Re: It's Official: No More Flyer
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Thanks for the tip Bill, that is your second "Attaboy!" (Private joke ?)
I've been looking for some lower price cylindrical hoppers to strip and start a serious hack 'n whack job.? This fit the bill, although I might have purchased their last B&O car.? At any rate, full circle, I remember going to Nicholas Smith Trains
many years ago during frequent trips to Devon (PA), so the grandkids and in-laws could have time together.? Guess I'm likely on their mailing list - again!
At any rate, thanks... Jim
Jim Kindraka Grand Rapids, MI
American Flyer dealers probably have models to sell. My source has been Nicolas Smith Trains. Today its web site shows U36C and ES44AC??that are currently available and that are close to scale. I do not know if Lionel sells scale wheels. Repainting would be another hurdle. ?
Elsewhere on the site buyers can find B&O and PC??that operate on scale layouts after replacing the wheelsets.
Overtime, however, items that can easily be converted to operate on scale layouts will disappear from the market.?
Opinion: Scale modelers are lucky to have had some useable new products, but when Lionel acquired Flyer I figured its goal was simply to remove a competitor from the marketplace.
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