Manufacturer Loco Wish List

[Anonymous]

Wow! I didn't know the list would get so long. Some great wish list locos. I wrote to BLI about considering making an F-12 4-4-0 and I received a nice reply. They said while they had no immediate plans for that engine, they would consider it in the future. I suppose it's a pat answer but courteous nonetheless.

[tstage]

Steam: NYC 4-8-2 Mohawk - L1 or L2
Diesel: NYC ALCO HH600

Tom

[mikebonellisr]

BLI or PCM NYC 4-6-0,F12 and a FL9

[Berk-fan284]

YELLOWSTONE 2-8-8-4 in any version (NP, B&O, DM&IR) by BLI/PCM with sound, CPR 2-10-4 Selkirk with sound. All the above in HO scale.

[jeffshultz]

Early Phase GP39-2s, like the ones that ATSF had and sold to Willamette & Pacific/Portland & Western RR.

Preferably Atlas quality...and...sigh....with sound.

Let's see if we can get the price of sound down please!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ezielinski

How about a Proto 2000 or Athearn RTR Illinois Central GP40 in the mid-80's livery...

I GUARANTEE that won't happen since Atlas makes one.

[Anonymous]

Milw Little Joe
Milw Bi-Polar
Virginian's two REALLY big electrics, just can't think of their names
2-8-8-4 Yellowstone
Milw 2-6-2
Alco 2-8-0
Alco 2-6-0

[cmarchan]

1. Amtrak SDP40F (non brass model)
2. GE U36B (SCL, Auto-Train, Family Lines, Penn Central, CSX)
3. GE U18B (SCL, Maine Central, Family Lines, CSX, MdeM)
4. A version of the GG-1 with the modified air louvers (Amtrak Silver/Red/Blue, PC, PRR)

2. and 3. I mentioned the paint schemes those units wore. I am personally interested in SCL, Family Lines and Auto-Train.

I also would buy FL-9's and Baldwin Centipedes (Seaboard Air Line).

[navygunner]

N Scale DMIR Yellowstone, Any cab forward, another run of Kato Mikados, an N&W K2a or an unstreamlined Class J.



Wouldn't that be Nice?

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bangert1

DM&IR M3 and M4 2-8-8-4

B&O EM1 2-8-8-4

The EM1 and M4 drive systems are very close since they were built by Baldwin.

I'll second that Missabe M4. By PCM. Gotta be diecast for power.

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy
that's not necessarily the one I'm talking about, but would do in a pinch. What I'm talking about are large, generally medium-drivered 4-4-0s that were built between 1895 and 1920, and used well intot he late 1940s.

This is the one I was thinking of. At first I didn't even recognized it as a 4-4-0, because I am so used to the 1880s style.

[Nataraj]

How about a MPI

MP36PH-3C or MP36PH-3S

YYYEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

[ezielinski]

How about a Proto 2000 or Athearn RTR Illinois Central GP40 in the mid-80's livery...

[orsonroy]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher

QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy
Bachmann: modern Alco 4-4-0

Is that the one they called the Empire State? IHC makes ones that seems like with a bit of detailing and it could be a really nice model.

I'm not familiar with the Empire State, except for maybe NYC 999, which was the first steam engine to break 100 MPH.

And that's not necessarily the one I'm talking about, but would do in a pinch. What I'm talking about are large, generally medium-drivered 4-4-0s that were built between 1895 and 1920, and used well intot he late 1940s. What I'd really like to see is a C&IM 500 series engine, but I'll take a modernized IC, NYC, or southern shortline engine in a pinch. The Ma & Pa engine they're about to release looks nothing like these more common Americans.

As for the IHC 4-4-0, that's probably the engine I'll be using for at least two kitbashes. But the cab and valve gear are all wrong for most engines I want to model, which usually had Walschaerts valve gear. I've got the time to do a lot of things to steam models, but scratchbuilding valve gear isn't one of them!

[tomikawaTT]

How about HOj versions of the plastic N-scale JNR C50 class 2-6-0's imported by Kato many years ago? The only problems, for US prototype modelers, are the 6-wheel rigid frame tenders and the internally secured smokebox doors (wheel and locking lever in the middle, no dogs around the edges.)

Oh, well. Guess I'll have to settle for re-motoring my 40 year old brass C50.

