Mornin’, All - it can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that things aren’t going TOO well in economies on either side of the Great Water. But here, at last, is a chance to help out in a positive way.
Y’see, for years, ‘everybody’ has been bitching about the need for SMALLER traction, in the form of a connie, for Class 1 railroads, rather than the gigantic ‘look-at-me-ness’ of the raft of Big boys and GG-1’s we have from THREE makers.
Sooooooooooo, that nice Mr Plok decided to make a neat little Class 1 connie for ALL those folks who wanted one, and it’s about to go into production.
The word there, folks, is ‘about’.
Y’see, Mr Plok has done his sums, and decided that unless he gets some positive vibes about sales, he’ll hold off until the DJI hits 10k or better…
The magic figure is 2000 locos. So unless you express a positive ‘must-have’ for any version of this pretty good looking loco to your AristoCraft dealer, it won’t happen.
Period.
You don’t have to order 2000 - one is enough. I want a Brit version, even though it will look a mite odd with the rest of my stuff, and have told my dealer too.
AFAIK, this is the first time that any manufacturer in LS has told his paying audience that unless they put their $$$$$ where their mouths are, the model they ‘all want’ will stay as a ‘might have been’.
Don’t blame Mr Plok, either. 'Snot HIS fault.
tac
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