Finally, a great GG1 was produced in N Scale by KATO. Now, how about N Scale AEM-7's and one or more of the New Haven Electrics, especially the predecessor to the GG1. Also some EMU's and DMU's of various ages.
dfp, sr.
Anybody interested in the Long Island RR? I have a C-Liner, but I would love to see an H-10 consolidation and a G-5 10-wheeler with LIRR lettering.
How about a 4-6-2 SF "Blue Goose" w/sound. I know Rivarossi made these years ago(i have one) but they do not run or pull squatttt!!!! I have weighted the engine and still no help.
I don't think it will happen as this was a one of a kind engine. Oh well at least i have the crummy one!!!!
C'mon, those aren't real engines, the real engine is C.P.R. Northern Type 4-8-4 #3100 K-1-a. We don't have to show you no stinkin' royal badges. Hey, and they only had 2, and they are still around.
HO B36-7 in the Bright Future CSX scheme pulling a train of CSX fallen flags freight cars.
A really good HO model of the early 4-4-0s
Only ones out now all have the drive shaft from the tender to the engine --Riva--IHC--Bachman
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Alco S-2 and S-4 switchers in N scale. There are no Alco switchers currently available in N scale, and it doesn't look like the Arnold S-2 will ever return.
ATLANTIC CENTRALLooseCluHeck, I'd be happy if Bachman/Spectrum produced a gear train for their Shay and Climax that would outlast the average tube of toothpaste. Roy, I know the climax had some problems, but I know modelers with hundreds of hours on Bachmann shays with no problems. If your experiance is different, I suggest you return yours to Bachmann for a free replacement.
LooseCluHeck, I'd be happy if Bachman/Spectrum produced a gear train for their Shay and Climax that would outlast the average tube of toothpaste.
Roy, I know the climax had some problems, but I know modelers with hundreds of hours on Bachmann shays with no problems. If your experiance is different, I suggest you return yours to Bachmann for a free replacement.
My Spectrum Shay came new with 4 out of 6 gears split. One of them even fell apart when I tried gluing it in place. If NWSL doesn't make replacements sometime, I'll try getting more gears from Bachmann.
Other than that (and the cheap motor bearings), what an amazing engine!
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Now I know that this thread is about engines but what I really really want is someone to come out with the Amtrak California Surfliner cars. Overland had them but they're gone. Those I don't feel like kitbashing and would rather just purchase.
The Surfliner doesn't go with my modeling the MRL but I grew up in San Diego surfing next to the tracks where the Surfliner and the San Diego Coaster would run. the Surfliner is a great train ride if you like the ocean!
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Looks like most of you guys want steam engines and i don't blame you. I for one don't really have a need for any other new engines since I model the MRL (and BNSF) and Athearn has been good to us. I'm hoping these MTH SD70ACe's are a hit, and they keep their word and bring out some in MRL. Other than that I paint and detail or even kitbash my MRL engines.
But I too would like to go down the road that this guys is going:
Britek I would love to see a BN B30-7A cabless unit. BN has a ton of these locos and no one seems to have one. Seems easy enough to kitbash one...but I just don't have the time.
I would love to see a BN B30-7A cabless unit. BN has a ton of these locos and no one seems to have one. Seems easy enough to kitbash one...but I just don't have the time.
I too could kitbash one but I don't really care too right now.
Actually I would love it if Athearn Genesis came out with a 3 window SD60M with sound. I have 3 P2K and they are great engines but you can't find them much anymore.
Also I wouldn't mind seeing a SD70M with the flared radiators and a Cab II in UP. I don't really model UP but I sure like this engine. I know that either Atlas or Kato make them in N scale but I model HO
Sheldon
I'd love to see some of the odd gear driven steam locos like a verticle boiler Climax made in HO. Heck, I'd be happy if Bachman/Spectrum produced a gear train for their Shay and Climax that would outlast the average tube of toothpaste. Any word from NWSL about these drivelines recently?
