Interesting Rapido Blog Post...

[learmoia]

  ~Ian

[daniel_leavitt2000]

Obviously their plans for an n scale version derailed.

[Puddington]

No... Jason actually ordered the crossing for his son's layout in HO and got an N scale one instead...... no hidden message other than he "messed up" ordering..... I can tell you that there is no N scale LRC locomotive planned by us..... no "math" that supports the project.... now coaches may, some day, be a different story....

"Rapido Mike"

[learmoia]

No... Jason actually ordered the crossing for his son's layout in HO and got an N scale one instead...... no hidden message other than he "messed up" ordering..... I can tell you that there is no N scale LRC locomotive planned by us..... no "math" that supports the project.... now coaches may, some day, be a different story....

"Rapido Mike"

Oh.. So the post was literal.. not a hint to the new locomotive release..

FWIW.. I'd be interested in coaches but not the locomotive..
-- I recall the coaches frequented Amtrak's International when I was a kid.  I don't recall Via power on Amtrak trains, but apparently that happened too.

~Ian

[CBQ Fan]

The newsletter shows a new RDC and a new passenger car.  HO of course!

[Scottl]

The newsletter is always a great read, even though they do a lot of boring passenger stuff  .  I like how the laser and blueprints don't match- goes to show how reality differs from armchair experts.

If you guys do an n-scale RDC, I will commit to buying one.  My first and only (North American) passenger equipment. 

[Missaberoad]

If you guys do an n-scale RDC, I will commit to buying one.  My first and only (North American) passenger equipment. 

I would second that one. I think part of the problem kato had is they missed the boat on roadnames, and I suspect they over produced them...

[Philip H]

I can tell you that there is no N scale LRC locomotive planned by us..... no "math" that supports the project.... now coaches may, some day, be a different story....

"Rapido Mike"

This saddens me.  Other then my soon to arrive GMD-1, the LRC is the only Canadian Locomotive I've wanted in N scale since I was a kid.  Of course,,
if Santa wants to send me one of the HO star trek ones . . . I'll hold off on complaining about this for at least a year.

[garethashenden]

I would second that one. I think part of the problem kato had is they missed the boat on roadnames, and I suspect they over produced them...

Kato totally missed the boat on roadnames.

[lock4244]

Kato totally missed the boat on roadnames.

Still wondering why no VIA or CN noodle RDC's were ever done by Kato, both huge users with wide (geographic) appeal. It's like, ffs, really?

[garethashenden]

Still wondering why no VIA or CN noodle RDC's were ever done by Kato, both huge users with wide (geographic) appeal. It's like, ffs, really?

No B&M either. "So guys, do you think we should do the biggest owner?" "No, I don't think that will be necessary" 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Kato had planned to have a bunch of road names in the second run.

However, they messed up the planning/production on the first one and, from what I understand, took a bath on them, so they've never gone back to the well.

It seems dumb, that they should better amortize the tooling, but Kato is what Kato is...

[CBQ Fan]

Kato had planned to have a bunch of road names in the second run.

However, they messed up the planning/production on the first one and, from what I understand, took a bath on them, so they've never gone back to the well.

It seems dumb, that they should better amortize the tooling, but Kato is what Kato is...

Japanese accounting rules for amortization is different than ours so they don't have the same type incentive to rerun items.

[Puddington]

I think that we have to give Kato the benefit of the doubt; they do know how to run their business and it has been successful for some time. Their release schedule and methods may confound the modeller in us but they are where they are in the model train world for good reason...... I can't say why they haven't re-released the RDC; but I am sure they have their reasons.

[CBQ Fan]

I think that we have to give Kato the benefit of the doubt; they do know how to run their business and it has been successful for some time. Their release schedule and methods may confound the modeller in us but they are where they are in the model train world for good reason...... I can't say why they haven't re-released the RDC; but I am sure they have their reasons.

Major over production on the first run that killed the second run which in turned killed specific popular tier 1 road names.