Will Lionel make a Legacy Southern F7 and/or E8

I think Lionel will do either of them but the question is when?  I thought the perfect time for the E8s was when they did the 21” passenger cars for Southern but Lionel did the Legacy Southern Alco PAs instead.

Neal Jeter

Lionlman posted:

I think Lionel will do either of them but the question is when?  I thought the perfect time for the E8s was when they did the 21” passenger cars for Southern but Lionel did the Legacy Southern Alco PAs instead.

Neal Jeter

I love E-8's.  Maybe it was not a good idea to Lionel as they might have had second thoughts about the extra cost of getting them right with roof mounted air tanks.

Yea I also don’t see Lionel making a lot of Southern Railway locomotives. I heard from someone that it’s because the demand for Southern Railway locomotives isn’t high compared to like Pennsylvania and Union Pacific Railroads

 

LionelLegend posted:

Yea I also don’t see Lionel making a lot of Southern Railway locomotives. I heard from someone that it’s because the demand for Southern Railway locomotives isn’t high compared to like Pennsylvania and Union Pacific Railroads

Indeed they might!  Not long after Mike R. moved down here he was at the local toy train shop across from the NCTM.  We botched the idea of high-nose GP30's just like what was running across the street.  

About a year. year and a haft later I had theses.  ONLY the Southern and N&W had them.

And these two (2601 & 522) were/are running across the street.

ASK and you just may receive.

Ron

We have been blessed that Lionel has done the high hood SD45s, high hood SD40s, high hood GP30s, GP9s, Alco S2s.

Neal Jeter 

I would rather have E7's

Since we are seeing a variety of limited special runs from Pat, Muffins, and others, maybe they will take up the "Southern" cause and get those diesels manufactured and on to our layouts.

LionelLegend posted:

Yea I also don’t see Lionel making a lot of Southern Railway locomotives. I heard from someone that it’s because the demand for Southern Railway locomotives isn’t high compared to like Pennsylvania and Union Pacific Railroads

Nobody makes it because it doesn't sell.  How many times have we heard that line?  While we talk about the N&Ws legacy as being one of the last steam hold outs I suspect the popularity of N&W today is due in part to Lionel's decision to produce a rough version of the J in the 1950s.  

Southern E's and F's would be great. 

Lionel should also have done Southern 18" aluminum cars without black roofs in the same bright finish as the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific cars. (Not the dull silver paint like their California Zephyr set.) Always hope, can't believe that tooling was thrown away. The only drawback to them was the NOT flush fitting windows.

I also find it weird that they don't do B units for the "E" series of diesels.

IIRC Southern didn't have B units for their E-7s and E-8s.

Legacy 2033380 Southern Railway E8s are in the new Lionel 2020 catalog.

Neal Jeter

Let’s hope they don’t have those high water pants— that awful gap between the frame and the trucks 

I just saw them in the catalog and I’m looking forward to them. It looks like they got the roof mounted air tanks right.