I'd like to see a 2-truck Shea that's DCC equipped.
Terry
I would love to see anyone (preferably Bachmann with DCC On Board) do a NYS&W Alco Century 430. It has been done in brass and metal kit form.
"I've spent most of my money and time on trains, the rest I've just wasted."
Pretty much any Alco in N scale. I remember seeing a C420 (maybe 430) and a C636 but that's it. Would love to have an S6 in GB&W paint to match the one that National Rail Road Museum uses. I rode in it and it left a friggen huge impression. My other wish list would have a contents matching the locomotive rost of the NRRM so I could model it.
Oh, and an older trackmobile. NRRM has one that's got to be from the 70's and it just looks slick. Lot more curvey than modern tracks. And a Shay. And there was a stem loco that had the cylinders mounted vertically just in front of the cab. NRRM has one. It would not fit my diesel era, but I'd have it on display somewhere on the layout.
There have been similar topics posted on this forum for many years now, and to a couple of the earlier ones I have replied with my desire to see a decent HH-660 produced in plastic. At the time, my only other options were brass and an obscure resin kit based on the P2K S-1. In fact, I had asked the P2K representative at the Seattle NTS back in 2004 about them producing any of the earlier Alco "High Hoods". He told me that since there were way too many prototype variations and too few railroad that owned them, there was no way P2K would be willing to produce them. I felt his reasons were bogus, but there was no sense in arguing with the guy. I just went back to hoping and posting on this forum.
To make a long story short, just last week, my new Atlas HH-660 finally showed up in the mail!!!! I had to settle for a decorated model (EJ&E - they only had HH-600s, but they are identical to the 660), and one day I will strip the lettering, paint a broad red stripe across the hood, and apply new lettering to match my desired prototype (WI&M #66). But until then, I'm just enjoying watching it run on the layout in its current paint. The details are well executed, and the handrails are as close to exact scale as you can get. My only complaints are first, that Atlas wasn't able to do a sound version for the initial release (when they do release the sound version, I will probably pick one of those up too), and second that although the DC model has an 8-pin plug for a DCC decoder, it is located in a position where only a decoder with the plug on a short wiring harness will fit, and the one I need (Digitrax DZ125-PS) is on backorder at Tony's Train Exchange, so it may be several weeks before I can run it with my DCC system.
Anyway, my point is that dreams do come true (sounds like an ad for Disneyland), so keep on wishing and one day your desired locomotive may actually hit the market.
Tom
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
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.
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Baldwin Centapede, Sharknose, PRR S2 class steam turbine, 2-8-2 camelback in D,L,&W made by the baldwin scranton shops, ALCo PA in southren with sound, and a Virginian 2-10-10-2 Mallet.
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.
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.
There is a great need for higher quality, smaller steam locomotives. If I am restricted to but one recommendation (sigh of discontent), I would opt for the Southern Pacific C-9 2-8-0 Consolidation. There were hundreds of these things, and they were the bread & butter of SP's freight operations. There was nowhere one could go on the entire SP system without seeing one. They are a much needed locomotive, and I don't even model the SP.
After that, if said company wanted to expand their product line, they could use much of the C-9 tooling to make consolidations for other Harriman roads, most notably UP.
An Alco C636. Bowser/Stewart probably has the best shot at doing this, since they have a C630 with the high-ad trucks.
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.
Norfolk & Western K-1 4-8-2
CTValleyRRDarth Santa FeThe first run of DL-109s actually were available in New Haven. I Must have been a VERY long time ago. I've been back over 8 years of Walthers catalogs and I don't see it. Their customer service folks don't seem to remember it either!
Darth Santa FeThe first run of DL-109s actually were available in New Haven. I
Must have been a VERY long time ago. I've been back over 8 years of Walthers catalogs and I don't see it. Their customer service folks don't seem to remember it either!
They actually did. There are a couple pictures at the bottom of this page: http://www.trainweb.org/csg/proos/NHDL109.html
I'd forgotten that the second run had the NH orange and black, so there were 2 runs of NH DL-109s.
And here's the original ad from the January '03 MR:(am I allowed to show that?)
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CNW SD9m or MILW SD10 low-nose conversions, in DME paint
MLW M630, in Minnesota Commercial paint
Some of those 8-axle Brazilian diesels would be cool, but I'm not sure I'd be able to justify buying them.
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
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twhite 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. Tom
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.
I'll agree with Tom on this portion of his post. I'd like to see a nice EM-1 put out by one of the "high end" plastic manufacturers. While there are an abundance of articulateds, the 2-8-8-4 seems to have been forgotten except for those that run backwards.
Besides, on another thread a while back, someone stated that the mechanism of an EM-1 was virtually the same as one of the EsPee engines. So a manufacturer making one of those could get a "two-fer" with a different boiler, cab, tender & details. The mechanism would be reusable/interchangeable.
dlm
CTValleyRRI 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."
The first run of DL-109s actually were available in New Haven. I don't think it was any rarer than the other first run paint schemes, but it was the most sought after, and became rare almost instantly. I wanted one, but they were gone by then, and I had to settle for Milwaukee (which is still a cool paint scheme on this engine ). I remember them going for around $100 on eBay after less than a year, and haven't seen one since.
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.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
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 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).
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)
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 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.
Other than that, aren't we a little U-Peed out by now?
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
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.
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!
(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?
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.
Texas Special E7s and the matching cars from walthers to match that Pennsy run throught sleeper they just did.
rstaller Anything that's powered by steam, and has NKP on it.
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
4-6-0 Ma & Pa in S scale.
Enjoy
Paul
Santa Fe 1000 series 2-6-2.
Hornblower