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Post by dazed on Jan 29, 2016 12:55:01 GMT -5
I assume AZL knows this already, but the PNJX bethgons like you released ran alongside another NRG car that is EXTREMELY similar and would be an simple change of artwork from becoming production ready. The TGNX cars are virtually identical, except for reporting marks, number series, and an orange rotary tag on the end versus the blue.   These cars also complement your upcoming Gevo's and ACe's, presuming you will do BNSF schemes in those. (or TFM, FerroMex, Citirail, and KCS just to name a few schemes that show up on BNSF trains) |
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Post by dazed on Jan 29, 2016 13:18:19 GMT -5
Do 3 sets of these, and I will buy them all, plus the PNJX sets as well. Not a very impressive coal train mind you, but that's about all my small layout can handle without chasing its tail. I know there are folks that will jump on these in larger numbers though....the Athearn version in N seemed to do very well.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Jan 30, 2016 8:32:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the idea - we will keep it in mind.
We will probably do another run of BethGons in 2 or 3 years time.
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Post by dave on Jan 30, 2016 12:23:32 GMT -5
So, no more Bethgons for 2 or 3 years? I was really hoping for some BNSF long before that.
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Post by Rob Albritton on Jan 30, 2016 13:32:00 GMT -5
So, no more Bethgons for 2 or 3 years? I was really hoping for some BNSF long before that. Sorry about that guys, I think in terms of production runs. The current production run of Bethgons was ordered 18 months ago. So, if you have a suggestion, expect that the quickest you would see it is 12 months, and more typically 2 years. We are not done with the current production run. And by the way: this is our THIRD production run of BethGons - amazingly produced at three different factories with the same tooling that was made in USA. Two more road names to go in this run. One is an eastern road name, and the other is a western road name that has four letters beginning with "B" and ending with "F"  |
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Post by atw on Jan 30, 2016 14:47:22 GMT -5
Rob, I look forward to another eastern run of Bethgons. And I didn't know there was a western road called BEEF. Or is it BUFF? BIFF? BOFF? heck, I give up...  |
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Post by Rob Albritton on Jan 30, 2016 16:22:46 GMT -5
Rob, I look forward to another eastern run of Bethgons. And I didn't know there was a western road called BEEF. Or is it BUFF? BIFF? BOFF? heck, I give up... Hey, at least you didn't go there with BARF. ...aw Snap - I just did! |
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Post by dave on Jan 30, 2016 17:35:37 GMT -5
I sure hope the BNSF coalporters are the silver ones with the mineral red ends.
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Post by dazed on Feb 16, 2016 10:26:45 GMT -5
I sure hope the BNSF coalporters are the silver ones with the mineral red ends. Well, we didn't get our wish. And, oddly, another run of one of the rarest schemes BNSF has. Yet still no mineral red, and no straight up BN, both of which are the most common. Sometimes you just gotta laugh to keep from crying.  |
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Post by dave on Feb 16, 2016 13:53:41 GMT -5
Dazed, I was really hoping to see the mineral red ends as well. Oh well, I guess the BNSF coalporter train will be a mixture of these, black BN and the BNSF swoosh. Somehow, I think it will be a long time before we see another flavor of BNSF coalporters but I completely understand as there are a lot of 'wants' and 'needs' in Z-scale.
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