On page 4 and 5 of the 2014 Lionel Corporation Tinplate Catalog I was tempted with the chance of owning a Standard Gauge tinplate New York City R-17 Subway. Boy did that look great! I was so excited for it that I started putting a little of my paycheck away each month. Years passed only to find out it had been cancelled. Having something new and different instead of repaints of the same stuff was really pulling my interest.
Does anyone know the story of why it was cancelled?
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Not enough orders to justify tooling expense Joe. Much to our chagrin.
MTH told me the same thing
Not enough of us looking for something different!
Jim
Joe,
I had a similar savings plan for the original Lionel 1225 and tenders. Fortunately, I received the 1225 and PM tender as a gift so the money I had saved was able to go for the PE tender and scale cars.
Being able to spend the money on something else takes some of the sting out of the loss. At least for me.
Back in 1916 ..the Hudson Tube train was made .... all scratch built ? or ? ....Joe Mania was thinking about making it ...
I'm not even a std. gauge guy and I would have bought one of those...very cool!
I wonder how many orders are required to justify tooling expense?
I also was interested in Joe Mani's tube train. Sadly the same thing is happening with that project.
I'd buy one. I wasn't into Std. Gauge back then. I can't believe they had to cancel the 408E's and the 318E's last time. I'd buy those also.
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