The Road Not Modelled

[Seayakbill]

I see they have a Great Northern Boxcab due this coming year..you might consider the electrification of that great yard..

Bruce

 

Hi Bruce, already have the K-Line version of the Great Northern boxcab. But would like to see RMT do a Northern Pacific or Spokane Portland & Seattle Boxcab, Beep or Bang S-4 switcher. RMT for some reason has ignored the Northern Pacific.

[wallyworld]

Seayakbill

Yep, numerous short lines out west including dozens of logging RR's.

Bill

One glimmer of hope I noticed is RMT aka Aristocraft that deserves some kudos for taking the road less traveled..I was just at their website and I was pleasantly surprised  at the variety of road names, especially in the freight car department..I saw the Waddell hoppers off the NYO&W and was tempted. Although they seem to focus on eastern roads, I was surprised to see the M&E, and other short lines represented..I suspect RMT is the sleeper of the hour and their website is really worth a gander..maybe they can move on to doing the same for the West and Midwest..

I see they have a Great Northern Boxcab due this coming year..you might consider the electrification of that great yard..

Bruce

[Seayakbill]

Yep, numerous short lines out west including dozens of logging RR's.

[wallyworld]

phillyreading

There were many railroads out west and even in the eastern USA that are not being modelled or have models made because they were really small or their roadname don't sell that good. Pennsylvania is a case inpoint because there were over 20 railroads that operated at some time between 1833 and present, in that state, that are not modellled by the major companies. Examples could be; Blue Mountain & Reading(early to mid 1980's), Philadelphia & Reading that later became the Reading railroad, and absorbed or bought out many small railroads. Mt. Penn traction company, a very small RR just outside of Reading PA, operated for only a few years.

I am as nostalgic as the next guy. that being said, how many decades have gone by since the PRR, NYC or Santa Fe vanished into the ether? What kid has even a faint connection to these roads? They are now as obscure and and as overexposed in the past as a faint memory, while I keep thinking give the people what they want..What is this Las Vegas thing of pre-orders without asking us what we want? Then to compound this..shoot first ask questions later business plan..production runs fall by the wayside. Seems more than a goofy strategy..no wonder some are moving to the greener pastures of a Euro market..while they have not fully tilled the field..Is this a lack of common sense? .

[phillyreading]

There were many railroads out west and even in the eastern USA that are not being modelled or have models made because they were really small or their roadname don't sell that good. Pennsylvania is a case inpoint because there were over 20 railroads that operated at some time between 1833 and present, in that state, that are not modellled by the major companies. Examples could be; Blue Mountain & Reading(early to mid 1980's), Philadelphia & Reading that later became the Reading railroad, and absorbed or bought out many small railroads. Mt. Penn traction company, a very small RR just outside of Reading PA, operated for only a few years.

[wallyworld]

Is there a prototype road that you wanted to model and have not due to a lack of available and appropriately decorated models? My best guess is the list would be dominated by Midwestern roads. Maybe not. My nominee is the TP&W