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What engine would you like to see

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Posted by russ_q4b on Friday, March 27, 2009 10:37 AM

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!

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Posted by boitman on Friday, March 27, 2009 9:41 AM

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.

 

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Posted by fafnir242 on Friday, March 27, 2009 9:15 AM

Mr. SP

 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.

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Posted by locotomy on Friday, March 27, 2009 8:57 AM

SD40-2W

GP38-2W

GP40-2W   by Kato????

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Posted by Cajonman on Friday, March 27, 2009 8:43 AM

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

 

 

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Posted by Cajonman on Friday, March 27, 2009 8:43 AM

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

 

 

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Posted by Captain Harley on Friday, March 27, 2009 6:24 AM

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!

 

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Posted by gjcrr on Friday, March 27, 2009 2:13 AM
andrechapelon
Fully suport the Ja. A Ka would be nice too plus a Crocodile -all N scale (with adjustments for gauge allowed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_(locomotive) http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1434679859068946395McVRWd George
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Posted by steam618lover1 on Friday, March 27, 2009 1:32 AM

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

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Posted by BZ&CRR on Friday, March 27, 2009 12:35 AM

Baldwin or Lima centercabs

Passenger sharks

Pennsy Q2

Alco T6

e44 electrics

more pennsy electricsSmile

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Posted by Grizzly43 on Friday, March 27, 2009 12:30 AM

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.

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Posted by Penncentral on Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:14 PM

SDP45 with different blower duct lengths for different roads.

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Posted by B&M482 on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:45 PM

Without question, a Boston & Maine 2-8-4 Berkshire with a coffin feedwater heater.

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Posted by kencompton on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:31 PM

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by kencompton on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:19 PM

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!

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Posted by skytopfan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:17 PM

How about a nice, big, fat Class W Electric in the stunning Empire Builder scheme?  Pulling the mighty 'Builder under Stevens Pass at lightning-fast, whisper quiet speed!  That would ROCK!

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Posted by skytopfan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:12 PM

I would like to see the following as my top three choices offered in affordable plastic models in HO scale:

 *Milwaukee Road GE Bi-Polar Electrics

 *Milwaukee Road GE Box Cab Electrics

 *Milwaukee Road SDL39

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Posted by rjake4454 on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:09 PM

I hope MTH or BLI come out with an HO version of the PRR 6-4-4-6 S1, yeah, I know the engine was a failure, but the design and paint scheme are amazing! Would love to see HO versions of these released, with smoke and operating marker lamps.

I think HO needs more electrics like the GG-1 and the FF-1, that would be nice.

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Posted by kencompton on Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:45 PM

Yeah, baby!!

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Posted by moetrain on Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:37 PM

Fairbanks-Morse Erie built, Milwaukee Road Hiawatha livery, of course.

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Posted by wagontop on Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:27 PM

 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..........

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Posted by nyflyer on Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:46 PM

I see I'm not the onlyone out there with a wish list of engines.  The other engine I would like to see is a non brass READING CRUSADER w/passenger cars and sound.

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Posted by boxcab on Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:42 PM

PRR S2 class steam turbine in HO.

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Posted by boxcab on Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:40 PM

How about the LIRR 401, 100 ton boxcab.

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Posted by alcove on Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:40 PM
I would like to see a Mich-Cal Shay in HO. I have a NWSL brass w/DCC but would like more.
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Posted by bladeslinger on Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:26 PM

I'd like to see a good high hood GP38-2 in HO Scale.  Of course, I'd want it in SOUTHERN Railway, but it could be offered in Norfolk Southern as well, for those modelling the later time period.  Atlas has offered a regular GP38 in Southern and NS (both with and without paper air filter boxes), but to my knowledge there has never been a plastic model of the GP38-2 offered in a high hood model by anyone.  You'd think it'd be pretty simple for Atlas to modify the tooling on their GP38 to upgrade the shell, trucks and fuel tanks to the Dash-2 model.  If not, then perhaps Athearn could tackle this beast.  They already make a GP38-2 line in low nose models, and since they've offered several other locos with the high nose upgrades (the GP40X, SD40-2 and SD45), seems like it'd be quite easy for them to do this with the GP38-2.  And while they're at it, they could also do a HH model of the GP50 as well.

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Posted by SwampCreekRR on Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:24 PM

This has been a sore spot for me for a while. First, all the manufacturers seem to want to make are big *** locomotives (especially steam) that the average basement pike owner can't run. Where are all the switchers? How about medium power, or, more precisely, what was once heavy power that, due to improvements has been designated as medium/small power and sent to do the light work, or sold to subsidiaries and short lines. be it steam or diesel. And make it in North America, not China!

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Posted by smokelifter on Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:41 PM

The Baldwin center cab 2500hp road swicher, or the FM  H-20-44.

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Posted by danmerkel on Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:04 PM

fwright
Perhaps a little bit different suggestion.  I've always admired what Penn Line did for their steam locomotive series of kits.  They took one prototype railraod and produced models of most of the key steam locomotives used by that line.  Unfortunately, because PRR steam was distinctive, the models didn't fit very well for other prototypes.  But at the same time, the availablility of a decently complete PRR roster influenced many to model the PRR in HO.

Do you really think so?  I'd guess that most people start out modeling then as time goes on and their interests increase, for a variety of reasons, they pick their favorite road to model.  Even then, I doubt if the availability of motive power/rolling stock is a primary factor.  But it is an interesting concept.

My 2¢ worth, your thoughts may vary...

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Posted by Bradley A. Scott on Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:45 PM

UncBob
 A really good HO model of the early 4-4-0s

 This is one of the biggest gaps in the roster of readily-available model locomotives.  There were literally thousands of 4-4-0s built from about 1850 to 1900. It's the iconic "locomotive that won the West", but it was found on railroads from coast to coast.  Some ran in branchline service right up to the end of steam.  Many were quite similar in general appearance, and as a previous message noted, a modeler could easily approximate most of them with a good basic chassis and boiler to which a variety of different stacks, domes, and other detail parts could be applied.  And yet the hobby continues to lack a good 19th-century 4-4-0 built to current standards of detail and operation. 

 In HO, for example:

Bachmann's Spectrum 4-4-0, while nice, is a post-1900 locomotive with frame, firebox and cab configuration very different from 19th century practice.  Their "standard line" 4-4-0 is mechanically subpar (I've seen them fail to operate correctly straight out of the box on a hobby shop test track.) 

The recent iteration of the Roundhouse/MDC/Athearn 4-4-0 is nice with the pre-installed sound, but it's simply too big for most 19th century engines, and its unusual straight boiler limits its prototype applicability. 

The Rivarossi/IHC/AHM 4-4-0 is somewhat overscale for its actual V&T prototype, but reasonably close to the dimensions of an 1880-1890 locomotive.  Unfortunately, it falls short of modern mechanical standards due to its large flanges and crude tender-drive system.

 It's a pretty big gap in the market, and I keep hoping somebody will fill it.  So far, in vain....

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