I'll go for anything, including scenery details, vehicles, figures and industrial items, that are NOT part of the transition era, or older.
Mike.
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Couple companies make chainlink fence. Bowser is still in the planning stage of c415.
Alco t6 i could go for aswell.
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
Rapido has announced a EP-5 in a number of paint schemes.
A Fairbanks-Morse H20-44 switcher.
This was an uncommenly powerful switcher locomotive built in the late 1940s. It was actually more like a road switcher of that era, but in a switcher-type carbody. It was a boxy, powerful looking diesel.
Brass models have been manufactured in Japan (1970s), but none in have been produced in plastic.
I would like to see a New Haven EP-5 electric locomotive. They were first built in 1955. These have been made, but I don't think anyone makes them now.
No, I wouldn't buy one. It doesn't fit my Milwaukee prototype at all. But, if I were starting again from scratch, some plausible excuse for that and GG-1s would be a nice thing to model.
I would still like to have an "electrified" line.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Lima Switchers
Alco T-6
Baldwin RT-624
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
A good plastic ALCo C415! I mean Rapido did the GMD1, so...
Similar is the NW5, but with only 12 made that one makes more sense.
Also GE P30CHs, we have the comparably EMD SDP40F which was in Amtrak service for less time!
I want a Talgo set in Amtrak Cascades paint! We’ve seen the P59PHI and Cabbage in Cascades, but no matching cars!
And there are plenty more, I’m sure plenty will come up
Regards, Isaac
I model my railroad and you model yours! I model my way and you model yours!
As someone who models the Granger roads of Central Texas I am stunned that no one makes a model of the most common agricultural industry of this region, a Cotton gin. These were and still are in every town and many rural wide spots in the road all over the south and southwest.
There are plenty of grainery models available, but I have only seen one model in the past of a Cotton Gin and it looked nothing like the gins I see all over the cotton growing south and southwest.
Steve B
A classic 1870s 4-4-0 in excellent detail and quality!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
I am doing research for a business class, My project is a model railroad manufacturing company that focuses on the stuff that other companies don’t make. I figured many of you have locomotives you wish had models like the obscure early articulated locomotives or the high-pressure experiments. The KM diesel-hydraulics or maybe just some chain link fences or details? Give me some ideas!