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mike c		#1 Posted : 02 December 2025 10:43:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,335 Location: Montreal, QC		https://eyro.ch/useruplo...ews25/piko_2025_re66.pdf Re 6/6 11601/11602 Prototype series locomotives coming from Piko/Arwico Switzerland Regards Mike C

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GlennM		#2 Posted : 02 December 2025 11:46:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,021 Location: Somewhere, But Nowhere Near Manchester, England		Originally Posted by: mike c https://eyro.ch/useruploads/downloads/news25/piko_2025_re66.pdf Re 6/6 11601/11602 Prototype series locomotives coming from Piko/Arwico Switzerland Regards Mike C Interesting, I have a HAG version in the red livery. I am wondering if this is a one off with Arwico or if they will issue further versions next year using the same mould?
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Unholz		#3 Posted : 02 December 2025 21:35:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/07/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,450 Location: Switzerland		Originally Posted by: GlennM Interesting, I have a HAG version in the red livery. I am wondering if this is a one off with Arwico or if they will issue further versions next year using the same mould? Impossible with the *same* mould. The prototypes 11601 - 11604 were divided into two sub-series (11601 and 11602 with the two split body halves allowing slight vertical movement, 11603 and 11604 with a single "continuous" body similar to the later series 11605 to 11689). But these four units differed very much from 11605 to 11689, so Piko could only issue further versions either by re-constructing the entire project or by allowing a lot of "mistakes" which probably would not be accepted by today's nit-picker modelers. Interestingly, the four prototypes still exist in various stages of decay (11601 and 11602), 11604 more or less preserved/saved, and 11603 regularly running for the private company Railadventure in a somewhat strange livery.
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5HorizonsRR		#4 Posted : 02 December 2025 22:46:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 3,041 Location: CA, USA		Well this is the first new tooling to excite me in quite some time! If I can get one in the USA without 9 layers of tariffs and difficult Swiss retailers who don't want to ship internationally I will certainly buy one, if not both!
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rbw993		#5 Posted : 02 December 2025 22:58:54(UTC) Retweet
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jcrtrains		#6 Posted : 03 December 2025 01:27:33(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 31/10/2009(UTC) Posts: 613 Location: Toronto, Ontario		Originally Posted by: 5HorizonsRR Well this is the first new tooling to excite me in quite some time! If I can get one in the USA without 9 layers of tariffs and difficult Swiss retailers who don't want to ship internationally I will certainly buy one, if not both! Eyro (eyro.ch) are pretty good. I did an emergency order earlier this year when I realized I had missed the ACME Re 456 Sihltalbahn loco and they were fast. But the tariffs - wellllllll. We don't have those in Canada.

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5HorizonsRR		#7 Posted : 03 December 2025 05:19:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 3,041 Location: CA, USA		Rumor has it that Piko America can supply this stuff, perhaps not as first deliveries but as surplus/overrun stock. I have not tested this yet but a few friends have. I'll give it a crack with these locos for sure...
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mike c		#8 Posted : 03 December 2025 06:32:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,335 Location: Montreal, QC		The entire production is commissioned for Arwico (Switzerland). The distribution of the model will be handled by them. Dealers or distributors wishing to stock these models should place orders via arwico.ch They do sell to external dealers. I presume that dealers who have previously stocked other Arwico Exclusive Piko models will also likely carry these models in stock. You can ask Piko America if they plan on ordering any models from the Swiss company. Regards Mike C


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