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Personally I would love to see more train sets, especially separate cars and accessories, but I will have to agree with others that it seems very unlikely that it will happen any time soon. Just look at cuusoo for a quick reality check; a separate car for emerald night has just over 200 supporters, the same goes for a winter village train station. R2 track is lingering just above 100. At the same time the there are almost 1500 supporters for a red squirrel set...

Although TLG could probably sell a lot of sets with train accessories, and make money from them, there is a fierce competition for shelf space in stores these days. If TLG was to replace a mainstream fire truck set with a train carriage, it would not just have to sell well, it would have to sell REALLY well. Lego brand stores can provide a wider range of products, but there is a limit even there, not the least from a logistics point of view. However, it should be possible to cater to niche markets through S@H...