Poll, Which passenger car should Walthers produce next.

SP parlor car "Oliver Millett".

Either that or a Harriman diner.

Andre

Anything in Frisco logo--either heavyweight or streamlined.  Only things available (at least affordable) are Con-cor/IHC, or Bev-Bel kits(Athearn)--not great choices.  As I understand it, with modern technology in mass painting techniques, multiple paint schemes should be easier to do than in the past.

Jim

Amtrak_Titan wrote:

Vote Here:    http://snappoll.com/poll/240477.php The Options are:  Amtrak California Cars Amtrak Talgo Cars Nippon Sharyo Bi Level Cars (Used by Caltrain and Metra)

Hello Titan,

One catch to your poll is that a number of us model "pre-Amtrak" and "early Amtrak", making it too modern.    

How about a proper Canadian Pacific / VIA Dome Observation??

Gordon

Your Poll is not going to get a vote from me.  Too bad you didn't consider that some of us might have other choices than the three choices you provided.

I vote for a Business Car - Maybe the Soo Line "Minneapolis", Milwaukee Road's 3 business cars (Montana;now at the 261 group, Milwaukee;now painted Frisco, Wisconsin;Soo 1000)

Phil

d.  None of the above

Dave H.

Two choices.

1.  Northern Pacific North Coast Limited.  Actually they have several of the cars already so they would only need to produce a few new ones to make the train.

2.  Some named train.
   A.  heavy weight consist
   B.  Something Eastern (I have bunches of western transcons - Super Chief, El Capitan, Zephyr, Empire Builder, plus Daylights & Hiawatha are on the way).  What about a Broadway Limited, 20th Century Limited, Black Diamond, Southern Belle, Florida Special, City of Miami, or Cresent?  Didn't they all have heavy weight versions?

I wouldn't mind a B&O Bluebird passenger train.

I don't think I've ever seen that in HO.  (Or a B&O Royal Blue Capital service train.)

I vote for open platform coach in S, Ma&Pa prototype would be a plus.

Enjoy

Paul 

Hi,

I sure hope Mr. Walthers is reading this............

I model the Santa Fe and have most all of their ATSF heavyweights and streamline cars.  I also model the Illinois Central and was thrilled when Walthers came out with the IC heavyweight and streamline cars too.  I have one of each.

BUT, I am highly disappointed that the streamline version has no baggage, RPO, or observation cars.  How in the world can I put together a quality representation of an IC streamliner without them?   Come on Mr. Walthers, please finish what you started !!!!

Thanks for the opportunity to express this,

Mobilman44

Texas Zepher,
If Walthers were to do another train, I'd be guessing it's an Eastern one...probably the 20th Century Limited or the Broadway Limited as they are the most famous of the Eastern trains (much as that pains me to admit).  About the only thing out West they haven't done (or someone else hasn't done) is a UP train.

As for other Eastern trains to make, I'll throw in the New Haven's two crack trains, the "Merchants Limited" and the "Yankee Clipper".  The "Merchants", advertized as the "Finest Day Train in America" was not only a luxurious all-Parlor train (no coaches, no sleepers), it was fast (time to the half-minute in employee timetables) and had two diners...not bad for a sub-4 hour run.

The "Clipper" was the last "new" train on the NH.  Started with all new equipment in the 1920's, each car was named after a famous Clipper ship: Lightning, Red Jacket, Great Republic, Flying Fish, etc., and each car had an oil painting of it's namesake on board.  It also ran on a fast time, was also all-Parlor, and had hand picked engines with only the most experienced crews on board.

Both trains were the pride of the RR, and both were run as heavyweights and as P-S stainless steel-clad trains behind streamlined I-5's Hudsons, PA-1's, and CPA24-5's (and then FL9's).  The NH was the only RR to even come close to breaking even with it's Dining Car Dept., and recieved 45% of it's revenues from passengers at one point (but 55% of the cost...which is still better than just about any other RR).  But because the NH had some rather oddball passenger cars, we'll probably never see affordable and accurate HO NH streamlined passenger cars.

Paul A. Cutler III
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Weather Or No Go New Haven
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DigitalGriffin wrote:

I wouldn't mind a B&O Bluebird passenger train. I don't think I've ever seen that in HO.  (Or a B&O Royal Blue Capital service train.)

I second you wishes on these B&Os. Also the previous post on the modernized roofs being offered would allow some of these cars onced painted and lettered appropriatly.

   HO Central of Georgia "Nancy Hanks II" Smoothside Streamlined Cars

   HO Central of Georgia "Man 'O' War" Corrugated Side Streamlined Cars

   HO Southern "Crescent" Corrugated Side Streamlined Cars

   HO Amtrak Phase IV-B Amfleet Cars

Espee Dayight

MKT Texas Special

B&O Cincinattian

Ramtrack.....NOT.

I would love to see the Heavy Weight version of the Portland Rose, for a complete name train, but for an individual car, they finally came out with some baggage cars a while back, but what I would like to see now instead of another Pullman configuration , is a Heavy weight RPO. One or two others mentioned these, but the baggage cars took long enough, lets see some more HEADEND cars (where the real revenue was earned anyway, even if it didn't get the attention it deserved)

              May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails,

                                                     Doug

They need to do a proper entire CPR Candian set right down to the park car,it would be wonderfull to have it just like the Santa Fe and the Great Northern sets that they produced.

Rob

Amtrak Cali and Surfliners for sure (look up and to the left-you know what I like!)

E-R models made the original Talgo, but it's discontinued. I had expected some kind of Cascades retro-fit kit or one could kitbash that version.

Then theres always the NYC 20th Century Limited........

I'd like updated horizon commuter cars......they could have interiors, optional lighting, and trucks that actually roll freely.

Dave