Lionel's New Strasburg Wood Coaches The 1990's and 2000's

@Frank Mulligan posted:

I have the 1990's cars on pre-order also.  According to the shipping schedule on Lionel.Com, they are due in April 2022.

Frank - that shipping schedule is helpful, thanks. Time will tell if they are able to get products out according to the schedule.

@GregM posted:

Just an FYI, it is my understanding that presently when an item is listed in a Lionel catalog the first two digits of the item number indicates when it is planned for manufacture.  So, even though the cars were first listed in a 2021 catalog, the 22xxxxx item number means they should be available sometime in 2022.

Greg - that sounds right.

@GregM posted:

Just an FYI, it is my understanding that presently when an item is listed in a Lionel catalog the first two digits of the item number indicates when it is planned for manufacture.  So, even though the cars were first listed in a 2021 catalog, the 22xxxxx item number means they should be available sometime in 2022.

That's something I never really looked at. I do know that sometimes there are leftovers from prior catalogs, particularly the coil cars that were features in the 2020 V1 are repeated in the newest catalog. It happens a couple of times because more are produced as opposed to what is sold.

@Frank Mulligan posted:

I have the 1990's cars on pre-order also.  According to the shipping schedule on Lionel.Com, they are due in April 2022.

@DILLI posted:

Frank - that shipping schedule is helpful, thanks. Time will tell if they are able to get products out according to the schedule.

FYI that shipping schedule was last updated on 10/13/2021 (look at the actual url) so I am hesitant to trust the accuracy.

@Prr7688 posted:

FYI that shipping schedule was last updated on 10/13/2021 (look at the actual url) so I am hesitant to trust the accuracy.

Yeah - I agree. One thing I have learned with Lionel is that there is no telling when things will actually be ready for delivery. In this case, I am OK with that. I am just glad that they haven't been released yet, so I am happy to wait. I had previously been under the impression that they had already been released to the market, sold out, and that I had somehow completely missed them.

The cars were cataloged with the Vision engine. I would expect them to be delivered about the same time.

Pete