I sent an email yesterday to Tony’s Trains to check up on the ETA for Athearn’s N-Scale 4-8-8-4 (Big Boy) Steam engine. The reply was Athearn is expecting them February, 2008 now. Their original target was December, then January, now February. At least Tony’s doesn’t bill until the item ships.

In other news, in case you haven’t seen BLMA’s HO-Scale Cantilever Signal and their upcoming Dual-Head Pole Signal, go check ‘em out. IMO, they are probably the best looking signal I’ve seen on the planet. Only problem is, they’re HO! So I sent an email to BLMA saying that (planet bit and all) last night, and an hour or so later I got a reply from Craig Martyn, the man behind BLMA. Awesome.

Hi Shaun,

Thank you for the great note and kind words. We really appreciate hearing feedback as it helps motivate us to make additional products.
Coincidentally, I’m leaving for China this Saturday morning to visit with our factories. While there, we’re going to discuss the feasibility of
producing the Modern Cantilever Bridge in N along with the other signal products. While I can’t say exactly how things will go, we’ll do everything
we can to get something to market by the end of 2008. Because the Modern Cantilever bridge would be so fragile if done in plastic, we’re looking at
producing it as a RTR assembled brass model… more on this later.

Keep tabs on the website for future announcements and keep in touch!

Thanks Shaun!

Craig Martyn
BLMA Models
www.BLMAmodels.com

So here’s hoping things go well and we see some N-Scale signals later this year. *crosses fingers and toes*