That yeah, baby was for the SP ALCo S6!!
Other items I'd love to see...all HO scale:
EMD: SD39(SP type), SD9's and GP9's that are ALWAYS available, SW8 with dynamic brakes, SD45X, DD35, DD35A, DDA40X (a good one)
GE: U28C, both phases (which would also give us a U25C), a good U33C (SP type), late U25B / early U28B with the proper handrails (channel that attaches to the side of the frame) and more frame choices for the earlier U25B's as weell...some with the longer battery box, with three handrail stanchions raised, at the back. And, while we're at it, U50, and U50C!!
ALCo: Are you listening Atlas??!! Good, nicely detailed C628 and C630 units, C636, RSD15, low nose RSD12 and low nose RS11, the S6 mentioned in another post, and the right fuel tank for the RS32.
Some of this stuff may seem far fetched, but Athearn did make the GP40X, which I never expected to see done in plastic, and UP Turbines. Anything is possible!
I almost forgot!
SP C-8 and/or C-9 consolidation, SP TW-8 twelve wheeler, SP S-12 0-6-0, SP T-31 ten wheeler, an M-9 or M-6 Mogul (better than the IHC one).
Little Joes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Without question, a Boston & Maine 2-8-4 Berkshire with a coffin feedwater heater.
SDP45 with different blower duct lengths for different roads.
a big boy ,a challenger,and erie triplex or tractor mallet all in z scale and at a reasonable price like under $250.00 and from atlas or athern and walthers would be nice, and yes i know im dreaming but one can only hope sombody is reading this at one of these companies and actually listens to our needs.
p.s. would also like to see more penn central offerings in ho too.
Baldwin or Lima centercabs
Passenger sharks
Pennsy Q2
Alco T6
e44 electrics
more pennsy electrics
A dream sheet,
Would like to see the mini J's 4-8-2's N&W
4-4-2 Atlantics
2-8-4's with coffin feedwater heaters
UP 2-12-4's
nicely done 2-8-2 mikes, 2-8-0 con's and some 4-4-0's standards and all these at a affordable price
ETB
andrechapelon Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpgAndre
Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg
Andre
Well, If your going to dream, dream big! So, in HO plastic: Baldwin Centipede in SAL RR colors and a Willamette (Shay knock off with improvements) 3-truck geared logging engine.
Seaboard Air Line Ry, "Through The Heart Of the South"
Logging Railroads: where the best *** geared engine ever made was the Willamette!
Well,
It would be great to have a B36-7 in HO
It would also be nice to have the C36-7 in HO
How about an SF30C
SD40-2W
GP38-2W
GP40-2W by Kato????
Mr. SP Gotta be ALCO for sure. How about a S6 or T6 and the really missing one the Century 636.
Gotta be ALCO for sure. How about a S6 or T6 and the really missing one the Century 636.
A T6 would be fun. If they gave it a horn, they should give it the RS5T that Arkansas and Missouri's #12 has (or had, I don't know if it still runs). It's so haunting and eerie.
My two choices for things I'd like to see are a C&NW Crandall cab and an RS3 painted to match how the RS3 down at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, IL, (#301) used to look, before they painted it to Illinois Central paint and renumbered it it #704. I don't know if that's one of Long Island's paint schemes or not, because the only Long Island RS3s I've seen had something different.
http://www.trainweb.org/travelogue/mont16.jpg
That's what it used to look like. A lot better then in my opinion.
I'd like to see a Boston & Maine B-15 2-6-0 in several configurations.
- Early B-15a with a wood cab, and later B15b+c with a Melchior Cab
The New Haven 2-6-0 looks similar (the one in the John Pryke article in Augst 2008 MR), so the same engine could be a good approximation of both by changing tenders and switching steam chests.
A good approximation of the B&M A-41 would also be nice.
The Norfolk and Western 4-8-0 "Huckleberry" There is a "Huckleberry" running at Strasburg Pa. This locomotive is also immortalized by O Winston Link. This locomotive has alot of charm and character. It was used in the early 1900s until the late 1950s (on N&W branchlines). Hugh market potential!
The manufacturers have missed out on a classic medium sized articulated, the D&SL/D$RGW 2-6-6-0. It is a perfect articulated for smaller railroads. I know it's a limited prototype, but it would be a boone for all of us freelancers. It could also be made as articulateds should be made, with a rigidly mounted rear engine that could still handle small radius curves.
I agree! I'm interested in Civil War era up to 1870-80s 4-4-0 with sound! You could add early 4-6-0 & 2-8-0s of the same era as well.
My HO layout is small with 22" (& smaller) curves & #4 turnouts. My 6-wheel truck diesels and larger steam have trouble with these constraints.
It seems that the manufacturers love to go large. This has to be in part because such offerings command a higher price, and while I love BIG steam, (we are, after all, collectors by nature!) I want to see the industry rise to the challenge and put quality sound in SMALL Steam! I recently heard that Bway Ltd will be producing PRR's Q-2. But how many of us can actually run such an engine on our layout? Such an impressive engine looks rediculous pulling smaller trains.
As a Pennsy fan, I'm also interested in D-16s, H-6s & H-8s, (yes, I would also buy an E-6 or two with factory sound!). I'd love to see the Baldwin Centipede and Sharks equipped with the correct sound - I have the new Spectrum version, but would like to see the big 6-whl trk Sharks as well!
I'd also seriously consider CNJ & Reading Steam if it became available. (Yes, I have IHC's CNJ 4-6-2, but it isn't really true to the prototype.)
But how about some mid-19th century steam with sound!?
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wagontop I would like to see a B&O 4-6-2 class P7d the "Cincinnatian" Those Key Imports are a little to pricey for me..........
