@p51 posted:Heck, Bachmann made four different ET&WNC ten-wheelers in On30 and not a single freight or passenger car lettered for the same railroad. I asked a Bachmann rep at the NMRA convention in Portland about that and even he couldn't give me an answer.
Heck, WBB offered a VERY popular (traditional) SP 4-8-4 in Daylight colors that was a hit at our mid-Michigan LHS when 4449 came to Owosso several years ago. Sold a bunch of them. Great runners, just what the kids...old, and not so...wanted in remembrance of that awesome visit!
But, then they wanted some Daylight passenger cars to go with them! And WBB had zippo to offer, and no prospect. Lionel didn't even grab the timely opportunity for a market score!
I may have talked with the same Bachmann rep as did you at a York meet following 4449's visit. 'How come?', asked I. Answer: 'I don't know.' (crickets in the background.) Go figure. No, wait!...don't bother. The steam visit is a faded memory, and WBB appears to be, well,...who knows?
The conundrums and enigmas never cease, do they