Models we really need in HO

[the-big-blow]

QUOTE: Originally posted by michealfarley

I say it everytime this question comes up.......

C636!!!

I've spoken with Stewart in regards to making this in the past, but they say new tooling would be required, and that it could not be based on the C628/C630 production.

Nothing against stewart but the C-628/30 have been a big dissapointment. Maybe if they did a total RTR model it would have been better. I think another manufacturer should give it a shot.

[nslakediv]

I need some more walthers steel bay window cabooses, NS, NW & Southern, I have only had 6 of them on backorder for 2 yrs. now. Amen on the intermodal. How about some of these modern TTX flat cars. Carbon Black covered hoppers and CSX coke express.

[AggroJones]

All HO.

Santa Fe 5011 2-10-4

Southern Pacific F-5 2-10-2

CBQ M-4 2-10-4

Southern Pacific AC-8 4-8-8-2

Union Pacific 9000 4-12-2 (I wouldn't be able to run it)

NP Z-8 4-6-6-4

DMIR M-4 2-8-8-4

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones

All HO.

Santa Fe 5011 2-10-4

Southern Pacific F-5 2-10-2

CBQ M-4 2-10-4

Southern Pacific AC-8 4-8-8-2

Union Pacific 9000 4-12-2 (I wouldn't be able to run it)

NP Z-8 4-6-6-4

DMIR M-4 2-8-8-4

AggroJones, you are AWSOME!!!!![:D][:p] Anyone who wants A CB&Q "Colorado" 2-10-4 made is GREAT in my book!!! That DM&IR "Yellowstone" would be neat, too.

(I wish either BLI or Genesis would make one, P2K's larger steam is a little pricey for plastic with no sound or DCC decoders)

[DavidBriel]

HO Gondolas, Tankcars and Woodchip Hoppers decorated for ATLANTIC COAST LINE and Flatcars including pulpwood cars, Gondolas and Hoppers including woodchip cars for WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA. These cars would be good for CSX and Southeastern US HO modelers. David Briel

[Anonymous]

All Union Pacific:
4-12-2
4-10-2
2-10-2
3 unit turbine
Eeryone is on the challenger kick lately
we got enough challengers not that I do not like the 3985 but how bout some variety.

[wt259]

QUOTE: Originally posted by gtcr98

Modern intermodal flats and spines. Intermodal makes up 50% of rail traffic. I doubt if it makes up .01% of models produced.

Just to add my .02 worth, at a reasonable, affordable price.
Wayne

[Anonymous]

Reading T1 4-8-4

[rf16a]

Reading T-1Northern.
Reading G-1, G-2, and G-3 Pacifics.
A good PRR H-9 and H-10 Consolidation.
Anthracite road steam engines with wide fireboxes for RDG, CNJ, and others.
PRR B-60 baggage cars.
An SD-45-2 for EL, CR, CSX, NS, (the ones with the huge fuel tanks).

[MudHen_462]

BLI need to come out with a line of 4-8-4's (hopefully with a GN Northern...)

[Anonymous]

Agreeing with Ray for more steam-era cabooses.

Andre INGELS
Brussels, Belgium (The Beer Country[:I])
"C&O, The Way to Go"

[Anonymous]

Oh lets see, how-about a Baldwin Baby Face Diesel, or some really nice American Juice Jacks of the 30's and 40's vintage. Please also include an E1.

[Anonymous]

I would like to buy more HO small-ish steam like:
4-6-0 D10h
4-4-0 CPR type
4-6-2 G2 light pacific
SW1200RS
Does anyone else hanker for these?
I guess I should add, plastic models not brass. I have an apt. based small layout and have a couple of 18inch radii loups. Don't need anymore than painted models, I have my own ideas on road names & #s. My Spectrum 4-6-0 runs like a charm on the flat; a little slippery on grades. I find that my Heritage 0-8-0 has stiff legs and an inadequate connection between loco and tender. Happy 4th of July everyone, Don M, Toronto

[Anonymous]

Just thought of this, Howabout the Streamlined Steam Turbine by GE that the UP had, Not necessarily in UP, but what a machine.

