Lionel Arrivals

How about those LIRR N5b's? Any line of sight on those?

Smoke loader?

Early 2016 according to Mike R @ York in April.  At least 4 months to go.

-Dave

Many years ago , perhaps 2011, or was it 2010, I pre ordered a smoke loader. I would be more surprised to see it at my front door than see aleins land their spaceship in my backyard.

Lionel lost a lot of credibility with this non-product, at least In my mind. I don't think they can make this product.

Lionel will be shipping us every week from now thru Christmas as they ramp up. While the smoke loader has been a problem I can assure you that Mike will be true to his words. I saw a early prototype of it in his office earlier this year. 

When is the Anniversary scale Polar Express Berkshire being delivered?

Good question... it's listed on the shipping schedule for Nov2015 (i.e., out of Lionel, NC). Will be interesting to see how many dealers actually receive any of these though, as this production run was rumored to be a special run to fulfill whatever glitch occurred with the Charles Ro order last year -- the balance of which became the 115th Anniversary nano-plated silver Berkshire offering that was originally slated for August (according to the brochure), then slipped to September (Charles Ro flyer), and now it's not listed on the Lionel shipping schedule.  Not sure if it ever was though.  

6-11451, the P/E Berk, was on the Charles Ro website for a bit this year, but no longer there now.  So you might want to give the store a call.

David

Mike, the engines already came in earlier this year and have sold out. The only dealer expecting any is Charles Ro. They may all be spoken for so I would give him a call.

Charlie, will the Smoke Fluid Loaders be preorder only or will you guys have extras?  I didn't preorder one back in 2011 (that has to be a world record, not shipping for 5 years)

We should have extras Doug