What items in the vol2 catalog do you wish they would make for American Flyer

What is an alcohol B unit?

Autospell error?

Cow on track.

Alco.  Your right it was an autospell error I missed or wishful thinking.  Outside of that, any other thoughts as to a 2015 wish list?

--Rocco--

Legacy GP-7 in Boston & Maine  livery. 

A reissue of the cow on tracks would be cool. 

Auto Carriers.....................Yes!

If we are just picking out of the V2 catalog for this game, the GP30, the plug and play accessories and the structures.  Much of the scale rolling stock would be nice too.

Ben

All of those wishing for extremely long cars should first wish for the radii of track to support these cars. I doubt the cars would negotiate the curves available now. Lionel would not tool up for these cars unless they had the track to run them on. Relying on those who use flex-track or even partake in the art of hand-laying track will not justify the cost of tooling until anyone can go out and buy wide radius track to run their product on.

Wide radius track is my wish. 40' freight cars look great on it as well.

Right now, I'd settle for scale-wheeled trucks that are in gauge by NASG standards, with bolsters that allow the car to sit at the correct height.

Rusty

SD70ACe and ES44AC locomotives with the headlights in the nose and non-glossy paint schemes. Only the cab and the placement of an LED would have to be changed. Norfolk Southern versions could simply be non-glossy black/white with no change to the cab.

I'll also put in a vote for auto carriers. I've replaced the trucks on a cylindrical hopper with American Models trucks, but I would also like to see them reoffered with proper bolsters and the option of scale or high-rail wheels.

Without doing the math, R27 is roughly equivalent to 18" radius in HO.  To run the biggies, you'd still need larger curves for it to look right.

Here's what an AM 85' Pullman looks like on 27" radius:

As another example, here's the overhang of the Flyer SD70 on a 31" radius curve:

Even with the slightly larger radius, it's still pretty severe.

A freight car like an 86' high cube or auto rack would have even greater overhang on the ends because the truck centers on those are closer together than on a passenger car.

Sure it'll run, but it won't be pretty.  Big freight cars would need something like S36 or larger to begin to be comfortable.

Rusty

Rusty,

I get your point and they may not look pretty but I would still buy them and run them.  I do not see Lionel making a 36 inch radius set of curves for Flyer.   It is always a matter of preference but I would buy those Autoracks in a heartbeat if they were on sale for Flyer today even with my R27 curves.

--Rocco--

I understand, Rocco. 

Just pointing out some of the mechanics of the situation.  As some of our O gauge friends have discovered, overhang can be hazardous to existing scenery.

My railroad has a 33" radius mainline curve (31" on the inside passing sidings) and the 85' passenger cars and SD70's occasionally make an appearance.  The SD70's do better than the 85 footers in liking the curves.

I'll agree there's a need to come out with more modern stuff in the Flyer line, (or anyone else's S line for that matter) but it'll probably be quite a while before we see anything like auto racks or high cubes.

Rusty

The  O gauge Autoracks have telescoping draft gear that allows O-54 (27"r). 27"r in 1:48 = 20.25"r in S 1:64. So they would probably negotiate AF curves if built the same. How they would look is a different story.