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First off, kudos for Walthers and Athearn for tremedously narrowing the gap in what's available in HO, especially in commuter equipment. After Life-Like brought out all that beautiful Proto 2000 passenger power, they correctly sensed a demand for cars of equal quality to pull behind them. Now my wish list: Passenger cars: Walthers, keep going! Don't stop 'till your P-S line equals the Budd offerings. Two plans I would like to see: -- The 11BDR sleeper and -- A P-S coach with the individual windows for "Sleepy Hollow" seating, as seen on AT&SF and Rock Island, among others. Also, could it be possible to make P-S fluting as an add-on to the undec P-S cars? That way they could be built smooth-side, fluted side, or "topless"(C&O, NKP) or "bottomless"(RI,MP). A set of fixed steps to replace the folding trap steps would also be a nice add-on for those of us modeling A.S.R. (After Skirts Removed) A moderized heavyweight coach (modified roofline, sealed windows, roller-bearing six-wheel trucks...the IC, GM&O and B&O/C&O had some particularly handsome prototypes) In passenger power, I'll second the vote for a Proto-2000-quality F40PH and how 'bout reissuing the Proto 2000 E8/E9 with new roof hatches detailed for a HEP powerpack in place of the steam boiler? Right off the top of my head, you could legitimately offer it in Amtrak, Metra, C&NW, BN, BN Executive, MARC, IC and (possibly?) NJ Transit. Again, my thanks to the manufacturers for the progress we've seen so far!
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