What rolling stock would you like to see?

[Anonymous]

Old (circ 30's & 40's) beer brand wooden reefers:

Yuengling - Reingold - Kickerbocker -  Dixie - Reading

[chris35]

I would like to see some plastic HO and N scale models of VIA Rails new passenger cars (the greenish european style ones), especially since there are matching loco's for them in both scales. Also a prototypically correct dome observation of their stainless steel cars would be nice. Perhaps Rapido will do these down the line soon?

[dehusman]

1890 era twin hopper gondola

34' truss rod boxcar

30' peaked roof boxcar

30' round roof boxcar

34' truss rod Wickes reefer

30' trussrod Tiffany reefer

B&O/N&W/VGN 1900 era wood hopper

Nobody has made a new plastic scale truss rod freight car in plastic in the last 30 years.  Roundhouse updated their models of a 1920 era truss rod car that can pass for 1900 if you aren't picky but that body style has been in production for over 30 years. 

The major commodity hauled by railroads in the late 1800's and early 1900's was coal and there are ZERO, NADA, NO cars produced except for resin kits of the most common coal cars from 1830-1910 and  those are 1 resin kit oa a NYO&W hopper bottom gon and some Westerfield early steel cars.

Throw us a bone, how about 1 new car every quarter century?  Do we really need another variation of the 1937 40 ft steel boxcar?  Do we really need another steel twin hopper?  Railroads were around before the World War I.

Dave H.

 

[MickEnright]

Ore cars, man...ore cars.

The latest offerings by Walthers and Train-Miniature(?) are nice, and I'm not complaining, but they are "Minnesota" cars. What us pellet-heads need are some high-quality, heavy "Lake Superior" cars. These are narrower than the Minnesota cars, and were used by the LS&I, Soo Line, CNW, Milwaukee, etc. The good 'ol Roundhouse cars are quite accurate, but their detailing is a bit "low-tech" compared to what's out there now, and it takes a lot of work to get their coupling distance shortened up to something that looks more prototypical. Some Soo Line-DSS&A "slant-end" cars would be the cat's bomb.

But I do like what some of you have listed here, too. Let's hope some of it becomes available!

 

Mick Enright

[ericmanke]

More cabooses in N scale.  An International Bay Window would be nice.

A true 4740 CUFT Covered hopper in N.  

Other than that, I'm good. 

[DavidBriel]

HO ACL (CSX) Woodchip Hoppers

HO CofG, SOUTHERN and NS Combine 726

HO NC&StL (CSX) Gondolas

HO SP&S (BNSF) 50' Straight Side Flatcar

HO Modern Tropicana White Reefers

HO WofA (CSX) Gondolas

[tomnoy3]

Modern intermodal, HO scale Maxi IV's, 53' Spine cars, a re-run of Walthers Long Runner. More grain cars, especially if Athearn Genesis came out with ARI's Through Sill with Union Pacific's Building America and CMO reporting marks.  Different centerbeam cars, and maybe some all-purpose 89' flats.

[D&HRR]

  More versions of tank cars that are reasonable in price.

[jbloch]

Ditto to Daniel1975.  My need is for Frisco passenger cars, both streamlined and heavyweights(layout I plan--Frisco passenger that ran in Missouri in the 1960's) actually ran both--a couple of baggage/mail/freight heavyweights in front and the passenger streamliners in the rear.  I know, IHC makes their non-prototypical streamliners and Pullmans in Frisco logo, but(1) they're non-prototypical and (2) not really in to having to do all of the conversion work(changing trucks, constructing body couplers, etc.)--though would probably do it if the car quality was better.  Edit--forgot about Con-cor--are available in Frisco Texas Special--not the streamliners I would need--after having checked other threads, seems quality/conversion issues similar to the IHC cars.

Jim

[dragonriversteel]

 

 I have this kit in my collection. I agree ,would be nice to see it in plastic. I the kit its self is fairly easy to put together,but would look better  made of plastic.

 Patrick

 Beaufort,SC

 Dragon River Steel Corp {DRSC}

[dragonriversteel]

 

  A high end plastic HO N-6 transfer caboose. I'd like to buy an old Lambert brass transfer cab,but always seem to miss the auctions. Shoot would be nice for someone to make them for the masses.

