider, so I am in for a set.

Great news Lou.

Ed Boyle

I think a Flyer set is long overdo, as long as it dose not hold up the GE 60 tonner.

Lou

Is there a general time frame of an announcement you can give? Will it be one month, four....?

Ben

ben don't know yet. it will be discussed at our convention next week.

thanks

louie

 as far as reproducing post war sets it all depends what LIONEL will allow us to do. i can tell you one of the sets I would like to do has the 5 digit niagara falls car in it!! i have asked permission!

regards

louie

My understanding is that the original heavyweight tooling is not in a suitably well preserved condition for continued use, can you confirm this is still the case?

If it can't be used then I assume naturally that the new HW tooling will be used.

What I have also noticed is that Lionel have been releasing AF passenger set combinations with only three cars as in the 'O' gauge product line. Traditionally top of the range passenger sets have four cars, if this is one of your options will this be a four car set?

Regards,

Neil

I would seriously consider a 343 Work train set. Mark

What has been the experience with Fast Track for American Flyer?  How well do locomotives like the Challenger track on Fast Track?  My experience with semi scale engines on MTH RealTrax has been very good.  Very infrequent derailments even running at higher speeds and long trains.  Usually the derailment on Real Trax is caused by something other than the track and I can count on one hand the number of derailment over a several year period.

THEY ARE GOING THROUGH TOOLING TO SEE WHAT IS WHAT. THE FLER TOOLS THAT ARE LEFT ARE IN POOR CONDITION. I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY THEY ARE RELEASING MORE SCALE. I WOULD NOT SPEND MONEYTO BRING 50'S TOOLS BACK TO LIFE. DON'T YOU AGREE

LOUIE

TRIED TO PUT IT ON MY LIST AND WAS SHOT DOWN! I'M NOT KIDDING

LOUIE

If the new HW's are produced and liveried in either the original Flyer Green or Maroon, then it puts an interesting twist to it. I'll ask again, if HW's are an option, will they be a three or four car set?

Again, the 343 is not going to happen as I believe the tooling is not in its best health, just like the original HW's.  Also, if you look at the detail on late production 0-8-0 engines the detail is poor, especially on the top,of the cab, the rivet detail has gone, so even if it had survived it would need investment to restore the detail.

The one steam engine that has not been mentioned is the 0-6-0 B6 slope back, whatever happened to the tooling for this engine? Did it survive or is it also beyond redemption?

Regards,

Neil

A shame.  Mark