I was just looking at the Sunset web page and look at what I found:
A brass CNR U-2-g for about the same price as TLT's plastic U-2-g
http://www.3rdrail.com/reservation.html#CNNORTHERN
I know, this is not CPR, but scroll up on this page and find an announcement
for a CPR D-10, also available this fall.
Interesting,
Mike