So what day this week will we see those newly announced items and their part numbers posted here ,  so we can get our orders it?

Bill Miller

Are we going to see some newly announced product at the NMRA convention next week or is what's in the catalog it for the rest of the year?

Bill Miller

I have noticed a slow down in new announcements for new HO product from not only Bachmann but most of the other suppliers on HO scale equipment. I know the Atlanta NMRA convention is coming up soon and we may see some new announcements, but I wonder how much the poor economy has effected new product development

Maybe it is time to revisit some of the old favorites in new road names and road numbers. I would like to see a reissue of the GE 70 Tonners in road names like Rutland , original Norfolk Southern , Washington & Old Dominion, Live Oak Perry and Gulf, Meadow River Lumber Company just to name a few.  I am sure others can add to this list.

Bachmann did do a special run of Baltimore and Annapolis GE 70 tonner #50 so why not other short line and small class 1;s who owned them. Maybe follow up with a run of ALCO RS-3's in short line paint? Ideas any one?

Bill

Do the On30 guys need a meeting room at the National Narrow Gauge Convention Sept 7-10-2011 in Hickory NC?  Contact Johnny Graybeal.

The guys doing this convention still have space available for modular railroads. The hall is huge.

Bill Miller

Who on this list is going to the National Narrow Gauge Convention this year?
Will Bachmann announce some new equipment for we ON30 folks?

Bill Miller

Just wait till you see the ET&WNC / Linville River Depot they are known to be working on.

Bill

Check out Deerfield River Laser, they make wood replacement bodies for the Bachmann passenger cars to make a combine 15 and coaches

Bill Miller

 I have always thought that the PRR H-3 class 2-8-0 as built by Baldwin would make a good selling model. Ma & Pa 23-26 and a series of small 2-8-0's on the Southern and WM look all alike. I am sure other roads had these 1890's built locomotives. There is a proto-type in the collection at Strasburg PA.

Need something to pull behind your new 4-6-0 then check out the following link.
http://www.deerfieldriverlaser.com/TweetsieCarsSides.html

Bill Miller

Then let me be the first to invite your group to set up at the national narrow Gauge Convention in Sept 2011 at the Hickory Convention center.

Bill Miller

I checked the Great Planes (Tower Hobbies) web-site yesterday and they are now saying it will be June 09 before the 4-6-0's are released. They are almost always correct on release dates and up-date the web-site daily.

Has something happened to delay the release of these locomotives that has pushed the date back to June?

The picture at the start of this thread was taken by Johnny Graybeal at the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Portland OR. This past Sept where Bachmann had the 4-6-0 on display.

Noticed that a run of new road numbers for the shay , 4-4-0, 4-6-0 and 2-8-0 have appeared in the new catalog with DCC/ Sound installed. Good stuff.

Have not found it posted here yet, did I miss it?

Bill Miller

 I would have thought that with the arrival of the Blackstone HOn3 K-27's that Bachmann would have released the HO USRA Heavy 4-8-2 in Rio Grande to cover the other half of that dual gauge yard. However they release an N scale version.  Are the Rio Grande 4-8-2's that different that the Bachmann model wouldn't make a good stand in model?

How about it mister Bachmann?

Bill Miller

 While this announcement is not for an On30 ten wheeler I thought I would let you all know that Train and Trooper of Maine two footer fame is going to import HOn3 ET&WNC ten wheelers in Brass. They will come factory painted for four different era's. If you are interested check out their website.

Bill Miller