What passenger cars would you like to see made?

[Anonymous]

Pullman-Standard:
Long Island multiple unit coach built 1963 lot 7014A
OR
NYC electric M.U. coaches lot 2255

[Anonymous]

Steve, you are going to get your wish regarding the Super Chief. Walthers will be releasing the 1950 edition of the Super Chief. Starting with the ACF RPO and baggage car along with a Budd Pine Series 10-6, Pullman Regal Series 4-4-2, Pullman 500 Series Pleasure Dome, Pullman 600 Series 36 Seat Diner, Pullman 1339 Series Dorm Lounge, ACF 4-1 Series Sleeper Lounge Obs. These cars will be released starting in Jan 04. How do I know you ask? I participated in a Walthers promotional questionaire. Ch

[Anonymous]

Steve, you are going to get your wish regarding the Super Chief. Walthers will be releasing the 1950 edition of the Super Chief. Starting with the ACF RPO and baggage car along with a Budd Pine Series 10-6, Pullman Regal Series 4-4-2, Pullman 500 Series Pleasure Dome, Pullman 600 Series 36 Seat Diner, Pullman 1339 Series Dorm Lounge, ACF 4-1 Series Sleeper Lounge Obs. These cars will be released starting in Jan 04. How do I know you ask? I participated in a Walthers promotional questionaire. Ch

[Anonymous]

I would like to see the Oscar and Piker come back. Fits around anybody's curves. Or how about a Skytop Oscar?
Also, some ribside cars. Could make a punch set for the unusual shaped windows and have the sides marked or lines cast inside (like Pikestuff structure kits). Nystrom trucks would be nice. The UP guys should be asking for some MILW stuff, city trains after '55 pooled equipment.

[Anonymous]

I would like to see the Oscar and Piker come back. Fits around anybody's curves. Or how about a Skytop Oscar?
Also, some ribside cars. Could make a punch set for the unusual shaped windows and have the sides marked or lines cast inside (like Pikestuff structure kits). Nystrom trucks would be nice. The UP guys should be asking for some MILW stuff, city trains after '55 pooled equipment.

[AltonFan]

Here is an excerpt from my post on the "what else do we need?" thread http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6449. All are needed in N scale:

QUOTE: PASSENGER CARS
For makers of N scale passenger cars to sell individual cars rather than in sets, especially head-end cars, coaches, and pullmans. (Diners and Observation cars tend to accumulate in excess of need.)

Heavyweight passenger car core kits, in sizes suitable for both head-end cars and full-length passenger cars

A trailer to match the Bachmann Doodlebug

TRACTION
Everything!
Chicago "L" Cars
GE Little Joes

I also would like to see all passenger car manufacturers sell individual cars, unpainted. (Are you listening, MDC, Kato, and Rivarossi?)

[AltonFan]

Here is an excerpt from my post on the "what else do we need?" thread http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6449. All are needed in N scale:

QUOTE: PASSENGER CARS
For makers of N scale passenger cars to sell individual cars rather than in sets, especially head-end cars, coaches, and pullmans. (Diners and Observation cars tend to accumulate in excess of need.)

Heavyweight passenger car core kits, in sizes suitable for both head-end cars and full-length passenger cars

A trailer to match the Bachmann Doodlebug

TRACTION
Everything!
Chicago "L" Cars
GE Little Joes

I also would like to see all passenger car manufacturers sell individual cars, unpainted. (Are you listening, MDC, Kato, and Rivarossi?)

[krump]

agreeing with Rick(rsn48), I like VIA, West Coast Express, Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours, and the CHRISTMAS train. (HO scale for me.
I'd be considered one of the "youngsters" and woulld like to see more current day items - generally
what about a Molson's passenger car painted in the "I AM Canadian" logo?

[krump]

agreeing with Rick(rsn48), I like VIA, West Coast Express, Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours, and the CHRISTMAS train. (HO scale for me.
I'd be considered one of the "youngsters" and woulld like to see more current day items - generally
what about a Molson's passenger car painted in the "I AM Canadian" logo?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nfmisso

HO N&W 1952 Pocohantas and Powhattan Arrow, to go with the Spectrum J.

I wholeheartedly second this

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nfmisso

HO N&W 1952 Pocohantas and Powhattan Arrow, to go with the Spectrum J.

I wholeheartedly second this

[baniaj2]

I would like to see walthers redo the metal line in plastic...

plastic oscars and pikers show that it can be done.

The issue is that I would like to see more than the rivarossi 1920s coach out there for heavyweight coaches.

Rivarossi's, and Athearns are all variants on commuter cars. Funaro and Camerlengo have also focused on commuter cars.

Branchline's new items are a good start. However, I would love to see the walthers paired and single window metal side coaches in plastic.

I model the DL&W (lackawanna) and there is a lack (no pun intended) of heavyweight long-distance passenger equipment. Streamlined stuff can be had, but I want to focus around 1941-43 so heavyweights are a necessity.

The metal cars have become collector's items, and I find it very tedious to redo the window strip on a rivarossi coach for what I need. I have done it twice and care to not do it again.

