Lionel Milwaukee Road Passenger cars

My conversation with Lionel leads me to believe we will be waiting till the end of the year at the earliest.  No samples were available.  The 2010 orange set cataloged with the S3 is yet to be produced and will be run with the cars cataloged in the new book.

Yes, I should have been more clear. I'm more interested in the 2010 announced cars (6-25622/6-25623).

Can I assume by your response that these cars were not in the Lionel booth at York.

Thanks for your response Charlie.

Charlie

Charlie you got my drift.  No samples of the 2010 cars in the booth.. We are in for a wait from what i was told.

Wow!!!  Very disappointing -- but not altogether surprising -- to hear about this.  I've been saying all along that Lionel has likely stumbled into MAJOR supplier issues overseas regarding production of their aluminum passenger cars.  It's nice to see the new catalog includes a bunch of new 18" aluminum passenger sets, but the proof will be in the pudding when -- or if -- they actually deliver them. 

The online shipping schedule (often known for its inaccuracies) still shows May 2013 for the 2010 cars, while Aug 2013 is the published date for the new cars catalog'd in 2013.  I guess it's all a pipe dream.  

Well, at least I have the Milwaukee Road heavyweights -- with a StationSounds diner no less -- to run with the S-3.  Maybe if we're lucky... by the time Lionel finally delivers the aluminum cars, they'll be producing StationSounds diners again.

David

I've got factory drawings for the cast aluminum floor that AMT used for their cars back in the 50s - anybody want to start a cottage industry?   

It was curious to note that the StationSounds diners, shown with the Neil Young passenger sets in the new catalog, say "2014 Preview" with them. For some reason, it appears there will be a production delay on these sound cars, even with these 15" versions.

Yes... But this is the first mention of StationSounds cars we've seen for quite some time by Lionel.  So hopefully we'll see a catalog (soon) that has a full page of StationSounds diners to fill out all the recent 18" sets that have been catalog'd without them.

Gotta start somewhere, I guess.

David

Well I am in for the MR E9s. I have the yellow K Line 15 inch cars, and the K Line/Lionel 21 inch cars. So I wonder if the paint on these engines will match up or if I have to buy another set of cars.

Michael