A head’s up: Lionel has posted the items in ALL of its new 2009 catalogs on its website in the “Shipping Schedule” section. Go to “Products” and click on “Shipping Schedule” to see them. No pics yet, of course, just the item names.
I would be very surprised if the Lionmaster Challenger actually ships in July 2009. The LM Big Boy has been delayed multiple times from its original ship date.
Not that it matters to me as I do not plan to buy one but May 2010 for the Santa Fe 2-10-10-2 is probably very optimistic also. If it takes 15 months (if that is even met) to deliver the LM BB for which tooling already exists, I don’t see getting this completely new “Vision Line” engine done in the same time frame. Just my $.02.
Link to Lionel shipping schedule.
The regular Lionel catalog is suppose to be posted monday March 2nd, I have seen it not all that great, of course it depends what you are hoping for.