The Challenger is an example of everbody making the obvious choice at one
time. (the basic loco was used by three different railroads, which is
unusual for any steam design.....the CB&Q / B&LE / DM&IR 2-10-4, while in
your and my eyes a equally good choice, is not running now so does not have
the potential of the Challenger.
Rivarossi was working on upgrading their version (it is ironically on the
cover of the Walthers 2004 catalog), Lionel made it their choice for their
first quality HO steamer, and Athearn decided to try it. My bet is that
Marklin, with their having 80% of the parts already tooled from the Big Boy,
will announce the fourth one at Nuremburg this winter. And don't forget the
Bowser loco which is still available.
Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "jkohl" <jkohl@nc.rr.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Stingy or not Stingy?
>I am just echoing what I have heard from a number of importers and<BR>
>manufacturers.... I, too, make value judgements and have a limited
hobby<BR>
>budget (somewhat more than other people because I have no other interests
to<BR>
>divide the available funds)...<BR>
Yeah, that is one problem that I have. Multiple hobbies.
>I value good information, however... that photo collection may or may not
be<BR>
>a good deal... depends on what the images were and their quality. The
$700<BR>
>set may have been a much better value.....<BR>
Very true. One photo of a long-lost locomotive or building could be worth
quite a bit. However, the person didn't advertise anything like that, and
my big objection was that the seller's greedy initial decision was that his
photos should go for $700.
Concerning manufacturers...
Some of them seem to shoot themselves in the foot anyway. I mean, there are
what...5 companies now doing the Challenger? How many do we need? Yet
nobody is doing a nice 2-10-2 or 2-10-4, which was probably more prevalent
than the Challenger anyway! So, we get overloaded with one type of
locomotive, and nobody does another type. I would almost guarantee if
somone did a really nice 2-10-4 in a few different roadnames, they'd clear
the initial run in no time!
Cheers!
Jan
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