New Lionel Hybrid Locomotive release - What are your thoughts - feedback- what should the next one be?

J Daddy posted:

So after watching the Notch 6 pod cast Ryan revealed the New Hybrid locomotive will be released in Volume 2 and it will be a locomotive EAST of the Mississippi... So what could it be ? 

If possible, I would like to see a "hybrid" common to a few of the Eastern giants, add details as necessary for each specific railroad, giving the customer a geographical choice which would match or parallel their individual layout.

CSX Al posted:

Norton posted:

This is the one I would vote for (NYC H10b) but if Lionel doesn't do one I will do it myself.

I got tired of waiting so have started to 3 rail this.

Pete

Pete, I'd be down for one

Me too.  So far, it's been tough on coming up with ideas, but if Lionel did a tooling for a USRA 4-8-2, then they would do some Brass Hybrid 4-8-2s.

Another suggestion would be to do an N&W 0-8-0 as brass hybrid:

Union Pacific 4-10-2 (late) #5097. Ran until 1954.  After wartime modifications to two cylinder operation the UP's ten FTTs hauled a lot of freight along the Cajon Pass

Never done in O scale. A must have for any UP steam fan.

(Richard Leonard collection, #5095)

They need to make 1:48th scale and 1:64th scale freight cars that have a stainless steel frame and brass body. 

Examples:

American Car & Foundry FLEXI-FLO pressure-differential covered hoppers for NYC, PC, CR and others

American Car & Foundry ACF CENTER FLOW PRESSURAIDE pressure-differential 4-bay covered hoppers. 

Thrall Car 60' Center Beam Flat Cars built between 1969 to 1987.

Greenville Steel Car Co. corrugated gondolas built for Chicago & North Western, Missouri Pacific, and Southern Pacific in the 1970's.

North American Car Company PD 5000 and PD 3000 pressure-differential covered hoppers. 

Andrew

Texas & New Orleans (Southern Pacific) MK-5 #794, built 1916 by Brooks in Dunkirk, NY. Worked a good 40 years as a dual-service in Texas before being retired in '56 and donated to the City of San Antonio in '57. Plans are hovering for possible restoration, but until then she rests at Sunset Station.

Im what you call an advocator for the Texas & New Orleans. The MK-5 has only been done in limited numbers in smaller scales and the T&NO is practically a ghost in the O-Gauge department. Having been in her cab on two occasions and around the engine numerous times, I think that the 100 year old Mike would make a fine addition to any O-Gauge layout and possibly bring attention for subsidiary railroads and their surviving equipment.

3rd Rail has done an MK-5. There was one on eBay recently.

Pete

Hopefully something that isn't virtually identical looking to an already released counterpart (K2) or a tiny niche featureless won't make it off the shelf more than once locomotive (4-4-0)

They nailed it with the Santa Fe mike. Not sure what happened after with so many options. 

If Lionel is looking for a sell out Hybrid - I'm sure this one would be a hit:

J Daddy posted:

If Lionel is looking for a sell out Hybrid - I'm sure this one would be a hit:

Does Lionel already have a diecast chassis and running gear for this loco?  Previous hybrids have all been made to fit an existing chassis, requiring no new tooling.

I'd be interested in a Decapod, what say Lionel?

ratpak posted:

Those are narrow gauge. 

My feedback to Lionel is that this is a perfect time to offer a 2 Rail version of your next model.

J Daddy posted:

Well second round of Hybrids and I have not found another one to buy yet... The K2a had little interest and I am not into the new 4-4-0's:

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the K2's were canceled because there were not enough preorders.

Yes little interest  = too few orders...

I thought that was the case. Thanks J DADDY.

Bob postedoes Lionel already have a diecast chassis and running gear for this loco?  Previous hybrids have all been made to fit an existing chassis, requiring no new tooling.

While the Mikado's may have fit the existing chassis, the new 4-4-0's are on a chassis I've yet to see made by Lionel.

I'd suggest that Lionel offer their O Scale AC6000CW and ES44AC in 2Rail.

Regards,

Swafford 

A BL2  

Brendan

J Daddy posted:

SantaFe158 posted:

Bob postedoes Lionel already have a diecast chassis and running gear for this loco?  Previous hybrids have all been made to fit an existing chassis, requiring no new tooling.

While the Mikado's may have fit the existing chassis, the new 4-4-0's are on a chassis I've yet to see made by Lionel.

Are they not from the Lincoln funeral train?  My guess...

 

 

 

No from what knowledge I have the golden spike engines are going to be all new tolling. This can be proven because when Dave and Ryan showed the plastic prototypes they looked like they were different from the Lincoln funeral train. Maybe I’m wrong but to me it looked like and make sense to do all new tooling. 

The 4-4-0s are all new tooling and even have die cast boilers so im not really sure why they fit in this program.