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What loco would you like to be produced?

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What loco would you like to be produced?
Posted by SD60M on Saturday, May 5, 2007 12:58 PM
I would love an SD60M 2 window for the Burlington Northern to be produced and i would also like a GP39M to be produced also in BN.
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Posted by tcwright973 on Saturday, May 5, 2007 1:00 PM
I would like a nice GP9M low nose.
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Posted by WCfan on Saturday, May 5, 2007 1:13 PM

A affordable SDL-39 in plasitic. You can guss what apint scheam

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I would also like a SD60M in Soo Candy Apple Red of course. Both in HO too.                                                                                        

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Posted by dehusman on Saturday, May 5, 2007 1:14 PM

A Reading I-5 2-8-0 camelback or a RDG D-3 or D-5 camelback.

A NP F-1 2-8-0.

A Baldwin 1880 0-6-0.

All in HO

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Posted by elauterbach on Saturday, May 5, 2007 1:36 PM

Easy

A high quality plastic Milwaukke Road Little Joe

A brass or plastic FEC 4-6-2 one of these went on to become the famous S&A 750 which made many excursion runs here in the south! This engine has never been produced in either brass or pastic.

PLastic DM&IR Yellowstone!

 

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Posted by loathar on Saturday, May 5, 2007 2:23 PM
All of them, in every road name, in quantities that would never run out. (if it were a perfect world) No more back orders.Wink [;)]
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Posted by tstage on Saturday, May 5, 2007 3:09 PM

FWIW: A similar thread has already been done recently:

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1029507/ShowPost.aspx

 

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Saturday, May 5, 2007 3:35 PM
 dehusman wrote:

A Reading I-5 2-8-0 camelback or a RDG D-3 or D-5 camelback.

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All in HO

Dave H.

In S scale too.

Enjoy

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Saturday, May 5, 2007 6:08 PM

 tstage wrote:
FWIW: A similar thread has already been done recently:
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1029507/ShowPost.aspx
And again and again:
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/828649/ShowPost.aspx
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1/684622/ShowPost.aspx#684622

Doesn't any one know how to use the search function?

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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, May 5, 2007 8:14 PM
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SOVIET UNION

4-14-4

 

 

 

 

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Posted by coborn35 on Saturday, May 5, 2007 8:15 PM
 WCfan wrote:

A affordable SDL-39 in plasitic. You can guss what apint scheam

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I would also like a GP60M in Soo Candy Apple Red of course. Both in HO too.                                                                                        

Im pretty sure SOO didnt own GP60M's..... 

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Posted by WCfan on Saturday, May 5, 2007 8:40 PM
 coborn35 wrote:
 WCfan wrote:

A affordable SDL-39 in plasitic. You can guss what apint scheam

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I would also like a GP60M in Soo Candy Apple Red of course. Both in HO too.                                                                                        

Im pretty sure SOO didnt own GP60M's..... 

Sign - Oops [#oops]Blush [:I] Sorry about the typo. I ment the SD60M. I have no clue how that happened. Thanks for pointing that out. Opps. I'll fix that.

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Posted by coborn35 on Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:11 PM

No problem, I thought maybe you were refering to the SD60F's.

Also, whover said they wanted a GP9M, Walthers already makes great running ones. 

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Posted by bn7026 on Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:28 PM

 SD60M wrote:
I would love an SD60M 2 window for the Burlington Northern to be produced and i would also like a GP39M to be produced also in BN.

 It might be an idea to mention scale as well. 

The SD60M in both 2 window and 3 window versions was produced by Proto 2000 in HO a couple of years ago - good runners with a realistic top speed.  They are listed as sold out on the Walthers web site though I'm sure they turn up on ebay and can still be found in some stores.

 As for the GP39M - These models on BN were rebuilt GP30's or GP35's and retained some of the original carbody - the ex GP30 versions have that distinctive cab profile that only a GP30 had for example.  I know of no ready to run models of these 2 though a experienced modeller could kitbash a model GP30 or GP35 to a more correct version.

 

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Posted by twhite on Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:38 PM

A DM&IR M-3/4 Yellowstone, but several others and myself have been asking for this for YEARS, and all that happens is someone else comes out with another Big Boy. 

So the Hell with it--!

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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:42 PM
 twhite wrote:

A DM&IR M-3/4 Yellowstone, but several others and myself have been asking for this for YEARS, and all that happens is someone else comes out with another Big Boy. 

So the Hell with it--!

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Yeah, but at least we have the MT-4 to look forward too.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:53 PM
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Posted by twhite on Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:58 PM
 AggroJones wrote:
 twhite wrote:

A DM&IR M-3/4 Yellowstone, but several others and myself have been asking for this for YEARS, and all that happens is someone else comes out with another Big Boy. 

So the Hell with it--!

Tom Dead [xx(]

 

Yeah, but at least we have the MT-4 to look forward too.

Aggro--

Yes--thanks to Genesis, another bright spot on the steam loco horizon.  If it's half the runner of their Challenger, there will be a LOT of happy campers out here in the West, LOL!  I am looking forward to that little devil, even though I've got a really nice Balboa of the same.  But hey--one can never have too many MT's, IMO. 

