Why didn't Lionel acually finish the Monopoly Series. Did Lionel decide they couldn't sell railroad cars

Come now, nobody ever finishes monopoly 

I'm not the fan you are Scott, but I sort of figured Lionel issued all the more recent cars to complement or complete the original cars they did for Eastwood rather than start over. 

The 1st mint car from the Eastwood series has Luxury Tax and Income Tax printed on the windows.

Of course, using my logic the newer Electric Company hopper, Go to Jail mint car,  and white colored Water Works tank car you show would not have come to be since there was the Electric Company Transformer car, Jail Stockade Car,  and also the yellow colored Water Works tank car from Eastwood. 

There is a really good article on this series on TCA e-Train.  See here.  Don't forget about the Eastwood engines (3) and the starter set!   It is interesting that they have done Reading twice for the caboose (1st Eastwood, then the 36646 they issued with the 38678 Hudson) and Short Line (from starter set), but never Pennsylvania or B&O.   All 4 RR were listed on the Hudson tender though.

The Auto Loader Car shown on the e-Train article seems to cover Passing Go (edit: and maybe also Free Parking, now that I notice it's on the upper corners of that car).

I have this feeling like you now have some new things to search for?

There are also at least a few repainted Lionel items made over the years for Monopoly.  I recall years ago seeing a maroon-ish orange Generator car, there is a submarine on a flat car, and a GP-9 with caboose (I admit I need to check for what is printed on the caboose).  I don't think these show up a lot on the secondary market.  There may be others, those are just ones I am aware of.

-Dave

OK, was there a real "Short Line" railroad that the game used?  Or was this was the name for PRSL;  to avoid confusion with the Reading and PRR?

I'm guessing Scott's wife got to Lionel and threaten them if they finished off the series. 

MartyE posted:

I'm guessing Scott's wife got to Lionel and threaten them if they finished off the series. 

I wouldn't put it past her.

Scott Smith

They had new people hired and they left it behind.

They didn't do very well with the Gold Polar Express either. Anyone want to buy one with one passenger car and an observation car. A heck of a train.

Gerry

They also dropped the ball on the Boy Scout cars they were issuing a few years ago.  They issued Eagle and Life scout cars and then that was it.  Very disappointing. 

Same goes for the Catalog Art series. Many catalog years were issued but then they stopped. I would like to complete the series of the postwar years there are only a few left missing. 

They are are very colorful and fun boxcars. 

It is interesting that one of the things glaringly missing is the RR spaces.  You would think they would have been signature pieces in the series.