Model Railroading > July Big NMRA Show in Hartford, CT

OK gentlemen the big show is next month, so what are some of your prediction's of new products coming out at the show besides the ones that been announce by Atlas, Athearn etc.

Oh boy, here comes another collective wish list.

Any hear that the host of Extreme trains will be at the BLMA booth on Friday and Saturday?

Ryan Slaton

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PE

BNSF7400 Wrote:
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> Any hear that the host of Extreme trains will be
> at the BLMA booth on Friday and Saturday?
>
> Ryan Slaton

Ya I saw that in the Scalerails, thought I'd relay the message.

Ryan Slaton

Pure speculation, but I'd expect:

Something 'big' from ExactRail
Something from BMLA, maybe more numbers for the TopGons?
New Atlas GP40-2s, maybe the Wide Cabs that were shown a while ago?
New Athearn

Anything else?

Athearn is set to announce a new semi in HO scale. I'm hoping of a new GE locomotive.
Charlie
MP 54 on the BNSF Topeka sub

Basically, no real announcements, just a display of what has already been announced.
given that I was able to see the GP40-2L and SP variant up close last month.
Aside from all that, well.... yawn.

The event is only a short drive away, so I'll attend the public show with camera in hand.
I'm hoping Athearn has a pre-production GP15-1 shell on display.



-Tom


glendale Wrote:
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> Pure speculation, but I'd expect:
>
> Something 'big' from ExactRail
> Something from BMLA, maybe more numbers for the
> TopGons?
> New Atlas GP40-2s, maybe the Wide Cabs that were
> shown a while ago?
> New Athearn
>
> Anything else?

Comment most often heard by manufacturers at these shows:
"...that's nice...what's next?"

DH

Preach on, brother!

dh30973 Wrote:
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> Comment most often heard by manufacturers at these
> shows:
> "...that's nice...what's next?"
>
> DH

dh30973 Wrote:
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> Comment most often heard by manufacturers at these
> shows:
> "...that's nice...what's next?"
>
> DH


Amen!

Ads for the next run of BLMA Top Gons in HO have already appeared in some of the model railroad rags.

glendale Wrote:
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> Pure speculation, but I'd expect:
>
> Something 'big' from ExactRail
> Something from BMLA, maybe more numbers for the
> TopGons?
> New Atlas GP40-2s, maybe the Wide Cabs that were
> shown a while ago?
> New Athearn
>
> Anything else?

Finally get to see who is making the mystery ES44 in N. New Athearn truck from the 187 website.

...
Flamer

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> Finally get to see who is making the mystery ES44
> in N. New Athearn truck from the 187 website.
>

What mystery? It's Fox Valley Models for the ES44 in N Scale - announced at the N Scale Convention in Portland a few days back.

Cheers,
Harry

dh30973 Wrote:
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> Comment most often heard by manufacturers at these
> shows:
> "...that's nice...what's next?"
>
> DH

I can personally attest to that. Whenever we announce a new product, we get a flurry of emails. A couple of people say "nice work - looking forward to it." The rest say "so when are you doing X?" Sometimes the logical leap is pretty huge. When we announced our first passenger cars I got a call asking, in these exact words, "so does that mean you're doing the RDC4?" I still don't know what he was smoking.

Many of the people who send these emails or make these comments haven't bought a model train in decades, if ever.

-Jason