The parts available from NERS to make all sorts of pullmans and things are a great boon. They have aided me in several projects. However, it is getting harder to find "parts" cars to use as the bodies. Cheap AHM/old Rivarossi 12-1 pullmans are getting scarce.

Kitbits from bethlehem car works have also proven to be a boon. They have some passenger car kits as well.

Basically in a nutshell...In this day and age of specific prototype offerings, I would like to see good "generic" passenger cars...a la athearn but longer, as I doubt I will see specific DL&W long haul stuff...commuter stuff yes, but not long-haul.

Plastic heavyweight solarium cars would be great too...

[baniaj2]

I would like to see walthers redo the metal line in plastic...

plastic oscars and pikers show that it can be done.

The issue is that I would like to see more than the rivarossi 1920s coach out there for heavyweight coaches.

Rivarossi's, and Athearns are all variants on commuter cars. Funaro and Camerlengo have also focused on commuter cars.

Branchline's new items are a good start. However, I would love to see the walthers paired and single window metal side coaches in plastic.

I model the DL&W (lackawanna) and there is a lack (no pun intended) of heavyweight long-distance passenger equipment. Streamlined stuff can be had, but I want to focus around 1941-43 so heavyweights are a necessity.

The metal cars have become collector's items, and I find it very tedious to redo the window strip on a rivarossi coach for what I need. I have done it twice and care to not do it again.

The parts available from NERS to make all sorts of pullmans and things are a great boon. They have aided me in several projects. However, it is getting harder to find "parts" cars to use as the bodies. Cheap AHM/old Rivarossi 12-1 pullmans are getting scarce.

Kitbits from bethlehem car works have also proven to be a boon. They have some passenger car kits as well.

Basically in a nutshell...In this day and age of specific prototype offerings, I would like to see good "generic" passenger cars...a la athearn but longer, as I doubt I will see specific DL&W long haul stuff...commuter stuff yes, but not long-haul.

Plastic heavyweight solarium cars would be great too...

[Anonymous]

Metra F40PH and coaches, of Proto 2000 quality please

[Anonymous]

Metra F40PH and coaches, of Proto 2000 quality please

[Anonymous]

Walthers with the assistance of Northeastern Models and John Keil Line-Products produced all but the Super Dome in the seventies, in O-scale. These 2 rail scale cars were PERFECT-awesome! Absolute-brass quality built up. These kits were based like many of the semi-scratch built style kits of the era, using all white metal and brass parts, with wood base and sub-roof. The skytop was an injected molded part that was painted by the builder. The mold was a perfect 1/4 scale reproduction of the complex window arangements unlike the "too rounded" recent brass versions made through Korea and imported, at that cost they should really work on this, I bought some only because of my love affair with tha cars. They produced the complete Olympian with the Pullman built sleeper skytop, and the Twin Cities Hiawatha cars with the original milw built cars with the wood interiors. The trucks were also dead on as well, Nystrom prototype, that until recently were never produced in HO. I am not an expert on Half O (HO) however the prospeccts of producing a line of Hiawatha-kits, would be a wonderful move forward in that scale or any! These cars were some of the most distinctive designs ever created, may someone work up the molds!

QUOTE: Originally posted by dwick

Good evening, MR Editors:
Passenger cars are almost as numerous as freight cars as far as modeling goes. I would love to see (in plastic) the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Skytop Lounge tailcars made. I believe there were 3 versions of them. First off , there was the 1955 version, with its orange, maroon and silver. Then orange and silver and finally the Milw/UP yellow scheme. I also would like to see it done in Canadian National colors (who purchased some of them for their needs shortly after AMTRAK took over the passenger systems. These should be done in H.O. and N scale if anyone can afford to start a project this vast. Mold making? Expensive. Yes. To keep costs down, make them kits, not built-ups. Can anyone produce them for under $40 each? I don't know if this is a realistic price or just a model railroad dream. If this can be done, maybe the rest of the Milwaukee Road passenger consists could be introduced at a later time. Are you listening, manufacturers?
Don Wick - West Bend, WI

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[Anonymous]

Walthers with the assistance of Northeastern Models and John Keil Line-Products produced all but the Super Dome in the seventies, in O-scale. These 2 rail scale cars were PERFECT-awesome! Absolute-brass quality built up. These kits were based like many of the semi-scratch built style kits of the era, using all white metal and brass parts, with wood base and sub-roof. The skytop was an injected molded part that was painted by the builder. The mold was a perfect 1/4 scale reproduction of the complex window arangements unlike the "too rounded" recent brass versions made through Korea and imported, at that cost they should really work on this, I bought some only because of my love affair with tha cars. They produced the complete Olympian with the Pullman built sleeper skytop, and the Twin Cities Hiawatha cars with the original milw built cars with the wood interiors. The trucks were also dead on as well, Nystrom prototype, that until recently were never produced in HO. I am not an expert on Half O (HO) however the prospeccts of producing a line of Hiawatha-kits, would be a wonderful move forward in that scale or any! These cars were some of the most distinctive designs ever created, may someone work up the molds!