[Anonymous]

A Milwaukee Road "Little Joe" electric or a Rock Island USRA light Mikado (with the oil tender) would be nice to see, too. Maybe if BLI has a 2nd release of the Light Mikes, RI will be one of the roadnames. But I would love to see BLI or Genesis do a CB&Q 2-10-4 or 4-8-4.........[sigh]

[Anonymous]

My suggestions?
Reading T-1, in Reading, American Freedom train and Chessie Steam special liveries. Long time overdue!
RF-16 A's and B's. For all the reasons stated before.
Alco 430 Century. Why, I dunno, I just like em[%-)]
Finally. center cab Whitcomb switchers. So ugly, they're cute!!!!

[cmurray]

This Canadian would like to see an MLW M420 in affordable plastic (Kato, Athearn, P2K)

[Eriediamond]

I sang this song before, but here goes again. I wish manufactures would produce cabooses (even if they are "generic") in road names they produce their caboose era locomotives in. I happen to be modeling Erie in HO. Plenty of Erie steam era locos, but no Erie cabooses. I said this just as an example, as there are lots of other road name locos produced and no matching cabooses for them. Thanks, Ken

[Anonymous]

Well, the M420W is coming in a resin kit from Kaslo (needs an Atlas U23B chassis), as is the GMD-1, leaving me with the M636 as the main locomotive I'd like to see. I also wouldn't mind seeing some Draper Taper HR616's come out, Resin would be fine.

And a Pt. St. Charles Caboose in plastic.

[TrainFreak409]

Another model I'd like to see, preferably in HO, with at least smoke, and working reverse lights.

THE ACE 3000!

I suggest that we write letters to manufacturers. Chances are, they won't produce them, but they may influence future decisions.

If anybody wants the addresses to afew companies, I'll list them.

Atlas Model Railroad Co.
603 Sweetland Ave.
Hillside, NJ 07205-1799

Life-Like Products, Inc.
1600 Union Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21211-1998

Kato USA
100 Remington Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Stewart Hobbies
140 New Britain Blvd.
Chalfont, PA 18914

Bachmann Industries, Inc.
1400 E. Erie Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19124

InterMountain Railway Co.
P.O. Box 839
Longmont, CO 80502-0839

Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.
P.O. Box 3039
Milwaukee, WI 53218

These are the ones I know.

[8]TrainFreak409[8]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rf16a

An SD-45-2 for EL, CR, CSX, NS, (the ones with the huge fuel tanks).

Love those things! Hopefully someone makes them [8]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cjm89

1. A CB&Q O-5 or a Rock Island R-67 4-8-4 Northern- COme on already, BLI and Life-Like, if you guys don't think these two engines are good looking, you've got to be crazy!

2. An SW or SW-1, and not the Model Power one. Proto 2000 or Genesis making these would satisfy me.

3. A CB&Q O-1A Mikado. Another smaller engine that would be perfect on way-freights and switching jobs.

4. A CB&Q M-4 "Colorado" 2-10-4. This would be AWSOME!!!!

You forgot the CB&Q Hudson, very handsome locomotive and still some left to get photos and measurements from.

[Anonymous]

B23-7; B30-7A; MP15DC; GP15-1(could use a higher quality unit) GP50;

[twhite]

AggroJones: BLI has an ATSF 5011 2-10-4 promised for sometime this winter. That's the one with the 74" drivers, right? Also, I understand they're coming out with the Santa Fe 2-10-2, the more modern one. If they do the sound right, it should be the loudest locomotive in their impressive fleet--the prototype sounded like six Thompson machine-guns pulling tonnage up the Tehachapi. For myself, I'd like to see more steam-era Rio Grande (D&RGW) standard gauge freight rolling stock. Boxcars and reefers--and yes, the Rio Grande had standard gauge reefers. Maybe an early hopper or two. But mainly boxcars (not the silver 'Cookie Box' that everyone seems to produce). I'm getting tired--TIRED, MIND YOU--of decaling.

[andrechapelon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite

AggroJones: BLI has an ATSF 5011 2-10-4 promised for sometime this winter. That's the one with the 74" drivers, right? Also, I understand they're coming out with the Santa Fe 2-10-2, the more modern one. If they do the sound right, it should be the loudest locomotive in their impressive fleet--the prototype sounded like six Thompson machine-guns pulling tonnage up the Tehachapi. For myself, I'd like to see more steam-era Rio Grande (D&RGW) standard gauge freight rolling stock. Boxcars and reefers--and yes, the Rio Grande had standard gauge reefers. Maybe an early hopper or two. But mainly boxcars (not the silver 'Cookie Box' that everyone seems to produce). I'm getting tired--TIRED, MIND YOU--of decaling.

