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[Anonymous]

Let your imagination run wild with the possibilities![:D] I vote for an streamlined observation car first, followed by a small depot alongside a mainline--renovated/converted into a private residence.

[michaelstevens]

I voted for the converted depot -- provided that the adjacent main line is still active.

[Anonymous]

A beautiful F7 Diesel any road name and color.

[Anonymous]

Any steam locomotive.

[Anonymous]

A restored Great Northern Business Car or Empire Builder Sleeper

[ironhorseman]

This was a tough choice to make but after thinking about it a few days I picked the passenger car. Let's say all of the items were free for the taking and maybe I could get at least 1 free pass to go out on the rails with any of the above I would like to think the most practical choice would be the passenger car. This way I could tour the rails in style. I'd have a lounge, kitchen, bedroom, and washroom. A caboose would be fun, too, but cramped. I could probably add a shower to it and some cabooses had long padded benches and I bet I could modify it for sleeping, and the upper coupla would be fun to ride in, but it wouldn't be as compfortable as a private passenger car.

Actually, what I would do is get two observation cars, put them end to end so that both observation decks faced the opposite way. That way there would be an 'end' side facing the end of the train no matter what direction it's hooked up to. And I might even go so far as to permanently connect the two cars by making them articulated.

And besides, if I couldn't take my railcar out on the rails I might just try to live out of it.

But that's just my wild imagination.

But boy oh boy would I like to be in control of a locomotive just once. Although if I owned one I wouldn't know where to put. Maybe I'd have to start my own tourist railroad. [:D]

[Anonymous]

I'll take an elderly IC side-door caboose. That would be the perfect home office for me!

[Anonymous]

Actually, I'd love to have all of these and would be thrilled at the opportunity to own any one of them. However, most of all I would love to have a steam locomotive!

[bluepuma]

This is one I've thought about before... we have room for the passenger car on the north side of the house - a little extra living space. Most practical, more so than locos we couldn't run, better than a caboose... observation would be best, perhaps a Diner, but if it was a chair car, would want to convert it for other use, same if a sleeper, would want a king sized bed.

A 50 ft. boxcar would make a nice layout room though, but 85 ft. would be better, room for office, layout, sitting room...

[Anonymous]

love the super chief ever saw it but love those cars.

richardtrains

[JoeKoh]

I would rather see the local depot here in Defiance restored and made into a museum.Money in town is tight and the depot is in really bad shape. it is also a two story depot that sits inside of a hill.I fear the wrecking ball will be coming soon.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

I would rather see the local depot here in Defiance restored and made into a museum.Money in town is tight and the depot is in really bad shape. it is also a two story depot that sits inside of a hill.I fear the wrecking ball will be coming soon.
stay safe
Joe

If it's of architectural or historical significance, perhaps a petition to save it is in order? I hate to see everything old yet worthy of keeping destroyed. [:(]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by richardtrains

love the super chief ever saw it but love those cars.

richardtrains

[#ditto] Lucky is the man or woman that saw this beautiful icon of passenger train travel up close. Luckier still are those that had the opportunity to ride it.[:)]