Roy
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A plastic Milwaukee LITTLE JOE ELECTRIC in HO ,Please
An HO scale EMD SW-1 with sound. Walther's models without sound are long out of production making E-bay or swap meets your only choice.
twhite nw_fan Norfolk & Western K-1 4-8-2 Nwfan: Just out of curiosity, was the K-1 the 4-8-2 with the main rod connected to the 3rd driver instead of the 2nd? If so, I know Rio Grande bought five of them from N&W for service in Utah during WWII. I have one Key model in brass, and it's a terrific little runner. If that's the loco, it would certainly be worth it to see it offered in affordable plastic. Not too many 4-8-2's were built that way--N&W and Rio Grande are the only two railroads that come to mind. But they must have worked, because Rio Grande had about 40 or so locomotives with that particular configuration from Alco and Baldwin, plus the N&W;'s, and evidently they could pull trees out by their roots, LOL! Tom
nw_fan Norfolk & Western K-1 4-8-2
Norfolk & Western K-1 4-8-2
Nwfan:
Just out of curiosity, was the K-1 the 4-8-2 with the main rod connected to the 3rd driver instead of the 2nd? If so, I know Rio Grande bought five of them from N&W for service in Utah during WWII. I have one Key model in brass, and it's a terrific little runner.
If that's the loco, it would certainly be worth it to see it offered in affordable plastic. Not too many 4-8-2's were built that way--N&W and Rio Grande are the only two railroads that come to mind. But they must have worked, because Rio Grande had about 40 or so locomotives with that particular configuration from Alco and Baldwin, plus the N&W;'s, and evidently they could pull trees out by their roots, LOL!
Tom
The ten mountain types built by the Roanoke shops in 1926 were K3 class and had the main rod connected to the third driver like a Berkshire or Texas type would be connected. They were numbered 200-209 on the N&W. They were built as freight power with 63" drivers but after the A class was constucted. the K3's were not main line power since their speed was limited.
The D&RGW got four of those engines in 1945 and numbered them 1550 - 1553. The RF&P got the other six and numbered them 200-205. All of the 10 engines were reunited on the W&LE in 1948. Some of them become NKP engines when the NKP acquired the W&LE.
The K3 model would indeed be a model to represent various railroads probably due to WWII.
Sunset imported a version of the K3 back in 1976, called the "Water Buffalo".
CZ
Gotta be ALCO for sure. How about a S6 or T6 and the really missing one the Century 636.
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.
Applying this to my favorite 19th Century universe, how about a series (kits preferred) of models based on Baldwin catalog standard designs with reasonable numbers bought. For instance, produce the most popular Baldwin 4-4-0, 2-6-0, 4-6-0, and 2-8-0 catalog designs. Make sure things like domes, stacks, cabs, headlights, etc., can be easily removed and substituted for - that is why a kit might be better than RTR. Then the modeler customizes the basic Baldwin design for his prototype, just as Baldwin did for its customers.
I realize there were plenty of locomotives built by Rogers, Cooke, Danforth, Pittsburg, and Schenectady, but Baldwin was the biggest, and has the most potential sales to start with.
Finally, my thoughts on costs. The fracturing of the HO (and N is probably following the same road) market into many small niches will continue to drive prices upward. The demand for prototypical accuracy, and the ability of the individual to select only models that his prototype actually used has severely limited potential sales of a given model - and this is my conclusion for both steam and diesel. Production runs are much smaller, and tooling has to be amortized over a much smaller sales base. Based on this, I doubt we will ever see a new accurate model introduced for less than $120 (diesel) or $200 (steam), and for most you can add another $100 (without sound). When you only sell 1500 of a given locomotive, $100 per locomotive is going to tooling if it is totally new tooling. In the bad old days when Athearn was about the only consistent maker of non-brass diesels, sales of a given model would be much higher because the market wasn't split across 80 different prototypes and 6 manufacturers.
my thoughts, yours may differ
Fred W
I agree we need more of the lesser engines to round out the rosters. Locos like the N&W Ms held the roster down till the newer big power came but kept many of the older engines on the roster.
