Your locomotive

[Anonymous]

If I would buy a $1000.00 dollar locomotive it would be a live steam version of the Southern Pacific "Daylight".

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Roadtrp

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Yea, right. I'm gonna spend $1,000 for ONE danged locomotive? Is that sucker going to run any better than something I can get from Kato for $100?

Spending that much on one locomotive is a sign from God that you've got too freakin' much money!!

Before you guys belly ache about HO, You guys had better take a look at LARGE SCALE, the average freaking price is over $200 per engine, with new models hitting the $1000 + range is getting common....

USA 4-6-4 Hudson....$1600 / $1800 w/ sound
USA GG1...$1200 list
MTH Big BOY...$1200 list
MTH Challenger ...$1200 list
Accucraft C16...$1500 elect / $2200 live steam
Accucraft K27 ...$2600 elect / $3500 live steam

How about an LGB F7 A unit..$500

but USA's F3 A unit is only a paltry $140

[8D]

[GDRMCo]

I would buy a Queensland Rail 2800 Class locomotive or a 4000 Class or a 3100/3200 class electric or a 3900 class electiric. All in brass, with an extremely powerful 5 pole motor, extreme super detailing, all lights working, all wheel pickup, DCC, sound which has been recorded from the real thing.

[Anonymous]

I would if it was 1:1. [:p]

[Anonymous]

No single locomotive is worth that much, no matter how super it is. If I were to pick a locomotive is would be of a Southern Pacific AC-11 or DMIR M-3. Sound, all wheel pick up, metal boiler/chassie, bright headlight, crew in the cab, blackend wheels & running gear. Ya know, the works. I'd pay up to $500 and thats it.

[TrainFreak409]

Okay, here's mine!

For $1000 dollars, I would want:

In HO scale-
A Union Pacific "Steamotive" turbine-
In my own Scott Squad paint scheme-
With extreme super detailing-
A detailed cab interior, complete with people-
And underbody detail-
With an accurate sound system-
At least two speakers-
And all wheel drive-
Who can forget, having every light work as it should-
Driven by two motors-
With an installed DCC decoder-
And remote couplers-
Smooth low speed-
AND COMPLETELY METAL!

That's my fantasy![:D]

[Mark300]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kbfcsme

WM Potomac 4-8-4 Was a dream loco for me for years. 800 bucks in brass , unpainted with no DCC. Now remotored, with a new gearbox, DCC installed and paint, and I'm over a grand before adding sound!!!!!
But it's worth every penny![:D][:D][:D][:D]

Me too...the real ones got some of the best press in a recent 'Trains' article on superpower! Also...the WM I2 Decapod 2-10-0; the biggest ones ever made on any road; configured the same way as above.

Mark

[the-big-blow]

I'm already paying more than that with overland Models latest run of Gas Turbines!!

[tstage]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

My dream locos would be All CNW SDs 1000.00 each is a little steep though but i could mange if they had sound

Jay,

Please don't "mange". You'll need to clean the inside of that gorgeous $1,000 loco before you even get it on the track [:D]

Tom

[cspmo]

Mine would be a full scale Chicago& Northwestern H-1 class Northern.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to see a Pioneer Zephyr in G scale, Complete with DCC, sound and nose mounted 'Cab Cam'

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jjwest870

well its hard to top the bigboy mentioned above - wowzers- but my two choices (yes i'm listing two) would be:
a quartet of Union Pacific GP40x's
or
a Union Pacific 9000 with sound, DCC, a fully realistic (and yet non harmful) smoking stack, steam releases etc.(all in HO scale) oh and 100 exquisitely detailed PFE reefers for it to pull.

Wohoo! Rock on man, UP GP40Xs are my favorite Geeps! That 9000 would rock, too.

[j1love]

If I had 1k to blow after all the other bills were paid, I would purchase a Pennsy Centepede semi-pemanent coulpled dual diesel....complete with trainphone! At 182 feet long and over 800,000 lbs, that is a BIG baby-faced Monster!!

[Anonymous]

I like the idea, but feel the $1,000.00 is a might steep! Nothing I have is that expensive, so why would I pay so much for a locomotive now!!???

[Anonymous]

well its hard to top the bigboy mentioned above - wowzers- but my two choices (yes i'm listing two) would be:
a quartet of Union Pacific GP40x's
or
a Union Pacific 9000 with sound, DCC, a fully realistic (and yet non harmful) smoking stack, steam releases etc.(all in HO scale) oh and 100 exquisitely detailed PFE reefers for it to pull.

