UPDATE ON PROPOSED LIONEL LEGACY MOUNTAINEER OFFERING:
Unfortunately, Lionel Trains informed us this morning the tooling doesn’t exist for semi-streamlining a mountain steam locomotive and will not produce the parts exclusively for our model. Therefore this being confirmed by Lionel we have regrettably decided not to proceed with the semi-streamlined Mountaineer #405 model offering.
Still on the drawing board is the other option we considered originally. This is a standard black 4-8-2 Mountain. Unlike other popular dealers, we do NOT arbitrarily slap paint on existing models without paying close attention to prototypical accuracy. If the model isn't as close as possible to the prototype, we will NOT offer it.
IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A MODEL OF A STANDARD BLACK NYO&W MODEL, please let me know BY THIS SUNDAY, August 25th.
I need a final answer for Lionel required by this coming Monday. It is a go-or-no-go final answer for Lionel.
I need a final answer for Lionel required by this coming Monday. It is a go-or-no-go final answer for Lionel.
Help us by sharing this update and ask other potential customers to email me a pre-order commitment at junction@twcny.rr.com or sales@jrjunction.com by NO LATER than this Sunday evening. My store is closed tomorrow; August 22 and 23rd but I will be OPEN on Saturday August 24th for any questions you may have.
I cannot express enough the need for pre-order commitments. Thank you very much for your continued support and let’s hope we get enough interest in the next few days to continue with a standard black NYO&W 4-8-2 Mountain steam locomotive. Your pre-orders will help us gauge the interest in O&W steam locomotive models in O scale. We look forward to hearing from you. Remember, NO cash deposits are required at this time. Thank you again for your continued support!
Prototype photographs are courtesy of the O&W Railway Historical Society and used with permission.
