SP Coast Daylight
Ray
-Lackawanna streamlined Phoebe Snow
-Illinois Central City of New Orleans
The Queen of the Valley
The Crusader
The Hustler (No, not Athearn's free-lanced critter)
1950's "Sunset Limited"
Im am selfishly going to elect this post an best answer to this question....
Q: What name train do you want to see WALTHERS make?
A: ALL of them!
(Keeps Walthers in business for many years to come, and would make all of us happy knowing we got a train coming!) = WIN/WIN situation!
Am I right?
PMR
(So the real question becomes...... which one's first/how long is the wait for the one you want?)
I like too see a Ho Metrolink F59/ and the passenger cars,when Metrolink first came out.
Steam era Overland Limited. Operated by three railroads, it could be offered with a choice of locos.
Frisco Firefly
i want to see them make awvr 777,1206,7375,and 7346.
1977-78 Chessie System Steam Special. Christine wanted it to go with her Chessie System/C&O HO scale layout.
I would prefer another run of the NYC 20th Century Limited or anything Amtrak.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
SeeYou190Any... as long as they offer the set undecorated as well. That will never happen. I am sad now.
Thanks, we now return you to your regular programming.
-Matt
Returning to model railroading after 40 years and taking unconscionable liberties with the SP&S, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads in the '40s and '50s.
1970-79 version of the Southern Crescent.
(photo credit: Gary Morris)
Cool factor with this train is that, in additions to the E-units, it can be hauled by GG1's in the PRR Brunswick Green, Penn Central, and Amtrak paint schemes. For a nice vareity, early-Amtrak trains would also be appropriate to run in the same era.
However, since the Southern Crescent might not be on Walther's project list, I'm content to freelance my own version by modifying, paint stripping / repainting, and decaling Walthers older run cars of which, fortunately, there are plenty of on the secondary market including ebay. I'm currently doing this on my SCL Champion project.
Yes, it is very cool to have accurate cars, but I keep in mind a simple saying that a friend of mine etched in to my brain, years ago, at my former job when I complained about the lack of equipment:
"Well; ya gotta work with wha-cha got!"
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
crossthedog Kevin, how do you get locos (and rolling stock) into a Stratton & Gillette livery?
Ed: Thank you for bringing this question to my attention.
Matt: I have ordered thousands of custom made STRATTON AND GILLETTE decals from Rail Graphics going all the way back to 1982 when I placed my first order for 25 decal sets.
Since then I have had SGRR decals produced in 14 different sheets with all kinds of variation. Ron at Rail Graphics was always available and very helpful in getting decal projects made.
I have decals with multi-color heralds, stylized lettering, extended lettering, slogans, etc.
There are still some SGRR models that get decalled one letter at a time. Sometimes I need a color I never had printed, or want to use a different size or typestyle.
The SGRR "Comet Freight" sets are still my favorites. Ron helped a lot with these.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Matt: I have ordered thousands of custom made STRATTON AND GILLETTE decals from Rail Graphics going all the way back to 1982 when I placed my first order for 25 decal sets. Since then I have had SGRR decals produced in 14 different sheets with all kinds of variation. Ron at Rail Graphics was always available and very helpful in getting decal projects made. I have decals with multi-color heralds, stylized lettering, extended lettering, slogans, etc.
crossthedogI'd thought my question had gotten buried "below the fold".
I have not been following this thread because it is all about prototype trains, and that is a topic where I have very little input to offer. Ed (GM Pullman) alerted me to your question.
crossthedogIf he's still in business I may want to give him a jingle.
Ron has been retired for a few years now. I expressed interest to him about buying the business, but he made it clear that it was a business that had its time come and go.
I just got my Walthers flyer in the mail, the new named train is the CITY OF SAN FRANCISICO.
Trains I want to see Walthers make (they already have some of the cars needed to make some of these trains):
PRR Congressional
PRR Senator
PRR/Other RR's South Wind with the Budd stainless steel coaches, leased NP NCL Dome Cars (winter) and the UP cars.
1940-41 PRR/Other RR's East Wind
ACL Champion
SAL Silver Meteor/Silver Star
IC/Other RR's City of Miami and/or Panama Limited
fmilhaupt City of New Orleans.
City of New Orleans.
As a giant fan of that song, I concur. I often used to request it at folk-rock bars, before Covid shut them down.
In truth, since I don't and never will model the Illinois Central, I wouldn't buy one.
The GF and I rode the excursion luncheon train out of Hyannis, MA, some years ago and got to dine in the salon car once part of the City of New Orleans. Beautifully restored with a plate of delicious salmon, rolling past houses, farms and fields, it was an afternoon to remember.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Monon Thoroughbred in red and gray or green and gold. Or, why not both. Why does no one make Monon streamlined passenger cars? OK, Rapido did a run of red and gray, overpriced them, and they still sold out while I sat on my hands. And only Athearn has made Monon locos in recent years in red and gray. I got a pair of those. What about locos in green and gold.
Rich
Alton Junction
1. Original City of Miami (yellow and green cars and E6)
2. City of New Orleans (3rd vote here, by my count)
3. Panama Limited (I think maybe Walthers did it and I missed it).
Even at the commanding price of $1,500.00, I would be tempted to buy ANY named train set if I could get the whole thing as an undecorated kit.
Alas, that will never happen.
LIRR P-57 MU trains sets in grey and orange just like I remeber them as a kid.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS