Order Deadline Approaching New from NLOE, Lionel Scale LIRR Milk Car!

Excellent addition to the series!

-Dave

NICE!  

Just curious - is this based on an actual LIRR car?

Milk cars of this type (Pfaudler) were used on the railway.  LIRR had milk cars in LIRR markings.

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/odds_ends.htm

I don't know if this particular paint scheme was ever applied to these style cars but it does make for a handsome model and hopefully a good seller for the society.  Nice job!!!

WOW! It'll look great behind the new engine.

Very Nice!

Anthony

Not based on an actual prototype. I tried to create a design that I thought would look good both in a passenger and a freight consist. I have a LIRR passenger train that I can't wait to put this at the head of!

Looks great!

Well, if Lionel is doing t his special run there must be more milk car schemes in the new catalog - they wouldn't run just these. JMHO. 

LOL -- Do you mean it's not going to be a unique item?

I already sent in my order form.

What MrMuffin is saying is that he is speculating that Lionel will be offering the milk car in some other livery in the catalog since they are making it available for small custom runs.  Why pull the mold out just to squeeze out 300pcs? 

 I knew exactly what he meant.  My comment was written with tongue in cheek.

I don't think that us making this car will have any effect on Lionel producing any other milk cars at this time. We do not coordinate what type of car we run at all with what Lionel has planned for production. It would shock me to find out that they decided to run additional milk cars just because ours was in production. 

But then again the catalog could be full of them. 

will the next one bring the cookies!!

Wow, that would be great! I hope it's Oreo''s

It was the 100th anniversary of Oreo cookies on March 6th, 2012. An anniversary box car would be neat.

Don't forget, the order deadline is approaching in 3 weeks!

Any word if this milk car will be delivered this month?

Definitely not this month. We are awaiting an update from Lionel.

Thank you. I am really looking forward to this car.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but what is the status of this milk car?

Did I miss an update posted in another thread? Thanks.

You know, I am glad you posted this.  I'm pretty sure I ordered one of these as well and now I too am wondering what the status is.  Anyone?

We just recently received official confirmation from Lionel that this car will not be produced. We are currently finalizing the details on a substitute car and a communication will be going out to all that ordered the milk car in the next week or so. 

If you like and accept the substitute car then what you paid for the milk car will be applied to the new one. If you do not want the new car, then your money will be refunded.

We hope at some point in the future to revisit the milk car.

Wow that's a let down What was the problem? It doesn't seem like that complex of a car graphics wise. In the past decade until recently this style car was in almost every catalog. I was going to buy one of every produced to have a decent milk car collection - but then they were making too many and I couldn't keep up. I decided to only buy this type of milk car when a club offered it.  

Agreed, we are very disappointed in this outcome. The issue wasn't the graphics, but the car itself. They had problems with the specific supplier that makes this car. That's all we were told.