Will we ever get this caboose in Ho Scale?

i have tried hundreds of times to join the main store but it keeps saying Is your birth date correct? Our system requires the date in this format: MM/DD/YYYY (eg 05/21/1970)
please help.

i am not the scratch building type.

Quote from: jward on December 21, 2014, 09:04:13 PM
i would l not buy any of them.  i am like most modellers, my limited budget goes for things i can actually use. i'm sorry that this isn't what you want to hear, but sometimes reality sucks. you've been told repeatedly there is no market for an inexpensive model of any of those electrics, but you refuse to believe this. the horse has died, let it rest in peace.

i know there is no market for them already

Quote from: electrical whiz kid on December 20, 2014, 07:40:34 PM
Steam;
If you are talking to me, I am merely taking part in a debate concerning the economical plausibility of a company like Kader, et al, to go forth with something that they know will probably be a losing proposition.  IN business, it is not the beauty, or romanticism; it is the ROE  (return on equity) that will determine the end.  It is the stock market, a business  deal between two companies-anything that contains the abovementioned mechanics, this will be true.  Put yourself in their shoes.
Rich C.
PS:  If you wanted it badly enough, you could build just about any model of any prototype out there-I don't care if it is a life-sized dummy of Jayne Mansfield!

i meant everyone.

Do you mean to say, you don't care if Bachmann does not manufacture any GN Y-1 or MILW EP-2?
 

Quote from: jward on December 19, 2014, 11:53:37 PM
to put what acy said another way, Bachmann produced the e33 which didn't sell well. they have since indicated they have no plans to produce the e44, which would share the same drive as the e33, the only new tooling would be the body. the e44 would sell to pennsy fans, as it was a very common and for the times, modern electric. there just isn't the market to justify even these minimal modifications to an existing locomotive. quoting the exception to the rule won't change the basic premise: they won't be able to sell enough of them to turn a profit so they won't be made.

I know right? The only good electrics are PRR GG1 and VGN E33
we need the others

Quote from: jward on December 19, 2014, 10:30:52 AM
comparing duck to a n obscure electric is like comparing apples and oranges. for one thing, duck is a character on a childrens television series, which is a natural market for seling toys/models. for another thing, he is based upon  a class of british steam locomotive which was probably already being made, thus the costs of retooling would be minimal. to make any of the Milwaukee electrics you would have to start from scratch, for a very limited market. if they ever do get made, they won't be cheap.

i know i paid $127.99 for my PRR GG1

Quote from: Doneldon on December 19, 2014, 02:50:58 AM
Steamie-

Model locomotives don't get manufactured because a group of modelers has voted for them. And I suppose that's good from your perspective because steam and diesel fans far outnumber electric rail fans. No, model locomotives get built because there is a sufficient demand by people who want a articular model in sufficient numbers and who will express their desire by putting cash on the counter to purchase the model. I'm afraid this makes future electric locomotives long shots. In a more positive vein, many electrics were fairly boxy which should make them excellent scratch building projects. Building your favorite electric loco would teach you new skills of which you can be proud, make you the envied owner of a genuinely unique model and give the piece you want on your layout.
                                                                                                                                 -- D

Look how Duck finally made it because of his fans. We could do the same if we just try.

there has been great  locomotives lost to the evil scrapper, of all kinds.
we need these electric locos, i know there are ones in mth and brass that are just too expensive.
Milwaukee Road EP-2, EP-3, EF-4 and EP-4.
Great Northern Railway Y-1

so lets vote for these great electrics so they can be on everyone's layout.