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Sure am glad I'm not one of those suckers waiting for more NS C44(0)-9W's or CSXT SD40-2's!!!
I model the Western Maryland Railway in N scale...All of your recent releases have focused on western roads, none of which are of interest to me.
I'm sure the west coast people don't mind, but most of the railroad trackage in the US is on the right side.
After looking at page after page of releases, I have to wonder. Will Kato ever release anything other then BNSF or UP? I model an eastern railroad. I feel that your company has ignored eastern railroads to the point of discrimination. I do not undertsand why, many other model railroad companies make money releasing models in PRR, Conrail, even the tiny Bay Colony.I understand Kato resources are somewhat limmited, but we are talking roads like CSX and New York Central. These are not unpopular roads. The frustration gets even worse when Kato releases important models like the SD40, SD45 and SD40-2 and then completely ignores the majority of those engines owners. Worse still is that the N scale market is small enough that when a major manufacturer releases an engine, other manufacturers seem to shy away from duplicating it. Thus, most of the modeling public have to do without these models!This all feels very insulting. I have asked for models before such as Comet II/Horizon passenger cars. I know those will never come, but what on earth is peventing you from producing an SD40-2 in Conrail? Seriously, is a UP F3 as imaginative as you get?Frustrated and dissapointed,Dan Leavitt