HO TRAINS HALL OF FAME

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:01 PM

How about the original Atlas/Roco GP38-40 and SD24-35.Really set the standard back in the 1970s.I would also put the Athearn GP38-40-2 in the hall of fame.Dan

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espeefoamer

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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:04 PM

1.Athearn PA
2.Athearn GP7(They called it a GP9)
3.Athearn Hustler
4.AHM Cab forward
5.AHM N&W Y6b

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:46 PM

Kato SD45
Athearn GP7

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nfmisso

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Posted by nfmisso on Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:51 PM

Atlas/Kato Alco RS-3: the model that started us on the way to the high performance, highly detailed models we have today.

Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0: As mentioned above, revitalized HO scale steam locomotives, leading to more Spectrum, P2K, Athearn, BLI and Lionel HO steam models.

Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California

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BR60103

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Posted by BR60103 on Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:19 PM

Mantua Couplers
Fiber tie strip
Tru-Scale roadbed
Nickel-Silver rail
Snap Track
Kadee Magne-matics
Transistor throttles

--David

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dknelson

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, March 25, 2005 8:15 AM

Wow BR60103/David is really going back with some of those! I know I already posted my list above but what about
Varney self-quartering drivers, Mantua's hex-head bolt for side rods, Midlin track, Picard boxcar bodies, the Campbell signal system, Walthers's Oscar, Kemtron's Wabash 2-6-0 kit, Maerklin's Swiss Krokodil electric, and Pacific Fast Mail's Santa Fe 2-8-0. Strombecker's paper and wood streamlined trains. And let's not forget Carsten's book of cardboard buildings that you could cut out and assemble?
Dave Nelson

Dave Nelson

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Anonymous

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HO TRAINS HALL OF FAME

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:02 AM

I nominate the Rivarossi Heisler. It put accurate, idiosyncratic, ready-to-run geared steam in the Walthers catalogue, and in the shopping malls.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 11:26 AM

In the "Structures" category, I nominate:

Walthers Blast Furnace (and releated steel-mill structures)

They made industrial railroading accessible to a much-wider population of modelers besides the hardcore scratchbuilders.

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novacoach

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Posted by novacoach on Friday, March 25, 2005 2:40 PM

Peco track

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 5:09 PM

Maybe I missed the reason for the Hall of Fame nominations, but many of the older PFM Crowns and certainly the latest Overland models are super detailed and run very well. Price??? Well most of the nominated and elected Hall of Fame are expensive.

Challenger Imports and Division Point are excellent canidates for this category., since they are few and far between.

I nominate the Division Point Nickel Plate Bershire, #711. This is a model that is great in detail and runs like a Hall of Fame engine.