Lets dream for a second. BLI, Athearns, Atlas, Bowser, Proto 2000, etc. etc. etc. just called you on the phone. They need you to tell them what new engine you would like to see them make. You can only choose one and it can't already be offered by another manufacturer, unless it is brass, cause lets face it very few of us can afford brass engines anyway. Other than that any thing else goes.
My choice without a doubt.
A 2-8-0 Camelback with optional Wootten firebox that could be removed to use in other areas of the country.
Yeah you guessed it I'm a Reading fan
Its been awhile since we had a wish-list topic to bandy about;
For a transition era theme I still would like to see (N-Scale):
-----ALCO switchers;
-----any Baldwin Road Switcher;
-----a 2-6-6-6;
-----a dual-purpose 4-8-4; and
-----a "Zulu".
For an immediate post-transition era theme I would like an RSD7/RSD15.
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
I hope that the people at Atlas are listening.
-RS3m
-GP39-2 in D&H lightning 7600 series & Reading ( know there coming out in solid blue but one can wish)
-A nicer version of the GP15-1
-SD40-2LW
-GP40-2LW
-another F7, just joking.
"Topeka Cab" Gp7/9's...as far as I can tell, these have only been produced in brass.
Robert Beaty
The Laughing Hippie
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The CF-7...a waste of a perfectly good F-unit!
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I would like a CPR Royal Hudson and being a Canadian Locomotive, I think a Canadian Manufacturer should make it and I nominate Rapido to bring it to market. After their fantastic Turbo, their VIA Passenger line and now the "Canadian" with the correct Diesel locos, they are the best people to do it.
How about it Jason?
nyflyer Lets dream for a second. BLI, Athearns, Atlas, Bowser, Proto 2000, etc. etc. etc. just called you on the phone. They need you to tell them what new engine you would like to see them make. You can only choose one and it can't already be offered by another manufacturer, unless it is brass, cause lets face it very few of us can afford brass engines anyway. Other than that any thing else goes. My choice without a doubt. A 2-8-0 Camelback with optional Wootten firebox that could be removed to use in other areas of the country. Yeah you guessed it I'm a Reading fan
Any steam engine made by the Roanoke shops !
Big Boy - in ' Z ' scale.
An NYC H5 or H10 2-8-2 Mike.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Pretty much everything
Kevin
Hopefully if we make enough noise on this subject maybe someone in the know might just listen to us and make are dreams come true.
Alco S6 in Southern Pacific "bloody nose".
nyflyer My choice without a doubt. A 2-8-0 Camelback with optional Wootten firebox that could be removed to use in other areas of the country
A 2-8-0 Camelback with optional Wootten firebox that could be removed to use in other areas of the country
An I-4, I-5 would be perfect, I-8 for the more modern modelers. The I-7 would be more marketable, since its a narrow firebox more conventional engine.
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Well,
What the hobby needs is more medium sized steam, and stuff that has not been made, or at least not been made other than brass.
For me some good choices would be:
DT&I class 800 Mikado ( for those that don't know, this was one of the most modern Mikes built. Built by LIMA in the 40's they are like a scaled down LIMA berk and nearly as powerfull)
Western Maryland Pacific's - either class
a modern 4-6-0 like those found on the B&O, C&O and other northeast roads
an Atlantic that is not a PRR E6
any Pacific that is not a PRR K4, but preferably a B&O P7
anything in a Reading/CNJ Camelback - 4-4-2, 4-6-0, 2-8-0, etc
Some Harriman class locos would be nice too - 4-4-2, 4-6-0, 2-8-0, etc
Surely we have enough PRR K4's, UP Big Boy's, N&W J class, etc, etc. - Maybe the slow economy will end what I see as speculative manufacturing for the "collector" market.
As for diesels, all the ones I want are currently made or have been recently made, but on my railroad it is 1954, so that list is not real long. I have not even kept up on prototype diesels after about 1970, so I will defer to others there.
Sheldon
MLW M630 or M636
Chris van der Heide
My Algoma Central Railway Modeling Blog
A CN SD40-2 with comfort cab.
Anything that's powered by steam, and has NKP on it.
Santa Fe 1000 series 2-6-2.
Hornblower
4-6-0 Ma & Pa in S scale.
Enjoy
Paul
rstaller Anything that's powered by steam, and has NKP on it.
I have to say I certainly would like to see the NKP Mikes with the correct detail, but the Berkshires have been done in both brass and plastic by at least several different companies. I know because I severeal of each in brass and plastic. The Hudson's were made in brass also and at least one version of the Mikado is coming soon. The 800 class NKP/W&LE Bershires have also been offered in the last two years in brass.
