I wi***hey would make......

[Anonymous]

I would like to see MTH make a semaphore signal head to fit on their
PRR Signal Bridge

[pennsy_fan]

I wonder if you could kitbash a 3-position semaphore signal on top of that bridge using the existing wiring? Hmmmmmm.Maybe, as you probobly know, the pennsy signal is designed to mimic the semaphores position in "fog piercing" amber light.

I dont know of anybody making such a bridge w/ semaphores but Im sure you could kitbash one w/ a little ingenuity.

[brianel027]

Ooooh, this topic kind of gives me the shivers. Well intended I know. BUT when these things would come up on the other Fourm, they were one thread that really turned me off and I know for a fact, turned off other 027 guys. Because they became long shopping lists of scale items.

Now there's nothing wrong with that. I'm certain the companies that look on the forums read these things and take notes of what gets mentioned frequently. Obviously with any company in any field, what gets made is what stands the best chance of selling.

I've always wished for just one, just one new modern kind of engine to be made on a size equivalent level of the traditonal small Alco FA.

BUT what I'm going to wish for here is quality. That small low end engines either have 2 motors or be weighted accordingly. That cars continue to be either painted - or if molded from color, get enough color in the plastic so that they are opaque - it can be done. That new products get tested before going out to the public.
(The Beep is a good example of an engine for us 027 guys as well as everyone. It was advertised as making 027 curves, but the initial ones didn't do it without derailing cars.)

That the companies continue to make the widest variety of trains they can - so that there's stuff in every catalog to appeal to every budget. I applaud Lionel for the $24.95 starter cars and continually changing the road names: Train-19 and Rugged Rails have languished in this department.

That the companies recognize they have some REAL DEVOTED customers who are spending some serious money on trains. That if they are going to continue to offer technological advances and features, that they do their utmost to be sure they work in the first place, are prepapred otherwise to service them rapidly and professionally.

It's bad enough when a command type of product doesn't work. Chances are a seasoned train buyer has purchased this. But it's a crime when something in a starter set doesn't work - this is a newcomer and we want to keep them interested. Nothing like having your very first train not work out of the box to push someone away. Speedy, prompt courteous service is a must here. In all honesty, it's a must always regardless of beginners or pros.

And that shipping schedules be honest and accurate. I've seen improvements in this department. But no one want to order something in 2003, and in 2004 still not even have a confirmation that the product is on it's way. This unfortunately has happened too. Folks may not mind waiting for a specific date in time.... they don't want to wait forever, and without even a word.

And that catalogs be honest too. This has been happening and is also getting better. If it's scale, it's scale. If it's not, then it's not. And I see nothing wrong with mentioning that even a scale product will clear 027 curves and switches. I think most modelers here are intelligent enough to see that scale is scale - that the product just happens to make a tight curve doesn't make it a toy.

Well, there's a wish list that I hope covers everyone and leaves out no one. Nothing real specific, yet things that affect all of us no matter how or what we operate.

PS: I'm happy with the way the Forum here has gotten back pretty quick to the topic of trains in light of everything recently. I like what's happening so far. Good job.

[Anonymous]

I would like to see a hogwarts express set in ogauge. I would prefer scale(only because I like bigger engines, due to my standard gauge roots) but anything that came out in hogwarts would be snapped up by me. Actually I like the older English steam engines and would like to see some made by lionel or k-line.

[Anonymous]

I wi***hey'd make the price of plywood cheaper so I could build my addition and get my train room!!

Tony