I would like to see a B&O 4-6-2 class P7d the "Cincinnatian" Those Key Imports are a little to pricey for me..........
I'd like to see more of the ordinary, everyday type loco's, rather than the unusual. B&O had 21 P-7's with about 4 groups or sub-classes with distinct detailing. The P-7d's ran in Cincinatian service, Baltimore-Cincinnati 1947-1950, and Cincinnati-Toledo (or Detroit) 1950 to the end of steam. Rather specialized service life.
With the trend in the hobby toward Ready-to-Redetail, or at least get it out of the box and onto the track, and toward operation oriented layout designs, with the social aspects of getting a group of modelers together, there is more need and market for multiple freight engines (generally, not all that much switching with passenger operation, and who is the rare guy that wants to mark-up for a passenger run?)
My real desire would be medium steam power (80'; fits on an 11" turntable), with sound, that could pull 25-30 cars up a 2% grade!!!!
For specifics, as an HO transition era guy, being limited to one engine, I'd go for the B&O 2-8-2 Q-4, Q-4a or Q-4b (225 loco's) and it's close cousin, the Q-7f (50 loco's). (don't bother with the Q-4d; there were only 3 of them and the Westside brass import can be a close stand-in for those)
Then there's the detailing. Many roads made alterations to the appearance of their as-delivered power. However, most of the alterations were common across a class of engines. For the Q's, about 1946 B&O changed from a round plate with numbers on the smokebox door to the Capitol Dome casting, moving the number to a bracket below the high mounted headlight headlight (changed from the few center mounted headlights in the early 20's). These could be add-on parts. Speaking of head lights, how about providing lighted number boards on the sides of the headlight (and decals for the numbers).
Before the end of the War, most of the Q's had their footboard steps replaced with 2 step ladders from the pilot to the running boards. And after about 1952, many of the engines got footboard pilots rather than "passenger" pilots. With add-on parts furnnished on so many of today's models, the buyer could detail as he needed to match a particluar engine.
Another add-on part is the Automatic Train Control system, represented by a box on the pilot deck and pick-up shoe on the lead tender truck. This detail was only used in ATC territory (Philadelphia sub-division, Baltimore Terminal, Washington Branch and Metropolitan Branch to Point of Rocks on the Baltimore Division, and a little territory out west) and could be added to the model for, say, Baltimore Division assigned loco's.
For their Vanderbuilt tenders, the Q-4's and Q-7's had either high or low mounted running boards. With and-on parts the builder could offer both versions.
Since the 20's or 30's almost all B&O engines had the intake air filters for the air pumps mounted below the boiler and above the pilot deck rather than hanging off the tender side of the air pump. The only model I recall with this detail provided was the Overland or Oriental B&O P-1d.
For painting, B&O changed from 9" gold leaf lettering on the cab and tender to 5" lettering (mustard yellow imitation) after the 1941 passing of Danial Willard's presidency.
Now for sound. How do we get great sound out of a Vanderbuilt tender? Does anyone know how the recent SP MT-6? sounds with its Vanderbuilt tender? Does the sound come out of the coal pile (or oil tank)?
Another request / dream, is that the builders would seriously work with the modeling committees of the historical societies. While not every detail is practicable, far more benefit is gained from a model that comes close than one that the rivet counters spread nasties about. Good word of mouth goes to 2-3 people; bad press goes to 9 people.
With my vote for steam cast, I'll support the earlier request for an EMD SW-1 with sound.
Regards, Travers, BaltimoreTerminal, 3-27-09
Eric L. I agree! I'm interested in Civil War era up to 1870-80s 4-4-0 with sound! You could add early 4-6-0 & 2-8-0s of the same era as well.
Yup, it would be great to see high quality models of the John Bull, lafayette, etc. as well. The Bachmann ones look nice, but I doubt they are reliable.
After going through all 100+ replies, I see that no one has asked for:
CB&Q 2-8-2 O4a Mike (any road number except maybe 4960)
CB&Q 4-6-2 S-2 Pacific
CB&Q 4-6-0 K class
CB&Q 4-4-2 P class Atlantic
Lest I forget....sound equipt too.
Yes I am a CB&Q fan
After 110 replies and counting it's obvious everyone has a favorite. I'd like to see an SP AC-9. This was the SP's right-end-forward version of their usual cab-forwards. With its skyline casing and general good proportions it made a very handsome articulated. It can be offered in both coal and oil burning configurations. It would give SP modelers who are perhaps a little jaded with cab-forwards a nice alternative and would be an excellent addition to a fleet of SP engines.
In N scale, from either Atlas (preferably) or Kato, a dern GP10!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
I would like to see the Baldwin 60000 in HO.
In HO scale, and using the well proven Bachmann 2-8-0 drive mechanism, I'd like to Bachmann produce a D&RGW C-41 or C-48.
Dave Spritke, Aurora, CO
I agree w/ DFP, Sr. Old electrics are hard to come by. How about undecorated MU 54's.
Bill Torian
Phoenix and Western Rail Road
HEY ! ! Train maker guys , are you getting any of this? ? I would say there is a need for some new engines, the populace is speaking ! ! free enterprise.
(HO or OO scale)
A British Railways 9F A 2-10-0 mixed traffic steam engine that was soon replaced with more modern desiel engines.
A GNR S1 a 0-8-4 shunter that was used at hump yards
A LMS black 5 these were a high river, go big or go home mixed traffic locomotive
(I model British Railroads)
(all for sale in the States. Limited resources)
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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A U25C IN TODAYS QUALITY....KINDA THOUGHT STEWART MIGHT DO IT AFTER THEIR C628 AND 630.....ONLY PLASTIC I AM AWARE OF IS OLD AHM WHICH LEAVES ALOT TO BE DESIRED....LAR