I would like to have the 2500, 2600, 2700 and 2800 series Illinois Central steam engines. I have some of the Hallmark 2500 class, but the other three have never been done correctly for the late forties and fifties.
Well, the post said what engines would I like to see or want?
CZ
Texas Special E7s and the matching cars from walthers to match that Pennsy run throught sleeper they just did.
A Harriman 2-8-2 and 4-6-2 and I'll second the vote for the IC 2500, 2600, 2700 and 2800 after the 1940s rebuilding program.
(sarcasm alert) How about a Big Boy in HO? We don't have any of those yet, do we?
How about a non-brass UP 4-12-2 that's made the right way?
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I think in HO steam we've just about reached the saturation point with big articulateds and 2-10-2's, so I think it's time to concentrate on some smaller steam. I'd like to see some Harriman style smaller locos, such as 2-8-0, 4-6-0, 4-4-2 and 2-6-2. Or possibly a 2-8-2 or 4-6-2 that AREN'T the ubiquotous USRA types (an SP MK-5 would be just dandy, so would those cute little Rio Grande standard gauge pre- USRA Mikes). Maybe even a N&W or SP 4-8-0.
Okay, I'll go with some articulateds (you knew I would, didn't you?) either a Missabe M3/4, a B&O Em-1 or an SP AC-9 2-8-8-4 (or all three), and one of the handsome Z-class Challengers used by the NP or SP&S. Z-6, 7, or 8, I'm not picky.
Other than that, aren't we a little U-Peed out by now?
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
I agree with S Hawkins. Lets see an accurate CPR Royal Hudson. But lets see it priced reasonably. I cant afford to spend big bucks on a loco. I'm a working class fellow. Seems that a lot of manufacturers are beginning to forget that a awful lot of model railroaders do not have an unlimited supply of cash for our hobby.
Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg
Andre
twhite I think in HO steam we've just about reached the saturation point with big articulateds and 2-10-2's, so I think it's time to concentrate on some smaller steam. I'd like to see some Harriman style smaller locos, such as 2-8-0, 4-6-0, 4-4-2 and 2-6-2. Or possibly a 2-8-2 or 4-6-2 that AREN'T the ubiquotous USRA types (an SP MK-5 would be just dandy, so would those cute little Rio Grande standard gauge pre- USRA Mikes). Maybe even a N&W or SP 4-8-0. Okay, I'll go with some articulateds (you knew I would, didn't you?) either a Missabe M3/4, a B&O Em-1 or an SP AC-9 2-8-8-4 (or all three), and one of the handsome Z-class Challengers used by the NP or SP&S. Z-6, 7, or 8, I'm not picky. Other than that, aren't we a little U-Peed out by now? Tom
I Agree with Twhite, Enough with the big Artiulated engines. Granted they are beautiful engines, However being a Northeastern modeler they saw very little to no use up here. And 90% of railroad rosters were of smaller more pratical engines. not to mention alot of guys just don't have the room for 24" to 36" radius turns to even run the giants.
Don
One vote for the Nihon Kokutetsu E10 class 2-10-4T (Or maybe it's a 4-10-2T - it was designed to run bunker first.)
Lacking that, I'd like a reissue of the KiHa17 series DMU cars.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
I play this game in reverse with LifeLike. I e-mail them and ask them to run a Proto1000 DL-109 in New Haven livery (funny thing, even though 90% of the DL-109s purchased were bought by the NH, LifeLike never ran this paint scheme). They always reply, "Thank you for the suggestion, but we currently have no plans to do this."
So, if not that, I'll second (or third, fourth, fifth, etc,) the motion for more medium sized steam (2-6-2; 2-8-0, 2-8-2, 4-6-2).
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Ya know, it is still an absolute mystery to me why we don't have some basic steam engines in N scale! I mean, nary a 4-6-0 anywhere! Or how about releasing the Russian Decapod that Bmann promised us a few years ago? They said they couldn't find a motor small enough, but thats a load of hooey! I mean, have you looked at the motor powering their own 4-4-0? Oh, and let me count all of the camelbacks on....ummm......NO fingers! But we have a Big Boy, which was a one road only, low production loco!
Go figure!
/rant......sorry!
I'll second Tom's suggestion for some smaller steam....as well as some unique steam. Here are a few locos I'd love to see produced:
That would satisfy me for quite some time!
Don Z.
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