yvesvidal Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Regarding these two items from USA Trains: - has anybody ever received their FEF-3 units? What is the exact status on that delivery and could people who have received them, post some pictures of the engines? - Big Boy? I inquired a while back about a possible re-run of the 1/29th Big-Boy engines, but was told 2022 possibly with no more details. What would that mean? Delivery in 2030? Any information would be much welcome. Thanks Yves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 From what I know, USA Trains has not shipped the FEF steam engines yet. Regarding dates, if you were told 2022 then they would be saying 2022 delivery on the big boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 A month ago I was on the phone with USA Trains inquiring about some rare parts and I asked about the FEF delivery. I was told that they're all made boxed up ready to ship and they were looking for a shipping container...but the Chinese New Year was fast approaching so that would "slow" things down even more...for what its worth. Suppose next will be there's a big backlog of ships unloading at the docks?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 3/5/2021 at 10:36 AM, Rayman4449 said: From what I know, USA Trains has not shipped the FEF steam engines yet. Regarding dates, if you were told 2022 then they would be saying 2022 delivery on the big boy. I doubt there will be any BIGBOY delivery in 2022. What I was told (E-Mail) is that they may re-consider producing it in 2022, perhaps taking orders at that time. Now, as far as shipping the FEF-3 and finding a container, I have a couple of friends working for International Shipping companies and things are not looking good: it is just crazy and overloaded. In addition containers are now becoming rare and their prices are going up (containers are traded like any other precious metals and commodities). I certainly hope they find a way to bring these models in the USA. Yves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Yves, Yes I was just reading where an O Gauge manufacturer from the San Francisco area posted that shipping containers for him have doubled in price. Something like $6,000.00 to ship a container these days. And the Oakland docks are way behind as ships are anchored off shore awaiting to be off loaded though I imagine Ro's containers are delivered somewhere on the East Coast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 This arrived in my email today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor_Antilles Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 I'm hoping that USA Trains re-runs Big Boys and Hudsons within the next year, but I think a pre-order announcement in 2022 is probably the best we're going to get. The USAT Hudson is a fabulous locomotive; I'd love to have one in Southern Pacific with sound. And of course, who doesn't want a Big Boy now that 4014 is operational? Even though it needs the 20-foot circles to really run smoothly, it'd be a fantastic beast to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 I copied this pic from the USA Trains FB page or whatever they call it now. Jens Bang posted it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Beautiful pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yardtrain Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Nice looking but crazy high price, metal or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Well a MTH One-Gauge Big Boy brought over $4,100.00 on eBay few months ago so yes everything is going up in price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Sr. Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 $4,100.00 my goodness. I have one from the last MTH catalog still under my train table in the shipping carton. Might be time to sell that one since I have two. Kinda crazy price Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman4449 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 That is a beautiful engine and train! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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