I was at my local hobby shop over the weekend and the owner was filling me in on what is in the works from various manufacturers. He mentioned that one of the smaller companies has an FL9 in development. Details are kind of sketchy but he said it will be on a modified Atlas chassis / drive with an accurately detailed plastic carbody. Master work on the body is still ongoing and the engine should hit the shelves in about 1 year. No idea on price or whether it will be DCC or DCC ready. This is good news for New Haven fans and modellers as the FL9 has only been offered twice in the past, both in brass.
If you're not familiar with the FL9 it was a dual power locomotive on a B, A-1-A set of trucks. It could run conventional diesel electric or run electric only from a shoe pick up on an outside 3rd rail. The NH was the only RR to use them and they had a total of 60, all A units. It was designed so the last few miles of tunnels leading into Penn Sta in NYC could be run electric and not fill the area with exhaust fumes.
( HO scale in case you were wondering )
If you're not familiar with the FL9 it was a dual power locomotive on a B, A-1-A set of trucks. It could run conventional diesel electric or run electric only from a shoe pick up on an outside 3rd rail. The NH was the only RR to use them and they had a total of 60, all A units. It was designed so the last few miles of tunnels leading into Penn Sta in NYC could be run electric and not fill the area with exhaust fumes.
( HO scale in case you were wondering )
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