I've posted this topic on Facebook's Southern Ry.
Modelers group and there are at least three more interested in Bachmann doing this.

I completely understand your argument, but more and more modelers are replicating the 70's and 80's on their layouts, either to capture childhood memories for us in our 40's or even 50's, or because those decades had so much more variety compared to today.

Southern leased it in 1981 into 1982. Used it for excursions and was very popular.

who here would like to see Bachmann produce an HO scale Southern 2716 Berkshire on their C&O 2-8-4?