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what would u wish for
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 6:22 PM
If u could get one wish from th mrr god what would it be
Something for your layout ,an engine, car, collectors piece (no extra wishes)



Mine would be for time to stop so i could work on my layout [(-D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 6:39 PM
I'd wish for a forum translator that would take the forgeign tougues of people and display it in proper English. for instance, the single letter U would be spelt out as YOU and the single letter R would be Spelt out as ARE. Really 2 keystrokes more is not that difficult.

As for MRR stuff, well More Southwestern, pre-1900 stuff (scenery, figures, ect)

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Posted by joseph2 on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:09 PM
A functional 1:1 scale gold mine. Joe G.
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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:19 PM
Related to trains....

More authentic ATSF and SP steam in HO. 5011 classes, F-5s, 3800 classes, AC-8s, 2900 classes, F-3s. Whatever, its all good.

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Posted by M636C on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:39 PM
As a bitter and twisted foreigner,

I'm with NTDN, a compulsory, artificially intelligent, spell checker for EVERYBODY.

Like Aggro, a consistent set of steam locomotives, that would allow a realistic roster to be built up. At least, USRA locomotives that can easily accept all the prototype variations.

In MR, articles to explain how steam locomotives were used, and the limitations they imposed on prototype operation.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:42 PM
More realistic steam locos, and as much extra money and space as I wish.
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Posted by Wdlgln005 on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:52 PM
What I would wish for?
A computer with no viruses, spam & junk
a program to inventory all my rolling stock
another to paint locomotives & make decals

More N scale steam

MR would make an effort to present ALL scales in their magazine,
Product Reviews would have better balance with new products in Every scale!
or feature articles on how to build & use the kita available!

Trains would include 1 article on a railroad you could model in a reasonable amount of space.
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Posted by FThunder11 on Saturday, May 1, 2004 9:27 PM
Another Acela Express with all 6 cars, and/or a P-42 Amtrak with the Phase V paint scheme and a bunch of superliner coaches with it, all in HO scale.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 10:03 PM
7 1/2 inch gauge ride on real steam Royal Hudson 2860 with all the maroon CP coaches, dinning cars and sleeping cars, for my backyard...better yet set up on a 100 acre lot somewhere where I'd have lots of room for running!

And the Hudson 2816 as a backup, I would also use it for double heading on the long weekends when all the friends and family come over and the trains running loooong.

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Posted by 2059 on Sunday, May 2, 2004 12:04 AM
Perfect locomotives. They would be so accurate that it would be like shooting the real thing with a shrink ray.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 12:43 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by bikeman_rr

If u could get one wish from th mrr god what would it be
Something for your layout ,an engine, car, collectors piece (no extra wishes)



Mine would be for time to stop so i could work on my layout [(-D]


Mine would not be model related. It would be 1:1 scale. I would like to see all the fallen flag railroads returned to service. Say from 1950 on. That would give us back NYC, B & O, C & O, Frisco, Wabash, NKP, CNW, WP, SP, Southern, Katy, The Rock, Seaboard, ACL, MP, and many others that just escape my tired mind right now. And since it is from 1950 on that would mean that we would still have Alco making locomotives too. Now you can't wish for much better than that. [;)] [:D]

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Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, May 2, 2004 9:37 AM
Space large enough to field a complete "Canadian" consist from the 60's or from now.
Oh ya, enough time & money to be able to do all this as well.

Gordon

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 10:05 AM
Lots and lots of money so I can buy a house with plenty of space for a layout, lots of model trains and of course some 1:1 scale items as well.

That was what I initially thought, but after hearing your wish Jim, I'm leaning your way!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 10:14 AM
A rich wife who would support this habit of mine. A workshop larger than a football field. A track cleaner that never (ever) needed filled or repaired. An airbrush with no connecting hoses. And the list goes on and on.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 10:26 AM
A Trix Big Boy and infinate money!!!!!!!![:D][(-D][swg][tup][yeah]

Or maybe a 1/2 scale ride on Big Boy, Challenger, FEF-3, and a 9000. I'd be the UP king!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 2, 2004 3:21 PM
AT&SF Brass 4-8-4
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Monday, May 3, 2004 12:12 AM
A larger basement to build the layout in.

My daughter just moved into her new house yesterday. The basement is about 34 by 60 feet, stairs come down in the middle away from any walls, the furnace and HW heater are together so could be easily walled in, and the ceiling is 9 feet high.

I could build a very nice mushroom layout down there, with room for a shop and crew lounge, too.

I'm jealous!
"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~
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Posted by METRO on Monday, May 3, 2004 12:42 AM
I would wi***hat my Acela Regional GG1s would actually exist and I could have one more ride on the old Pennsy powerhouses
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Posted by Roadtrp on Monday, May 3, 2004 10:27 AM
I would wi***hat people have better things to do than criticize spelling and grammar mistakes. I try to keep my posts free of them, but then I border on obsessive-compulsive in many areas. [;)]

If others are comfortable with a more relaxed posting style, who cares? You obviously understood what was being said, so what is the problem?

No harm, no foul. [:)]
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Posted by cwclark on Monday, May 3, 2004 12:09 PM
to win the lottery...then i could buy all the stuff i want for my layout

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Posted by JPowell on Monday, May 3, 2004 12:18 PM
My one wish.... enough money to buy a nice NEW house (built to my specs) which would have a full, finished, basement that I could transform into my "toy" (HO RR) room! And still have money left over to buy my wife a NEW vehicle of her choice and the NEW truck of my choice! ;-)

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I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017

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Posted by Supermicha on Monday, May 3, 2004 12:34 PM
A little Joe in HO scale please
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Posted by the-big-blow on Monday, May 3, 2004 1:53 PM
A 3- UNIT GAS TURBINE W/Sound
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 5:23 PM
a life time supply of money to buy everything
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 5:38 PM
I wi***o be the owner of the largest Model Railroad in the World.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 6:00 PM
Model railroad wise, a good quality plastic SD40T-2.
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Posted by vsmith on Monday, May 3, 2004 6:08 PM
2 hours grab-a-thon, and a large truck to load, at the Model RR show of my choice...

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 7:26 PM
Why do people seem intent on using their "wishes" for a better/bigger/newer basement to put their trains in? Why not wish for an upstairs main room to showpiece the layout as the beating heart of your home? A dedicated museum-quality exhibit area, just inside the front door or foyer, with nicely trimmed viewing windows from all the other first floor rooms, perhaps with the staging yard built into a clear-topped kitchen bar, and branch lines snaking through stud wall cavities to reach remote towns or industries tucked into unused corners of rooms...

These days, most new single-family residences have both a Living Room and a Family Room, with the Family Room being the one place that actually gets used since it contains the TV and the Playstation and the movie collection and everything else. The old-fashioned Living Room just collects the more formal furniture and stays pristine between holidays or get-togethers. Why not transform such a vestigial space into model railroad elegance?

Of course, it would require a commitment to elegance that is lacking from most in-progress layouts. But hey, as long as we're wishing, wish big right!
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Monday, May 3, 2004 7:37 PM
It's hard to limit it. I would like more available equipment, but right now I think I could deal with just a lot more room.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 3, 2004 8:00 PM
Model Wish: I could afford the BLI SD40-2

Prototype Wish: UP, NS, and KCS go under[}:)][:D][;)][:-,]

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