Good afternoon, everyone! Curtis Koch here, back on duty writing this month's Broadway Flyer! The dog days of summer are nearly over, and September, along with the fall colors, is quickly approaching. We’re back with another edition of The Broadway Flyer! We hope you all enjoyed the summer and are ready to get back to work on your layout and running trains.

New Product Announcement:
Brass-Hybrid "Bullmoose", HO Scale

On Monday August 26th, we announced the new addition to our Brass-Hybrid Series. Coming to customers in HO Scale in December 2025 will be the Union Pacific 2-8-8-0 "Bullmoose".

The Union Pacific rostered 70 of these Mallets - they were built by their own shops and also the American Locomotive Company (Alco). They first went into service in 1918, and 2-8-8-0’s operated on the UP until the early 1950’s.

In our first production run of the "Bullmoose", we are offering the locomotive in two versions. We are building three prototypical road numbers of an SA-C-6 in a common Pre-1944 appearance, and three prototypical road numbers of an SA-C-2 in a common Post-1944 appearance. We will also build one locomotive in a Two-Tone Gray Fantasy Scheme applied to our SA-C-2 model. Each model will be available with our Paragon4 Sound/DC/DCC electronics and smoke or in our Stealth Series. Our Stealth Series models are No-Sound and DCC-Ready out-of-the-box.

The order deadline for guaranteed delivery of these models is January 24th, 2025 with an expected delivery date for December 2025. We will share more renders later on in this newsletter. 

In The News:

Our newest run of SD70ACe's have been getting great reviews from many satisfied N scalers! Including Jimmy from the DIY and Digital Railroad. Who recently reviewed one of our Stealth N scale SD70's in the NS scheme. 

In addition to showing off some locomotives, Jimmy also made demonstrated his modeling skills by building a GREAT thunderstorm scene on his layout using our Layout Lightning Storm! It's a great addition to any railroad and is a fun element for kids to interact with. 

Ken Patterson was kind enough to shoutout some upcoming N scale announcements, all while working on his great HO scale layout! 

Order Deadlines Approaching!

We have order deadlines approaching for our N scale F3's/F7's and E7's, E8's and E9's. In case you missed it, last month we announced the extension of the order deadline to August 29th. You still have a few days to get your order in but hurry and do so ASAP! While we typically have some units available to order after the deadline, only orders placed by August 29, 2024 will be guaranteed.

Our N Scale E-units feature road specific details, these locomotives have been extremely popular and we look forward to offering more fun paint schemes in the future. See the callout images below where we showoff a few of the details, we've included in each scheme. 

For more information on each type of locomotive, click the links below:

• Paragon4 N Scale F3
• Paragon4 N Scale F7
• Paragon4 N Scale E7
• Paragon4 N Scale E8/E9
• Stealth N Scale F3
• Stealth N Scale F7
• Stealth N Scale E7
• Stealth N Scale E8/E9
  

Samples and Renders:

We've got a plethora of samples and renders to share with you this month! Stay tuned because we have a lot coming! These models are pre-production samples so details are still subject to change on these between now and when they arrive. 

We've got some great special paint schemes for you N scalers in our newest run of ES44's! The first of many future N scale CSX Heritage Unit and the first time in N scale, the CP "St. John's Express" locomotives. We've got more great schemes in the works! You'll want to stay tuned for that! 

(Photo above): Here is a close up of the B&O CSX Heritage Unit. Looks sharp! Again, more Heritage Units are in the works! Stay tuned for that!

(Photos below): We mentioned the UP Bullmoose was our new announcement for HO scale this month, we've got some great renders that show off several details of these Mallet locomotives. 

Next up, we've got some upcoming models for N scalers! Below are renders of the two types of PRR Z74D Business Cars! These are CAD drawings so details are subject to change between now and the time these cars arrive to stores. No timeline for an announcement yet, but these are coming soon!

 Next up is our N scale GP30's! These locomotives will arrive with road specific details and will come in 8-10 paint schemes. We haven't finalized the whole list just yet, but we wanted to share these CAD drawings with you. Below is the "late" Santa Fe GP30. We hope to have an announcement later on this year.

Finally, one last tease for you HO scalers. Below are two images of the CAD drawings of the Santa Fe 2-10-10-2 locomotive we are working on. This locomotive will be a Brass-Hybrid model. We hope to have an announcement on this locomotive later on this year. 

Delivery Schedule:

Here is our updated delivery schedule as of August 21st. Check back to the page on our website for updates. We try and update it 2-3 times a month. The HO GP35's, N Scale ES44's and AC6000's will arrive to stores in the next few days. 

Customer Q&A:

Two other things to note:

First, our N scale smoke units are on a timer. If the locomotive stops smoking, simply press function key 7 on your throttle to restart it. You can adjust the timer length in your CV settings. CV 218 controls this setting, with a default value of 30. Straight out of the box, the smoke lasts about 60 seconds. If you want it to last longer, each value is equivalent to an additional 2 seconds of smoke time before the unit shuts off. For example, changing the value from 30 to 45 will extend the smoke time from 1 minute to 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Secondly, when you're done with the locomotive and ready to put it back in its box, make sure to remove the smoke fluid from the reservoir or allow all the smoke fluid to be used up first. This prevents any remaining fluid from spilling and getting all over your model.

Q: "How difficult would it be to have sound for different kinds of Holidays like Christmas, Halloween, July 4th and and maybe New Years Eve? You have animal sound cars and why not have cars that have sound for Holidays?" - JonathanColemanMoreTrains on YouTube

A: We actually did this in our most recent run of stock cars. We included sounds for 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas/Happy Holidays. You can see the schemes here. These are in stores now so contact your dealer today! It's not difficult but if the sales aren't there, then we are less inclined to offer them in the future. 

Q: "DO you have plans to produce a HO scale Pennsylvania Railroad and Long Island Rail Road G5s 4-6-0?" - stuartaaron613 on YouTube

A: Yes we are! We have it in our current design que however we don't have a time line for when we will announce it just yet. 

Q: "Is or will BLI offer Paragon P4 Upgrade Decoders for Previous P3?" - train-addict4656 on YouTube

A: Our service department is more than happy to help you upgrade your decoders. You can email them during normal business hours, or give them a call at 386-673-8900 (Option 2) Tue.-Fri. 1-4PM EST.  

Wow that was a lot of questions! Sorry we couldn't get to everyone, we try and get new questions involved on a regular. If you didn't see your question answered, there is a chance we have answered it in a previous Flyer! You can visit our website to go back and read through. Thanks again for your continued support, and be sure to get your orders in before it's too late! As always, Happy Railroading!

- Curtis & the BLI team