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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 5, 2006 7:05 AM
A 1:20.3 Cooke mogul that I didn't have to build[:D] and a EBT Mike. I may have gotten Kevin started.
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Posted by kstrong on Thursday, May 4, 2006 9:31 AM
Ian,

They're named for the inventor of the locomotive type, Matthias N. Forney.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_N._Forney

As for my favorite Alcos, anything with siderods, preferably narrow gauge. (Though in all honesty, if you're going to have a diesel, nothing beats the gentle gurgling of an Alco.)

Later,

K
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Posted by moparrailfan on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 9:42 PM
Diesels: GP40,GP40-2,GP50,GP60,SD40-2(non-dynamic)SD70,SD70M,SD50,SD60,GE U boats,Dash 7's,C40-8,C40-8W,
Freight cars-Pullman Standard 4740 and 4750 covered hoppers,89' pig flats,89' auto racks,centerbeams,50' and 65' gondolas,cement hoppers.
Steam: N&W J class,Class A,Rock Island 4-8-4
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 7:36 PM
Fornies are quite nice looking locos. Why are they cxalled Fornies, surely it has nothing to do with fornication.


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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 8:24 AM
Hey TMCCMan:

"I am an ALCo Nut. There is a problem in the Large Scale market though. There are only 4 ALCo models out on the market,"

What about all the LGB Alocs? [?]

I think it's time LGB built a GM SD70 to go with their Amtrak diesel [;)]

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Posted by tmcc man on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 2:11 PM
Ya know what vsmith, tell Scott that I agree with him. I would like to see the C424, and C425. I would like to see how he would convert them into C420's.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:28 AM
European narrow gauge at Aristo/Bachmann prices. I'm surprised Bachmann haven't expanded into this area given they now own Liliput, who make HOe scale models amongst other things. I'd have thought a modern RhB Bernina line railcar would be feasible, and it would find plenty of buyers.
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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 11:11 AM
We had this discussion on MLS a while ago, heres the link:

http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37572

Alot of similar loco names came up in that discussion too.

Personally I think the next big dismal release should be an F40 or an FP45

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Posted by Train 284 on Monday, May 1, 2006 8:37 PM
I would like to see more forneys and mikados.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 1, 2006 7:10 PM
I'm not really kean on american stuff at all but i do havve a strong desire to own and American burgundy Mogul.

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Posted by johnandjulie13 on Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:47 PM
Any U.S. diesels would be welcome! I don't care if they are ALCO, EMD or GE, having some larger (1:29ish) diesel product would be pretty cool.

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Posted by Marty Cozad on Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:14 PM
I'm sorry, all i can say ,,,EMD RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?

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What I'd like to see more of.......
Posted by tmcc man on Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:59 PM
I am an ALCo Nut. There is a problem in the Large Scale market though. There are only 4 ALCo models out on the market, the Aristo RS3 and FA's, and the USA TRAINS S4, and PA's. I would like to see a few others out on the market, such as C420's, C628's, RSD4's, and many others. What do you guys think?
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