 Hey while I'm at it,how about a HO Southern loco-trol radio car. Missed these too,a company use to produce these in resin kit form.

 

 Patrick

 Beaufort,SC

 Dragon River Steel Corp {DRSC}

[Southwest Chief]

I'd like to see Walthers release HO Amtrak Superliners in phase IVb.  Or at the very least someone release decals for IVb Superliners. 

HO Amtrak express track reefers would be nice too.

A plastic HO Santa Fe Hi-level Lounge is always at the top on my wish list, but seeing as nothing has come from TSP, or others in 10+ years now since the first Hi-Levels in plastic were released...I give up.

[jerryl]

Somebody PLEASE..make an ERIE caboose in HO scale. Every month we get new ATSF, PA, SP, NYC etc...we already have enough of every variation possible.  Make something NEW. I think there is only one offered as a resin kit..

[hardcoalcase]

All in plastic, in at LEAST Accurail quality (Branchline or Tichy quality preferable):

NYC "USRA" steel boxcars

Wood heavyweight passenger cars (60'-75' lengths, as per prototype)

B&O wagontop boxcars

B&O wagontop covered hoppers

NC&StL 36 foot STEEL rebuilt boxcars

IC 40' single door, single sheathed boxcars

IC 40' double door, single sheathed boxcars with end doors

Seley hoppers

36 foot stock cars

36 foot double sheathed boxcars, early

36 foot double sheathed boxcars, late

36 foot single sheathed boxcars

40 foot, low height, single sheathed boxcars

30'-36' wood coal gondolas

More prototype-specific wood cabooses (there should be at LEAST one released with every new steam engine that comes out!)

 

We NEED cars for the 1900-1930 era. We've got plenty of steel boxcars and single sheathed cars, and WAY too many USRA things. We've even got a few decent examples of Pennsy cars like the X29. But we're missing HUGE chunks of the steam era freight car fleet, especially now that Roundhouse is basically gone. Most of the cars that we need are available in resin, but very few of us can afford the time and money to invest in huge rosters of resin freight cars. We NEED quality plastic freight cars for the pre-transition period, especially the cars that there were tens of thousands of that for some unknown reason have been "forgotten" by the hobby.

 

[ripvanwnkl]

The GATX 96500 in HO.  I have an old Quality Craft unpainted wood model kit that I found on E-Bay, but would really like to see a modern RTR in plastic and color.    

http://rwhales.railstuff.net/GATX/GATX_96500.htm

 

[cpr]

I'd like to see more of the modern grain cars in HO. Intermountain did a very nice run a while ago and I got the Alberta Heritage and Canadian Wheat but I have yet to find the Saskatchewan Heritage cars.

 Cheers,

Kevin

 

[RDG1519]

My vote is for HO scale 40 foot plug door cars (RBL), with separate applied ladders and grabs. No one does these cars. Maybe Athearn or ATLAS will see this. ATLAS has already done the research given their great line of N scale  40 footplug doors.

 My two cents.

 Chris

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Modernized heavyweight passenger cars. 

I kitbashed a modenized CB&Q heavyweght coach (#6161). Also, MR had a good article maybe 2 or 3 years ago on kitbashing an entire train (B&O) of modernized cars.  Each prototype road had its own way of modernizing, but there must be a way to design a generic line of modernized heavyweights.

[IRONROOSTER]

S Scale Ma&Pa 56' open platform passenger car.

S Scale Stilwell oyster car.

Enjoy

Paul 

[Agamemnon]

The CEBX 800, the world's biggest Schnabel car (36 axles). Trix already has a 32-axle version, so why not go one step further?

[csmith9474]

I would like to see HO scale (and N scale for the N scalers) Santa Fe Hi Level cars that are up to par with the BLI Zephyr cars. I have heard twice now through the internet grape vine that BLI may already be working on this, but we all know how the rumors go.

I would also like to see a run of all the Santa Fe business cars in plastic, especially the Topeka, Atchison, and the 400 series division superintendent shortys (although I have the Topeka in brass and have a reservation for one of the Coach Yard division superintendent cars).

 

I did ask BLI about their plans and the answer was more a so-so one: They weren't even sure when they would announce the 20th Century Limited cars and they also mentioned that so-far the El Capitan cars were not on the schedule.

