Lionel Catalog Online! - Classic Toy Trains Magazine

Thanks for the link Clint. I haven't been buying too many trains in the past couple years and there's nothing in the new catalog that excites me.

Not ONE single current Class A roadname on any traditional affordable item. Not a single one. After the small encouragement from last year, I thought maybe they might continue with maybe a Conrail, Norfolk Southern or BNSF Waffle Box Car... something to really get excited about!!!!

Though there is a Burlington Northern Searchlight car and a Santa Fe box car (ooh, that's never been done before! Big YAWN!!) so I suppose those are sorta current.
Glad to at least see the Waffle Box Car still in production... when the D&H one becomes a blowout maybe, maybe if it's cheap enough - I can rationalize getting on since I will have to strip it, repaint it and decal it. And prices are up somewhat on these basic cars.

Gee, why couldn't the new Great Northern coal dump car have been a BNSF coal dump car?

Two of the three basic traditional diesels are still listed as having single motors... you never know what to believe. The Conrail U36B from 4 years ago actually did have one motor as advertised (figures - the last and only engine I've wanted from Lionel too); the Ontario Northland RS3 had dual motors not as advertised, along with the CSX U36B and the Western Pacific U36B.

In the past, I have thanked K-Line for allowing me to be back in the hobby. I guess I also have to thank Microscale Decals, Heard King Decals and my abilities to do a repaint job that looks like a pro did it. It's nice to have roadnames other than the same ol' same ol' boring lot of roadnames that we've seen for the past eons.

Lionel maybe making tons of money, but they aren't making from me. Well, better luck next year.... if they're still around.

Hopefully RMT will continue growing and issuing new cars. Walter seems to understand that ther are folks who can't spend tons of money who like (and will buy) Conrail, Nofolk Southern, BNSF, CNA, CPR, CSX, KCS, etc... roads Lionel largely ignores. Seeing the new Lionel catalog makes me wonder what happened to the Industrial Rail tooling?