[Anonymous]

Mine would be an ULTRA DETAILED (way better than Trix and Rivarossi) HO 4-8-8-4 Big Boy. It would have two can motors, with two flywheels each. It would also have a bright, pierceing headlight, lit number boards, lit markers, a reverse light on the tender, an in-cab light, and a firebox glow. It'd sport a Supreme QSI sound system, with actual sound recordings of a real Big Boy. All 37 wheels would pick up power from the tracks. It'd be able to take 18" curves, have an all dicast boiler and frame, and have a lead weight in the tender. It'd also come with a little plastic figure of me to put in the driver's seat[;)].

There you have it, folks. The ULTIMATE HO locomotive.

[METRO]

Just for fun, I've always wanted the express locomotives from the video game Final Fantasy VII. Those things were works of art, lightyears beyond anything in the real world. Probably the best way to describe it would be a cross between the NYC's original streamline J1 and the LNER Mallard, but with absolutely beautiful engraving and embossing based upon a stylized french imperial style. The loco was finnished in stainless steel and green, with NYC disc dirvers.

I'd go for one of those for only a thousand. I can immagine that building my own would probably cost that or more. I'd probably want BLI to make it, and I'd want it with sound, DCC, in cab camera, and those absolutely over the top gemed lights that Marklin puts on their platinum engines. While I'm at it I'd probably front a couple thousand more for a matching consist of passenger cars.

[dano99a]

It would still be cheaper to do it yourself.

That's we're modelers, right?

[ClinchValleySD40]

Everything has a limit, and that includes an engine with everything.

[Anonymous]

Ride on version of the Royal Hudson 2860.

Actual steam operation running on the 7.5" scale gauge for my backyard.

And for only $1000, what a steal!

[cwclark]

At that price it better come with an open bar and a couple of hot babes...I think i could knock the price down considerably if i "Modeled it"..isn't that what this hobby is all about anyway?

[BentnoseWillie]

I already have a source that'll turn out most any locomotive I could ever want, given enough time and much less ca***han a grand.

It's called my workbench.

I am, after all, a modeller... [}:)][:o)]

[vsmith]

Wow a fully operational Big Boy completely restored for only a grand? What a deal!

I just saved about $1,9999,000 bucks!, Gonna need a bigger Garage!

[nfmisso]

N&W #2300 class TE-1, Jawn Henry; QSI® or equivalent sound and DCC in HO scale. I paid more for my Alco models brass one, and it runs like........[xx(]

[Anonymous]

Some of you still don't get it, do you? he didn't say any size, so that's $1000 for a Z through a 1:1!

I don't think buying a 1:1 for a $1000 is bad [:p]

Jay

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by lupo

Well Kevin,
I would like to order a 3 unit UP gas-turbine #27, because your company going to make it about $1149,= cheaper than Overland Models is offering it !
Now that is what I call a Discount!

[#ditto]

.... but I prefeer #6 or #18. And I accept that the model has no sound and isn´t DCC!!!!

[AntonioFP45]

As much as I would like certain locomotives, $1,000 IMHO is far above the mark. So much more I can with that type of money. I recently located a shop that stocks Overland brass HO New Haven EP5s for $894. Been wanting one for years. Not going for it.

However, for those of us here that are making good salaries and can afford to budget these locomotives, by all means go for it-----as long as you take care of home and obligations first!!

The kitbashing route would be the way to go for many of us.

[BRAKIE]

Not likely and I would not care even if it came gold plated..Dang don't give the manufacturers any more bright ideas!! They over charging us as it is..

[Jacktal]

I certainly would love to see Kato make a few unique models in "N" scale like Big Boy,Challenger,Mallet(s),Allegheny and a few other steamers.Also a DDA-40X,an Alco C-855,GE-U50 and the Veranda(all Kato's) would be nice to own.But a thousand US dollars for any single loco...never...divorce settlements are way too expensive.

[simon1966]

For me to even remotely consider a $1K loco, there are a lot of things in my life that would have to be taken care of first. But let us assume that I am now debt free, college funds paid up, wife plied with jewels etc.... I am not sure I would justify this on one locomotive. With a K of bills in my sweaty hand to spend on trains, I would switch to DCC, order to BLI E units in the Q scheme, gets lots of details (figures and vehicles) to populate my scenes. etc. It is amazing how quickly $1,000.00 could be consumed by this hobby!![:D]