I mean it's true that they have so much stuff announced already and the models keep getting delayed and delayed; maybe we will see these cars but it could be a long wait.

 

Thanks for the input on BLI. Don't even get me started on schedule delays with BLI/PCM (WHERE'S MY DAYLIGHT PAs/PBs?????).

As far as the Texas Special cars go, that is a HUGE one I forgot. I have been looking at the release from Overland (stunning cars) and am considering very heavily (I don't know if i can sneak that one past the wife). Union Station Products make styrene sides for a lot of cars not available otherwise if you are willing to take on the task.  I am using their sides to model the Sunset Limited.

[Daniel1975]

I would like to see HO scale (and N scale for the N scalers) Santa Fe Hi Level cars that are up to par with the BLI Zephyr cars. I have heard twice now through the internet grape vine that BLI may already be working on this, but we all know how the rumors go.

I would also like to see a run of all the Santa Fe business cars in plastic, especially the Topeka, Atchison, and the 400 series division superintendent shortys (although I have the Topeka in brass and have a reservation for one of the Coach Yard division superintendent cars).

 

I did ask BLI about their plans and the answer was more a so-so one: They weren't even sure when they would announce the 20th Century Limited cars and they also mentioned that so-far the El Capitan cars were not on the schedule.

I mean it's true that they have so much stuff announced already and the models keep getting delayed and delayed; maybe we will see these cars but it could be a long wait.

 

[Anonymous]

Forty foot Ps-1, built before the fifties, the ten foot high style, like the New Haven had, and any forty foot plug door, insulated cars,and mechanical reefers, circa '55-62.

[Daniel1975]

First of all I already look forward to the PCM HO Scale SP Daylight cars and then I'd like to see:

HO Scale    MKT & Frisco - Texas Special Streamlined cars

HO Scale    SP & Rock Island - Golden State cars

HO SCale    UP - City of Los Angeles & City of San Francisco cars

HO Scale    AT&SF - El Capitan cars

HO Scale    Seaboard - Orange Blossom Special cars

I hope one of these days someone will produce these Passenger cars... I just can't afford the Brass models.

[SpaceMouse]

Anything 1885 West Coast

[orsonroy]

All in plastic, in at LEAST Accurail quality (Branchline or Tichy quality preferable):

NYC "USRA" steel boxcars

Wood heavyweight passenger cars (60'-75' lengths, as per prototype)

B&O wagontop boxcars

B&O wagontop covered hoppers

NC&StL 36 foot STEEL rebuilt boxcars

IC 40' single door, single sheathed boxcars

IC 40' double door, single sheathed boxcars with end doors

Seley hoppers

36 foot stock cars

36 foot double sheathed boxcars, early

36 foot double sheathed boxcars, late

36 foot single sheathed boxcars

40 foot, low height, single sheathed boxcars

30'-36' wood coal gondolas

More prototype-specific wood cabooses (there should be at LEAST one released with every new steam engine that comes out!)

 

We NEED cars for the 1900-1930 era. We've got plenty of steel boxcars and single sheathed cars, and WAY too many USRA things. We've even got a few decent examples of Pennsy cars like the X29. But we're missing HUGE chunks of the steam era freight car fleet, especially now that Roundhouse is basically gone. Most of the cars that we need are available in resin, but very few of us can afford the time and money to invest in huge rosters of resin freight cars. We NEED quality plastic freight cars for the pre-transition period, especially the cars that there were tens of thousands of that for some unknown reason have been "forgotten" by the hobby.

 

[GN-Rick]

I'd like to see an accurate series of models in HO covering the various models of Western Fruit Express refrigerator cars-as opposed to the endless stream of PFE models. Hopefully, this would include both wooden and steel versions, and both ice bunker reefers and mechanical types as well as the insulated boxcar variants. Also more variety in transition era tank cars.

[MacdonaldRB]

My son and I would like to see more Norfolk and Western cars (passenger and freight) from the 1940's to the late 1950's.

In HO scale.

Macdonald,RB (Mac)

[tstage]

Shorter gondolas - e.g. 40' and under.  Looks like I'll get me wish because Accurail is supposed to be releasing some 40'ers later this year.  I hope they'll come in kit form, too.

Tom 

[Anonymous]

Modern intermodal