TCA e-train "Derailed", Catalogued but never produced

That was an interesting read - thanks for writing and sharing!

--Greg

Good article, Ed. Thanks.

Perhaps Lionel could have some of these items made in O Scale.

Andrew

Very good article, thanks for posting it!

I immediately recognized the blue dump car with that remote control set as the same (or similar to) one from the Workin' on the Railroad set I had around 1979.

-Dave

The Scale NW-2 switchers were cancelled as soon as the production of the Norfolk Southern ES44 diesels were announced.

Andrew

Thinking maybe a follow up article with some of the more unusual items (engines, rolling stock & accessories) that were cataloged but never made could be pretty interesting. Certainly in the past few years there has been quite a few items that never made it to production.

Excellent review, Ed. I have always felt that Lionel should have followed through on the Rock Island Rocket and TMCC Lite.........I believe command control would have really taken off if they had.

Peter

Wasn't there a NdeM set cataloged some years ago?

John

There was a separate sale Ferromex SD-70 and Husky Stack cars cataloged in 2008 that wound up being canceled.

There was a N de M GP-38 and extended vision caboose in the mid 1990s that was also canceled.

Guess it will be interesting to see if the N de M Centipede in the 2012 Vol2 catalog actually winds up getting made.