Dream model eh? Well, guess it would have to be a SD70Ace or 70-2 that has sound and DCC, and was cheap enough to afford for a guy on a cheap budget. Say under 150 bucks..... You said dream right?
Followed by a T-1 PRR or another Cab Forward. I really dig both of those engines. Beauty and the Beast in my mind
Best Regards, Big John
Kiva Valley Railway- Freelanced road in central Arizona. Visit the link to see my MR forum thread on The Building of the Whitton Branch on the Kiva Valley Railway
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Cliff Powers
www.magnoliaroute.com
At night, for maybe 30 years or so, I would dream of subways. Oddly, the dreams usually involved maintenance-of-way cars down in the tunnels, but ever since I was a boy I wanted a set of subway trains. When I started researching model trains again just under two years ago, I discovered that Life-Like had built my dream train - a set of R-17 subway cars, 4 in all, for a reasonable price. I bought them, even though I didn't even have a loop of track to run them on.
Since then, I've been working on my railroad, which includes a subway. I've got full scenery in the tunnels, and two underground stations. I put a micro video camera in the front of the train, so I can see what's happening even though most of the trackwork is invisible from the top of the layout.
Those dreams have stopped. But, now I have the real thing.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
rtpoteet1 wrote:I generally stay away from "wish lists" but I think I'll go with this one.Everyone is currently drooling all over Uncle Irv's brand new Challenger - you know, the one with the Onion Specific shield upside down on the smokebox door - that ought to turn this one very quickly into a non-collectible item. Anyway, I don't model Onion Specific but this "type" of locomotive would fit into my freelanced Appalachian Crossing scheme; I could - and would - get rid of that upside-down shield in mighty short order.
R.T.
Replace the 'YUPPEE' twin stack with a BIG single chimney and you'd have a Clinchfield challenger. Can't get much more "Appalachian crossing" than that. I would have loved to have seen one on the eastern approach to the summit tunnel under what is now the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC.
My own wish list includes (but is not limited to) an affordable HOj model of an E10 class 2-10-4T, the heaviest (weight on drivers) steam loco ever run in Japan. There were only five prototypes built, all used in pusher service, the only modern JNR locos without elephant ear smoke lifters.
Chuck
maandg wrote:Either Paris Hilton or Adrienne Curry!
Cliff, I hear both will be available in plastic shortly.................complete with a foot pump to inflate them.
You've heard of Walthers Cornerstone Built-up line, haven't you? This is the new Blow-up line .
Andre
Milwaukee Road Hiawatha, F7 Hudson, with DCC sound ...
I could "handle" the Atlantic version too, if I must...
Brian
Hmmm... got it!
I would like to see Tower 55 make a two-pack of locomotives, one being an ES44DC and the other being an SD70ACe. They would be available in many road names, with or without sound, and would cost $100 for the non-sound set and $200 for the sound-equipped set.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......... Wha? Aww... you woke me up from the best dream of my life!
-Brandon
NS High Nose SD-40-2 made by Kato in HO scale with sound that works in DC and priced under $150.00.
Steve
andrechapelon wrote: maandg wrote:Either Paris Hilton or Adrienne Curry! Cliff, I hear both will be available in plastic shortly.................complete with a foot pump to inflate them. You've heard of Walthers Cornerstone Built-up line, haven't you? This is the new Blow-up line . Andre
Actually, they are likely already part plastic already, with their B*#@ and lip jobs ! Hehehehe!
I have 2 dream models
Roundhouse 2-6-2 (SR & RL) live steam and a
Micro-Metakit Saxonian class IV Mallet in black (HO)
skerber wrote: NS High Nose SD-40-2 made by Kato in HO scale with sound that works in DC and priced under $150.00. Steve
Southern, and were talking.
Milwhiawatha wrote:Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Steam in plastic ith accurate details and all the sets of the Milwaukee Road Passanger cars in plastic specially the skytop. One can dream and I do.
A plastic version of Canadian Pacific's 4-8-4 or 2816
Gordon
Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!
K1a - all the way
It's a sick dream, I know....but, I'd love to see Athearn Genesis, Broadway Limited or Tower 55 produce......
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.