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Posted by Texas Chief on Saturday, May 5, 2007 11:03 PM

An accurately detailed ATSF heavy 2-8-2, 4-6-2, and 4-6-4 all with optional traction wheels from the likes of BLI. Thank you.

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Posted by SD60M on Saturday, May 5, 2007 11:39 PM
 bn7026 wrote:

 SD60M wrote:
I would love an SD60M 2 window for the Burlington Northern to be produced and i would also like a GP39M to be produced also in BN.

 It might be an idea to mention scale as well. 

The SD60M in both 2 window and 3 window versions was produced by Proto 2000 in HO a couple of years ago - good runners with a realistic top speed.  They are listed as sold out on the Walthers web site though I'm sure they turn up on ebay and can still be found in some stores.

 As for the GP39M - These models on BN were rebuilt GP30's or GP35's and retained some of the original carbody - the ex GP30 versions have that distinctive cab profile that only a GP30 had for example.  I know of no ready to run models of these 2 though a experienced modeller could kitbash a model GP30 or GP35 to a more correct version.

 

Tim 

My bad i did mean HO and i have tried ebay for a SD60M but every time theres a BN SD60M on there it will have like 10 bids on it thats crazy! The GP39M is even harder because i dont have a GP30 but i know atlas made a n-scale version for BN maybe they'll make one in HO i hope.
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Posted by bn7026 on Sunday, May 6, 2007 8:51 AM
 SD60M wrote:
 bn7026 wrote:

 SD60M wrote:
I would love an SD60M 2 window for the Burlington Northern to be produced and i would also like a GP39M to be produced also in BN.

 It might be an idea to mention scale as well. 

The SD60M in both 2 window and 3 window versions was produced by Proto 2000 in HO a couple of years ago - good runners with a realistic top speed.  They are listed as sold out on the Walthers web site though I'm sure they turn up on ebay and can still be found in some stores.

 As for the GP39M - These models on BN were rebuilt GP30's or GP35's and retained some of the original carbody - the ex GP30 versions have that distinctive cab profile that only a GP30 had for example.  I know of no ready to run models of these 2 though a experienced modeller could kitbash a model GP30 or GP35 to a more correct version.

 

Tim 

My bad i did mean HO and i have tried ebay for a SD60M but every time theres a BN SD60M on there it will have like 10 bids on it thats crazy! The GP39M is even harder because i dont have a GP30 but i know atlas made a n-scale version for BN maybe they'll make one in HO i hope.

I think Proto 2000 also did a GP30 also as well, I know Atlas haven't to date.  Trouble is after Walthers took over Proto the prices have gone up and I haven't seen a model that I've wanted in ages...... 

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Posted by jbloch on Sunday, May 6, 2007 8:57 AM

E8 Frisco in DCC with sound--pref. P2K, but BLI would be OK, too.

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Posted by jecorbett on Sunday, May 6, 2007 11:27 AM
A DCC equipped 4-6-0 with a quality, factory installed sound sytem. It's for my freelanced branchline, so a generic, undecorated model would be fine.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 6, 2007 1:25 PM
Grand Trunk Western U-3-b 4-8-4, C&O J3a 4-8-4, CN 2-6-0 #89.
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Posted by Occams Razor on Sunday, May 6, 2007 1:57 PM
SP AC-12 Cab Forward in N scale please.
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Posted by warhammerdriver on Sunday, May 6, 2007 7:12 PM
A good running DCC ready 2-6-2 in HO would be nice.
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Posted by ElectricMotive on Sunday, May 6, 2007 7:29 PM
I'd like to see a CNJ GP40P in plastic (or an NJDOT/NJT GP40P / GP40PH / GP40PH-2, also in plastic). Overland did them in brass, but they're long since out of production and very hard to find, which means they're expensive when they can be found.
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Posted by Paul3 on Sunday, May 6, 2007 7:41 PM

For the record, Life-Like raised the prices on Proto items before Walthers bought them.  Walthers just continued on with the last Life-Like price increase (and Walthers has since reduced the prices on some of it, IIRC).

As for what I've always wanted in HO...  Going back to when I was 16 and bought my first New Haven book, "New Haven Power" by Jack Swanberg, FDT/BLI is coming out with it later this year!  Woo hoo!

The New Haven I-5:

http://www.factorydirecttrains.com/NH-I-5-4-6-4-Hybrid-c3267.html

Yep, a plastic I-5 with DCC/Sound from QSI.  I heard the sample at the Springfield (MA) show, and I was impressed not only with the quality of the model, but with the "steamboat" whistle, which to me matches the only live recording that I know about in the movie, "A Great Railroad At Work", the New Haven's wartime PR flick.

After that, I don't know what I'd want...  New Haven stainless passenger cars in plastic?  An EP-5 in plastic?  Or an EP-4 or EF-3?  Yeah, maybe.  Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by unionpacificchuck on Sunday, May 6, 2007 8:48 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_Mohawk

All five types (if any the three cylinder)

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Posted by AggroJones on Sunday, May 6, 2007 9:37 PM

Missabe M4 2-8-8-4

Southern Pacific F5 2-10-2

Union Pacific MK6 2-8-2

Southern Pacific MK5 2-8-2

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