Godchaux Sugar Company #1

[norman]

Dear Mr. Bachmann:

Here is Godchaux Sugar Company #1

http://www.hawkinsrails.net/steam/gsc/gsc.htm

Here is Disneyland Railroad #3 Fred Gurley at New Orleans Square - 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH5I9DhETLg


The Fred Gurley and the Ward Kimball are two locos I would like Lee Riley to design and market as Baldwin factory original built locos. Bachmann could also then market these two locos through the Disney retail system.

With all of the past, present and future Disneyland guests viewing these locos alive and running there should be a good demand for these two models in both the Baldwin original version and the prettied up Disneyland version.


Norman

[armorsmith]

Norman,

Although your logic is sound, the licensing fees B'mann would have to pay Disney would either take the margin out for B'mann or make the price so high the modeler would not be interested.

Bob C.

[Chris9017]

Also LGB made a Fred Gurley which is pretty close and it was rediculously expensive, and Hartland has a limited run of the Ward Kimballs that are however a good price for a Disney engine, but are high for a Hartland engine.


Easy models to do would be Walt Disney World Railroads engines 2 and 4 the Lilly Belle and Roy O. Disney since they wouldn't need serious retooling, the Lilly Belle would just be another Bachmann Mogul with Disney paint and logos on it, as with the Roy O. Disney being another Spectrum 4-4-0 Centenial and would use the same stack as on a Eureka & Palisade, though not 100% accurate, they would be pretty darn close, and would be a lot less expensive to produce than scratch building and re-tooling the current Spectrum Forneys.    The Lilly Belle and Roy would sell a little higher than normal, but not too much, but the Ward and Fred would be so high, not many would buy them sadly.