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Post by eagsc7 on Sept 16, 2012 2:49:58 GMT -5
And the new timeline.... Using past internet times... would be Fall 2012... *Cough* GoPro
Yeah... Still wondering...
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Post by Joes on Oct 21, 2012 19:58:24 GMT -5
christmas maybe? What's the good word?
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Post by sassbaby on Nov 6, 2012 17:15:50 GMT -5
Still waiting, any possible clues on timing or first roads to be released?
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Post by minzemaennchen on Nov 7, 2012 6:43:13 GMT -5
Was the purpose of this forum not to connect between the manufacturer and the customers? So Rob, lots of guys asking the question and no response, is it too much of an effort to answer?
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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 9, 2012 11:00:59 GMT -5
Hey gang,
Sorry I've been a little busy with this thing called The Election. Now that I've had 48 hrs to de-compress, here is the update:
I spoke with the factory and asked that they accelerate production of the Mikado. It is pretty much ready to go, so I hope to get a new production estimate from them this month. These timeline slips have been as frustrating to me as they have been for you. If I had more control over the situation this would have been done a long time ago. Never the less, I think we will have an excellent locomotive once everything is done.
Our challenge is simple and unchanging: we are a small client who must rely on other companies for design and production. We frequently get bumped out of line by larger players who have a big book of HO business (Bachmann, Atlas, etc)
That's the situation and *all* of the info that I have at this time. I'm happy to play the "when will it arrive" guessing game with you, but I don't have an inside track or feeling other than it is probably measured in months, not years or weeks.
Good luck to us all! -Rob(A)
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Post by sassbaby on Nov 9, 2012 20:09:11 GMT -5
Thanks Rob (A), you've answered in the best way that you can and it gives me the info that I need to budget for buying several!
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Post by Rob Albritton on Nov 20, 2012 12:10:18 GMT -5
Not sure exactly why, but I keep thinking I hear a steam whistle off in the distance... ... it must be my imagination.
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Post by catt on Nov 20, 2012 17:11:28 GMT -5
Actually what you are hearing is a Nathan 5 chime ona CSX GP38-2. ;D
It is just your mind playing tricks on you,that is why it sounds like a steam whistle.
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Post by rvn2001 on Nov 21, 2012 4:07:23 GMT -5
Is there a "HO-HO-HO" with that whistle or a New Year's baby cry? ?
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Post by Joes on Dec 4, 2012 20:43:53 GMT -5
Not sure exactly why, but I keep thinking I hear a steam whistle off in the distance... ... it must be my imagination. Well now we are talking. Is it a heavy or light whistle?
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Post by Joes on Dec 19, 2012 21:04:29 GMT -5
I am giving this thread the christmas bump. So not that it matters because it is kinda irrelevant. What might the first road names be? Hmmmmmm?
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Post by Rob Albritton on Dec 22, 2012 20:09:19 GMT -5
Best guess right now is Feb /March of 2013.
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Post by pray59 on Jan 31, 2013 20:12:23 GMT -5
Well, what do we know? I have not purchased any Z Scale since the GP38's I got last summer, and this huge wad of influence in my wallet says it won't leave me unless it can be close to manufacturers of Mikado's
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Post by ztrack on Jan 31, 2013 20:31:36 GMT -5
Robert, there my be an NP release in the near future... but it is not steam... Rob
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Post by Joes on Feb 24, 2013 10:16:11 GMT -5
Are we getting close? Drum roll...............
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