Bachmann did the 2-6-6-2, would love them to make the N&W Z engine.
Bachmann did make the Reading 2-8-0 but you know, pancake motor.
Engines I am shooting for, Virginian 2-8-4 (but made by LL) W&LE 2-8-4. I will give MTH the Kudos for doing the Erie Triplex, and Bachmann for the W&LE 2-6-6-2,
umm back on topic, I am in the direction to get Illinois Central electric MU's but I know a carmaker now who can make these in resin and fit on RDC chassis.
I think just for jollies tho, first I still want the Virginian triplex, but also the N&W Jawn Henry.
(all these in HO)
There is one thing about the engine kits, you can bash them to your line.
That's one that I'd like to see too. A kitbash seems easy, but it would be nice if atlas made them since they make B30-7s.
I still want my C636, even if BN only had 10.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
I'd also like to see a Santa Fe "1000" class 2-6-2
and
Topeka cab GP7 & GP9's
My guess is I'll get a big "Amen" from AntonioFP45 on this one:
How about a General Electric U36B with a scale-width hood, Blomberg trucks, a decent version of the SCL "bumblebee" paint scheme, and the correct shade of blue on the SCL 1776 version?
Don't get me wrong ... I'm having fun upgrading my old Athearn Blue Box U33B (which is really a U36 -- look, ma, no "winglets!") with Blomberg sideframes and other SCL-specific detail parts, but even with my tight wallet, I might be persuaded to save my pennies and spring for a really good, new U36B model (if you're modeling SCL in Florida in the 1970s, you can never have too many U36Bs).
Sure, only one railroad bought them (okay, two, but c'mon, does AutoTrain really count?). Still, I'll bet there are enough SCL modelers out there to make it worth someone's while to build it.
Hey Intermountain, are you listening? You did a great job on the U18B "Baby Boat" -- how 'bout one of its big brothers?
All of them in every road name!
Mostly HO Hudsons and GP-7/GP-9's.
The K-1 had its main rod connected to the #2 drive axled. It was the 63" driver K-3's that that had the connection at the #3 drive axle.
K-1 as built: http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?//march99/03-21-99/ns752.jpg
K-1 in final form: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns750.jpeg
K-3: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns773.jpeg
K-2's were the USRA Heavies.
Andre
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andrechapelon blownout cylinder andrechapelon Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg Andre Now that I saw this, I can see why one would want one---can I add my name to the list? I'd like one too. I forgot to mention that these are 42" gauge locomotives and would need to be made in S scale to run on HO track and to be compatible with other items procured from New Zealand. You can buy a kit for it. Andre
blownout cylinder andrechapelon Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg Andre Now that I saw this, I can see why one would want one---can I add my name to the list? I'd like one too.
andrechapelon Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg Andre
Now that you mention it, one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JA1271_Opapa_16Feb2003_JChristianson.jpg
Now that I saw this, I can see why one would want one---can I add my name to the list? I'd like one too.
I forgot to mention that these are 42" gauge locomotives and would need to be made in S scale to run on HO track and to be compatible with other items procured from New Zealand. You can buy a kit for it.
I have a relative who models in that scale----Xmas present for sure----
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Folks:
I would like to see any modestly sized steam from before the superpower era that isn't USRA. USRA locos are great; they look really nice, but I think the manufacturers, in trying to treat steam like mass-produced diesels, are missing a major point. Steam varied a lot. There is no reason for anybody to get bored with steam.
A lot of the prototypes selected by New One for their crumblebuggies would be great to see again in better form. Another nice idea would be a small low-driver logging 2-6-2, such as a lot of shortlines used up until the end of steam.