A CN SD40-2 with comfort cab.
MLW M630 or M636
Chris van der Heide
My Algoma Central Railway Modeling Blog
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
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
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
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.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
Alco S6 in Southern Pacific "bloody nose".
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.
Pretty much everything
Kevin
An NYC H5 or H10 2-8-2 Mike.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Big Boy - in ' Z ' scale.
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
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.
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 !
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?
"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!
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the
end of your tunnel, Was just a freight train coming
your way. -Metallica, No Leaf Clover
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.
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