Actually, that 2-10-4 is Santa Fe #3829, essentially one of the 3800 class 2-10-2's but one that had an experimental 4 wheel trailing truck applied. They're doing #3829 as part of their 2-10-2 series as it's just a modification of the 2-10-2. http://www.broadway-limitedwest.com/images/atsf3800/2104/side1.jpg

Andre

[Anonymous]

Harriman steam power:
4-6-2s
2-8-0s
2-8-2s
4-4-2s

non usra - UP 0-6-0

[macchoo2]

Hi there Gary here,since we're dreaming. Let me put my two cents in. How about The following in HO scale Atsf . E1A /B both powered, limited run mind you since Santa-Fe was the only user; also an accurate model of Atsf . 4-6-4 hudson's, not that junk in brass released acouple decades back. That's all I want.Gary Mc Cabe

[Junctionfan]

Locomotives-C40-8M CN and BC Rail
SD80MAC CSX yn3 scheme, Conrail with NS and CSX renumbering
AC6000CW other than Broadway Limited
SD50F ready to run
SD60F ready to run
GP40-2W CN and various shortlines
SD70ACE
SD70MAC with flared radiators

Rollingstock

TTX 5 unit spine capable of carrying 53 foot trailers
TTX 2 unit 89 foot tofc flat with the draw bar attached
tankers stenciled for vinyl chloride
tankers stenciled for styrene monomer
tankers stenciled for ethalene oxide
tankers stenciled for sulfuric acide
Darling 54 foot funnel flow tankers
54 foot PD hopper
60 foot gondolas with the bulkheads
89 foot frame flats with prototypical frames (FTTX ones in particular)
tankers stenciled for caustic soda or sodium hydroxide solution
presure flow hoppers other than Overland (Procor and CN)
CN coil cars and other coil cars made by National Steel Car
4 truck tankers (RAIX, DUPX)
60 foot bulkhead flats with center stakes
articulated autoracks other than in N scale Atlas
LRC cars for VIA
more plastic pellet hoppers-DOWX, CCBX, BFGX, OCPX, GVDX etc
Safety-Kleen tankers
Intermodal

40 foot and 20 foot container-MSC
53 foot containers-Stax (red and white), CN, Trans X, Alliance Shippers
53 foot container chassis
53 foot trailers-Laidlaw, USA truck, Allied Movers, Climan, MDC, Purolator.

[ckape]

As far as needs go, I don't really notice any obvious shortcomings save for too many models only available in RTR and not in kit form.

But then there's the things that I want, regardless of how rare the prototypes are:
More modern reefers, I'd prefer the BNSF 973000-series, but any with the external cooling unit would be good
Loram equipment: hy-rail grinder, ditcher, heavy rail grinder, ballast cleaner
American Orient Express with actual prototype cars, not that Rivarossi set
GP15D, GP20D, MK1500D, MK2000D, MK2000C
Yard slugs, especially the TEBUC6
More AMD103s in phase v paint

[Junctionfan]

53 foot trailers-Central Transport, US Xpress Enterprise, President's Choice, Yellow, Roadway, TST Overland, Gelco, TSI, Kllm, and some of the beer makers.

53 foot containers-ATS, Klyson, Landstar, C.H Robertson, MS Carriers

71 foot mechanical reefers-Lamb Weston, Cryotrans McCains, Cryotrans Carnation, Cryotrans Universal Foods, BNSF, Simplot, tilx, Tropicana (white).

65foot tanker-DBCX stenciled for methanol

54 foot PS hopper-J.M Huber (gacx), ADM white, CABX(carbon black), Dupont (adipic acid carrying)

64 foot centerflow-Central Soya, Casco, Temple Gypsum, KT Clays, Goodyear, B.F Goodrich, PPG Hi-Sil, SMNX

56 foot cylindrical hopper-Pillsbury, GAF, US Salt

40 foot corn syrup tanker-Casco

54 foot vegatable oil tanker-AGP, Owensboro Grain Edible Oils.

50 foot air side hopper- Sid Richardson Carbon, CCX carbon black, Degussa