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Quote from: Greg Elmassian on January 19, 2024, 01:07:41 PMVery typical story with large/long locos.
Many people got excited and made a lot of noise over the:
Dash 9
E8
Mallet
But when it came down to it, it was a limited market and since there was a lot of time between announcement and delivery, the number of people who would ACTUALLY buy the locos was limited.
Also, many people found out that they just did not have the layout to run such large locos.
But Bachmann must have seen the outrageous prices on the used/NOS market, and dove in.
This happened with each of the above locos... people made a lot of noise, but the second or subsequent shipments sat on the dealer floor and eventually were sold at cost... RLD hobbies had pallets of E8's, Dash 9's sold for very cheap. Many mallets were sold cheap.
So it's good to see that Bachman did not fall into the same trap. Wise decisions will keep the company profitable.
Perhaps they could now make another MORE POPULAR Aristo loco?
Greg