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To be honest, they are growing a little on me, can I ask when are they due again? My credit card took a little hammering lately but a quick recovery is in progress, so I am planning my next purchase already. Also, what are we looking at in about how many have presold?

Any more beer kegs coming anytime soon?

The credit card will take some battering at that rate, on the verge of life support!!

That would be awesome. Pretty please with cherries on top

Kato are I think based out of the Chicagoland area, hence maybe why they have Metra stock. They seem to be more towards N gauge than HO, if you check out their website you should notice this. As the 2 passenger cars were the last released by Kato a few years ago, in HO, that I mentioned on my last post, when I picked up this loco almost a week ago, I was asking about more passenger coaches but I think he mentioned that Kato maybe doing something. I could be wrong, as I want to expand on my Metra coaches. Keep an eye on the Walthers website for new releases, a lot of all the manufacturers that sell over here, their products you should find on their website also, https://www.walthers.com/manufacturer-name . Apparently something seems to be announced over here almost every month. Walthers at the moment themselves do not have coaches for Metra, but they did do a loco a few years ago, the EMD F40PH, which I have. It is a decent performer, cheaper than a Kato but the Kato is better quality. https://www.walthers.com/emd-f40ph-standard-dc-metra-128-city-of-evanston. I googled quickly and they did at some stage have a Metra coach - https://www.walthers.com/pullman-standard-commuter-cab-metra-chicago-1984. Maybe ebay to keep an eye out to see what comes along. He of course drew my attention to another model, there is a Bachmann Amtrak SC-44, which of course he put on the track and showed her off, https://tonystrains.com/product/bachmann-67901-ho-charger-sc-44-w-tcs-wowsound-dcc-amtrak-midwest-4618. Apparently from what he said, Bachmann models over here have improved a lot and worth while taking a look at. To be fair to this model it does look nice in the flesh. Slowly the US locos are growing on me.

I have a couple of Kato coaches for it to run with: https://www.katousa.com/onlineshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=71_75_89&products_id=1193 https://www.katousa.com/onlineshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1195 I would like to get a couple more coaches for it, but nothing else is available at the moment, I am waiting to see if Kato releases a new coach as the 2 I have are a few years old since they were released. I got them for my F40PH Walthers loco, not sure if I will replace it with a Kato model or not.

The phone call came today, soon as I could, off to pick up my F59PH Metra loco, lads, step lights? Track inspection lights? Even the manual can give a laugh: If you collect US models, you may want to consider this model, I am only running mine in at the moment but I love the loco, packaged similar to the IRM A class. 1443770096_20220429_2030431.mp4

For the missing accessory pack for the 071, as I live in the US, is it possible to arrange to have it shipped over to me?

Would there by any chance a spare accessory pack for a 071? I discovered that I am missing one..

At them prices, he maybe stuck with them for a while, unless he decides to drop the prices, dramatically.

Glad I pulled the trigger on A42 and A55. Been very fortunate on the models I got, I have to get DCC decoders for them all, I am wondering is there an update on the Crossley sound decoders for them?

@Adrian many thanks for going to all the trouble of comparing the speakers, I did find it useful, I hope it does help out others if they are looking for speakers not just for the 141 but for any locomotive as this should help. I did pull the trigger on the double iPhone speakers and I have a few sound ESU loksound chips due for delivery on Monday. Soon as I have them delivered, there are plans to order 2 more at the end of next week. I may look at getting a megabass for a 181, have not fully decided yet as I am planning to use on of these on the 181 Besides the iPhone speakers, would you happen to have links to the other speakers that you used in your testing? I am grateful once again for the trouble you went to.

So how bad is it to convert one of these to DCC? I have a lot of decoders to get for locos to get but I am not even thinking of this loco yet.

@K801 I have one of the Chicago Metra ones on order, just waiting on that call that I can go and pick it up. The TRE looks nice, there only a handful up here that run for Metra.

@Georgeconna the Railfreight or BR Blue liveries is what I would be looking for. I have a Lima Class 31 from a trainset from 1989, for some reason I love the 31 in that livery. There is about 4 or 5 BR diesels I like, the 31 is one of them

Jeez, one of the BR Diesels I like, the Class 31. Good job a pay rise was approved, lol. Just wondering if it is "Set in stone" the amount that are going to be produced for each variant? I was starting to keep an eye out for a Hornby Class 31 but with this announcement, that has put the brakes on that one.

@Steveb thanks, emailed

Can anyone please confirm the email address for Chris Dyer? I have tried enquires@chrisdyerfairs.co.uk but I got kick back email to advise the email address was not found.

Saw this on Rails Ebay page, Lima Class 201, seems to be "River Shannon" - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203837589225?hash=item2f75aac6e9:g:z~AAAOSwZmpiESH2 Not from Rails, but the same loco, Murphy Models MM0201 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224834939186?hash=item345934e932:g:zU4AAOSwCXJiAmwI - 325 Sterling MM1508 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144410223744?hash=item219f852480:g:iHoAAOSwCEpiAlCI - 124.95 Sterling MM1521 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144410223770?hash=item219f85249a:g:YKQAAOSwshpiAlG8 - 124.95 Sterling

Wait to see how the UK market will appreciate what they are about to get with the locos that Accurascale are going to release with the Class 37, 55, 92 and the Manor. Well done to IRM/Accurascale for what you have done so far and for what lies ahead.

- shortly before the 121 was released, IRM announced they would be stocking them. They also had some 201s for sale about the same time. If you check stockists for Murphy Models products, IRM are listed.

Mine arrived on Friday, I have a couple of things I am looking for at the moment, I do have a LOT of DCC sound decoders to buy yet but I am loco hunting at the moment. I am hoping in a few weeks to get a few sound decoders for my 141 and fit one of these and see the difference against the only one I have a sound decoder installed on at the moment.

Will there be an option to purchase all of them with a little discount as in previous releases?

lol, I was going to pull the trigger on a couple of A class locos, today.. waiting to see what happens with this announcement.

I know, I was in my local store to get some track and I saw this - http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH71528, it haunted me for a whole week so the following weekend, I went back and picked it up for $135, I thought it was a beautiful loco, this and the F59PH as my eye is on that loco. I already downloaded the ESU file that matches a Norfolk Southern SD40, all I need to do is get a sound decoder and we are off. I was informed that Rapido do not release the F59PH often so it is case if you want one, better get on this release or you could be waiting a long time before they may do it again.