Model Railroading > More new Athearn items

Just checked the "Advanced search" site for "items not yet available" and there are 10 pages of new items. A little something for everyone.

gouldj Wrote:
> A little something for everyone.

Even Iowa Interstate modelers! A first for Athearn. After 4-1/2 years of pleading, they're finally offering IAIS GP38-2s (708 and 711). Unfortunately, I no longer need them - built my own from P2K shells on Atlas drives - but I may still have to pick them up just to support the cause.

Joe

a link always helps:

http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?NYA=1

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new DRGW SD50s. I wonder if we'll get lucky enough for noselights?

If anyone is holding their breath for Athearn to add the Gyra/Mars light to their next run of the SD50, they can breath and forget it!! Athearn has made it clear they will NOT make this adjustment to the unit. That also includes a correct size fuel tank. Their reasoning (basically)is it isn't worth it. One suggestion was using the SD40T-2 nose, but this would not work, and again, Athearn said they could not make the change cost effective. So, we're stuck with another run of the SD50 in D&RGW colors, STILL incorrect. Their rationale is, they'd rather produce a slightly incorrect unit in the popular road, than correct the mistake. In other words, let the buyer just suck it up!!

Jim

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> If anyone is holding their breath for Athearn to
> add the Gyra/Mars light to their next run of the
> SD50, they can breath and forget it!! Athearn has
> made it clear they will NOT make this adjustment
> to the unit. That also includes a correct size
> fuel tank. Their reasoning (basically)is it isn't
> worth it. One suggestion was using the SD40T-2
> nose, but this would not work, and again, Athearn
> said they could not make the change cost
> effective. So, we're stuck with another run of the
> SD50 in D&RGW colors, STILL incorrect. Their
> rationale is, they'd rather produce a slightly
> incorrect unit in the popular road, than correct
> the mistake. In other words, let the buyer just
> suck it up!!


I guess breaking out the X-acto knife these days is out of the question. Sigh.

See here:
http://www.pbase.com/sp_8299/sd50_nose_lights

Who's first?

Cheers,
Harry

Not buying it seems to be an option that slipped by also.