Chuck

[kursinsky]

A quality GP15-1 with QSI sound and a Proto 2000 GP38-2 with sound.

[chessiecat]

I just wi***hat Walthers would ship the third release HO scale 2-8-4 Berkshire with sound and DCC that was supposed to be released in November last year. A B&O EM-1 would be nice by BLI!! [:)] Jim

[MRinkunas]

I'd love to see any of the T-1, T-2, or T-3 steam engine series in N-Scale - I want to model late era LVRR Steam.....

But i'd settle for a N Scale Reading T-1!

~Mike

[Texas Zepher]

We've done this thread many times and they always demonstrate the same problem. With all the posts so far, I only see a few locomotives that have been mentioned twice (not counting the sympathy listing of an FL-9 by BigRusty). For a manufacturer to take note there needs to be a single locomotive that recurs much more frequently than this.

However I do see Precision Craft making a non-brass GN S2. This could be a sign that some less common stuff will be considered by the manufacturers.

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises
How about a "factory painted" Alco RS3 in Southern Railway green paint scheme?

That was one of the first ones Atlas did with the Kato drive in 1984.

QUOTE: Originally posted by David_Telesha
An FL-9 and I don't care who makes it as long as its of P2k or Atlas quality.

As I recall Atlas made one in N-scale at one time (1969?). They ended up collecting dust and on clearance tables at the local hobby stores.

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffrey-wimberly
How about a super-detailed model of the UP 844 done up in two-tone grey.

What do you classify as super-detailed? I saw one from the last run done by Rivarossi and from 3 feet away I thought it was a brass model.

QUOTE: Originally posted by orsonroy
Bachmann: modern Alco 4-4-0

Is that the one they called the Empire State? IHC makes ones that seems like with a bit of detailing and it could be a really nice model.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe
An HO scale UP U50B with all wheel drive that can take an 18" radius

That could work, but it would look just as silly as an Athearn DD40X does on 18" curves. That is just too big of a locomotive for that size of track.

[Anonymous]

A Model of the Milwaukee Road Class S3 4-8-4 #261, either from BLI or PCM.

[Darth Santa Fe]

An HO scale UP U50B with all wheel drive that can take an 18" radius, but costs less than $200, by anyone who can make a good inexpensive engine. Or maybe as a Hobbytown kit. Hobbytown is still in business, and they have a perfect drive for it, so they might be able to do it.[:D]

[bogp40]

To round out my Atlas EMD roster, at least 2 each of late phase GP40-2 in Chessie B&O, C&O and WM.
BLI or Heritage B&O EM1
Bob K.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

How about a super-detailed model of the UP 844 done up in two-tone grey.

[orsonroy]

Atlas: Alco HH-660
Atlas: GE 44-tonner
P2K: Harriman/IC 2-8-2
P2K: NKP L-1 4-6-4
BLI: NYC H-5 2-8-2
BLI: NYC L-1 4-8-2
BLI: PRR H-9/H-10 2-8-0
Bachmann: modern Alco 4-4-0
Bachmann: modern Alco 4-6-0

[gpharo]

Athearn SD38 Northern Alberta Railway (NAR)

or

Kato SD38 Northern Alberta Railway (NAR)

[Anonymous]

Western Maryland 4-8-4 of the Potomac Class. It is availible in brass but I would pick BLI to make it. The WM Historical Society in Union Bridge Md might have the diagrams for this engine.

Baltimore and Ohio's early Boxcabs. I probably will pick Atlas or Broadway to do it.

[BigRusty]

NY,NH &H RR:
EF-1 Box Cab electric
EP-2 Box Cab electric
EP-3 Box Cab electric
2-6-0 Mogul steam
I-5 4-6-4 Streamline steam
and for Dave FL-9

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by steveiow

Baldwin centipedes,sharks,CNJ double enders and Baby faces !

Ditto.

Or, any camelback, 2-8-0 or 4-6-0 or whatever.

[elauterbach]

Loco that I would like to see;
1. Milwaukee Road Little Joe
2. Unstreamlined Bi-Polar plus 1948 Hiawatha passenger set to go with it
3. Pennsy P5a Boxcab and Modified
4. Pennsy H9 2-8-0
5. DM&IR Yellowstone

Eric

[David_Telesha]

An FL-9 and I don't care who makes it as long as its of P2k or Atlas quality.