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I generally stay away from "wish lists" but I think I'll go with this one.<BR><BR>I would like to model the "transition" era but I have to admit a certain disappointment in the lugging power of N-Scale steam locomotives. I do suppose that if I go to the "transition" era I'll just have to learn to live with 30 car trains.<BR><BR>Everyone is currently drooling all over Uncle Irv's brand new Challenger - you know, the one with the Onion Specific shield upside down on the smokebox door - that ought to turn this one very quickly into a non-collectible item. Anyway, I don't model Onion Specific but this "type" of locomotive would fit into my freelanced Appalachian Crossing scheme; I could - and would - get rid of that upside-down shield in mighty short order. It would complement my other "wishes", an affordable 2-6-6-6 Allegheny and/or a 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone. The latter does pose a slight complication but the B&O EM-1 strikes the right generic profile. I could probably build a "generic" looking boiler to fit on an Espee AC-9. I think the AC-9 was one of the most beautiful locomotives which has ever been designed and built and it is one of my two "dream" engines but you have to admit, its design is very corporate-specific. I suppose I could rationalize and buy a couple from SP during Big Brawl Two.<BR><BR>In non-articulates I would like to see a 2-10-4, something in line with a C&O T-1. Santa Fe engines, - my second "dream" engine - unfortunately, look too much like Santa Fe engines. (Gads! that's going to pull the chain on Santa Fe modelers.) I need a Northern but GS-4s are too corporate specific; I also don't want whoppin' 80 inch drivers - I've got a mountain railroad to run, remember. Rock Island R-67B's strike a very handsome pose but I am definitely whistling into the wind on that one - 74 inch drivers are hard to come by. I could settle for an Espee GS-1 or -2 or even a "war-baby" GS-6, skyline casing and all - after all, Western Pacific, and, I believe, somebody else did.<BR><BR>End of (major) "wish list"!
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