QUOTE: Originally posted by dwick

Good evening, MR Editors:
Passenger cars are almost as numerous as freight cars as far as modeling goes. I would love to see (in plastic) the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Skytop Lounge tailcars made. I believe there were 3 versions of them. First off , there was the 1955 version, with its orange, maroon and silver. Then orange and silver and finally the Milw/UP yellow scheme. I also would like to see it done in Canadian National colors (who purchased some of them for their needs shortly after AMTRAK took over the passenger systems. These should be done in H.O. and N scale if anyone can afford to start a project this vast. Mold making? Expensive. Yes. To keep costs down, make them kits, not built-ups. Can anyone produce them for under $40 each? I don't know if this is a realistic price or just a model railroad dream. If this can be done, maybe the rest of the Milwaukee Road passenger consists could be introduced at a later time. Are you listening, manufacturers?
Don Wick - West Bend, WI

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[Anonymous]

Why can't we see some HO scale Amtrak Pacific Sufliner cars? Athearn has made the engine but no cars.

[Anonymous]

Why can't we see some HO scale Amtrak Pacific Sufliner cars? Athearn has made the engine but no cars.

[Anonymous]

Surfliners, Surfliners, Surfliners. Oh ya, and the cal cars, with some ATSF hi-level cars by Walters, WITH the 'hump' back dorm car!!

[Anonymous]

Surfliners, Surfliners, Surfliners. Oh ya, and the cal cars, with some ATSF hi-level cars by Walters, WITH the 'hump' back dorm car!!

[Anonymous]

Silverliners and Jersey Arrows

[Anonymous]

Silverliners and Jersey Arrows

[Anonymous]

I agree, we need Amtrak California and Amtrak Surfliner cars in HO. We need the Amtrak Cascades (talgo) equipment from Seattle. They (Electrotren) already make the first generation Talgo with the big blue stripe. Also paint the Amtrak Cascades equipment in the new Las Vegas Scheme (blue silver and black). Some really nice Kato P42's in ALL schemes to run this equipment behind. The Superline equipment from Walthers is FANTASTIC. I can't seem to get my Athearn Bombardier commuter cars to run without derailing (like every other Athearn I own!) but my Walthers Superliners run GREAT.

[Anonymous]

I agree, we need Amtrak California and Amtrak Surfliner cars in HO. We need the Amtrak Cascades (talgo) equipment from Seattle. They (Electrotren) already make the first generation Talgo with the big blue stripe. Also paint the Amtrak Cascades equipment in the new Las Vegas Scheme (blue silver and black). Some really nice Kato P42's in ALL schemes to run this equipment behind. The Superline equipment from Walthers is FANTASTIC. I can't seem to get my Athearn Bombardier commuter cars to run without derailing (like every other Athearn I own!) but my Walthers Superliners run GREAT.

[Anonymous]

I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO SEE HO AND N BI-LEVEL CALIFORNIA CARS AND BI-LEVEL SURFLINER CARS. NOT SUPERLINERS PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE THEM, A FULL MODEL, IT WAS KIND OF DUMB OF ATHEARN TO MAKE THE AMTRAK F59PHI IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE CALIFORNIA CARS FOR THEM. I AHVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THEM FOREVER.

[Anonymous]

I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO SEE HO AND N BI-LEVEL CALIFORNIA CARS AND BI-LEVEL SURFLINER CARS. NOT SUPERLINERS PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE THEM, A FULL MODEL, IT WAS KIND OF DUMB OF ATHEARN TO MAKE THE AMTRAK F59PHI IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE CALIFORNIA CARS FOR THEM. I AHVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THEM FOREVER.

[Anonymous]

I would love to see these passenger cars an ho and n scale, from what i know Overland is supposed to make HO Surfliners and supposed to be avalible by end of this year, but they are about 500 dollars for one car. Con-cor is also supposed to come out with some but they are ripped off, they are superliners painted to look like surfliners.

QUOTE: Originally posted by dennislynn

I wi***hat Athearn would make the cars for the Surfliner and Amtrak California.
Athearn's Bombardier commuter coaches are very well made. Can they do the same with the Surfliner and Amtrak California equipment?

Dennis Lynn,
San Diego, California

[Anonymous]

I would love to see these passenger cars an ho and n scale, from what i know Overland is supposed to make HO Surfliners and supposed to be avalible by end of this year, but they are about 500 dollars for one car. Con-cor is also supposed to come out with some but they are ripped off, they are superliners painted to look like surfliners.

QUOTE: Originally posted by dennislynn

I wi***hat Athearn would make the cars for the Surfliner and Amtrak California.
Athearn's Bombardier commuter coaches are very well made. Can they do the same with the Surfliner and Amtrak California equipment?

Dennis Lynn,
San Diego, California

[Anonymous]

:TIME DELAY:

DUH!!! The most obvious one GM's "Train Of The Future" The Original Obs streamliner set! WOW that would be a conversation piece at a train show or layout. Just an delayed thought!