Who besides me would like to see MTH produce the ♦ Virginian ♦ EL3 Jack Shaft Electric Set? I know it was offered but canceled.
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I really want to see that one and the EL2b as well. They had very few orders for the Jack Shaft, IMO the main reason was that the catalog had other great offers competing for the same dollars. There was the N&W Class A and a C&O Greenbrier in the same catalog.
Scott Smith
Now that would be something to see. Would it be worth it for a manufacturer to offer the single unit, and let the modeler choose his grouping; 1, 2 or 3 units?
Just thinking of the budgeting, like the live steam hobby. They used to offer running gear/chassis kits, boilers and fittings separately, to allow the hobbyist a modular approach if you will.
I didn't preorder the jackshafts when MTH offered them because there were too many other items I was after at the time and I ran out of money. I wish MTH would offer them again and I would preorder, but the Virginian doesn't have a big following so I'd worry that the demand just isn't there. Perhaps this would be better suited as a brass project for 3RD Rail. The Virginian did split up some of the three unit sets into individual locos for switching at a few locations where they had yards under wire.
I would also order the EL2b's if someone offered them, but again I doubt that's going to happen. These were unique engine sets that weren't used on any other roads. MTH took a GN double ended electric that looks similar to the EL2b's and decorated it for the Virginian, but the EL2b's had single cabs and completely different running gear.
Ken
