ModelRailroader.com Reader Poll– December 10, 2003

[Anonymous]

My wife is buying me the MRC sound Station 312. However, being in England, our house voltage is 240 volts, therefore, if we plug American equipment into it we get an exciting Flash and Bang (just the once !). So, I have found a shop which sells an adaptor which drops 240v to 110v. Excellent ! but it is interesting to note that one shop I phoned will sell nothing with a 110v input due to the possibility of a customer suing them in the event of ...yes... an exciting flash and bang ! So, maybe MRC, and other manufacturers might like to consider 240 volt working versions of things.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to M.R. and Y'all

[Anonymous]

Anything I get I will be happy with, but of course, more is better, as long as it is RR RELATED[:D]

[Anonymous]

Yep - a South River model along with some scratxhbuilding supplies.

[Anonymous]

I keep buying stuff but never actually build anything to run on. Must build that layout before I die.

Tom

[Anonymous]

I'd love to see a turbine HO scale engine! unless there's one out ther?? I'm mostly looking for structures this christmas. no sense in adding to the rolling stock if the surroundings arent' done :)

[vsmith]

I want Bachmann's new large scale Porter under my tree...

...just get something Stupid like cloths or sock or other Usefull things...HUMBUG!

[Anonymous]

I got plenty of stuff on my wishlist.... which has been piling up since 1998.

[lupo]

The new RIVAROSSI FEF, and today I received a mail it was send to me!
thanks SANTA

[Anonymous]

Still trying to make room for a layout. Maybe next year.

[Anonymous]

I don't ask for locomotives for Christmas, as they can be a little pricey and I don't want to make that big a request. I just look for rolling stock, buildings and scenery. Of course, when a locomotive occasionally does slide in under the tree, I'm more than a little grateful.
As luck would have it, my annual profit sharing check is due this Friday, and there is a Greenberg show on Saturday. HoHoHo! Sounds like Ol' Santa is gonna have an uncanny resemblence to me this year!

Chris R.

[nfmisso]

This pole is funny - like others above; EVERYTHING on my list is MR related.

[Anonymous]

There are always items on my list. But, during the past year, I've spent more than enough buying up all the CN and CP related N-Scale items I could find. I have my presents for the next couple of years or so.

[eastcoast]

MY BIRTHDAY is on the 18th of December.
If I do not get for birthday, hope for Christmas.
I have MANY things on my list this year and all
have a hefty pricetag. That MRC sound & country
soundstation WAS at the top of it. I just ordered it.
It will be here soon. IT WOULD BE COOL IF I GET
TWO !!!!!

[Anonymous]

Of course I do! A WM H-9 consolidation in brass would be sweet, with a sound decoder to install even sweeter! [:D]
I am also a self proclaimed tool-whore, so just about anything from the micro-scale catalog would be cool ( I X-ed out the stuff I already have!).
Sweetie knows what I want, and is really good at telling what family members can get what and where, so in any case, it oughta be a good one!
[:)][:)][:)]

[Anonymous]

Outside of books on railroading, there aren't any RR items on my list. I usually ask for "train money" so that I can buy exactly what I need - there aren't any RR shops that are near to me and, with few exceptions, I usually buy exactly what I need on eBay or an online hobby shop. It's hard for someone else to buy me N scale items - also, with the money, I can buy used freight cars when I visit the faraway shop. My closest hobby train shop is about 170 miles from here, so I don't run there every time I need some small item!

[Anonymous]

Have most everything but have hinted that renewals to Garden Railways and Model Railroader would be appreciated!!!

[Anonymous]

Like I would want anything else? My problem is a lack of engines that I don't already have in my roads. No cabooses. My solution in one word: Shinohara

[Anonymous]

I printed a page from the internet showing her Santa what I wanted. A couple days later Santa gave me back the page and said "you'd better go pick it out to be sure you get what you want." Soooo... I'm sure that Santa will bring me a shinny new cordless 10.8 volt Lithium-ion Dremel set. [:D]

[rlhelton]

I usually buy the items I want, give them to my wife and let her surprise me with which ones I get for my birthday (also in December) and which show up as Christmas gifts. What I really want for Christmas is a room in which to build a layout, but that will have to wait till I can build it. Oh well!! Slow but sure just like the LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD.
BigD

[Anonymous]

I sure could use another N&W 2-8-8-2 or two. I give my daughters copies of ads from MR with my wish list items circled.

RJD

[Anonymous]

No. At the present time I have all I need.

[Anonymous]

yes but it's a present to myself from myself. I think it is easier because my missus gets awfully confused by trains and trying to explain is more trouble than it is worth.

neil

[tanyetta]

An Athern Genesis set of Santa Fe F3's would be nice!

[Anonymous]

I asked Santa for a Digitrax DCC system. My wife (oops, Santa) hasn't the foggiest but will visit the hobby shaop and ask the owner what DCC means. Thank you Santa!

[Anonymous]

I voted no because railroading is not a very popular subject around this neck of the woods and the only hobby shop in the area does not stock much railroad stuff. I use mailorder to get my stuff. There is nothing available locally and the closest railroad is almost 200 miles away

[Anonymous]

There are always items on my Christmas list...but if I don't buy them, I won't get them.

[Anonymous]

yea im getting a 20 car set of coal cars in N scale and i think i will buy a sd70mac for myself in bn heritage scheme...

[alpreston]

This year, yes. I told the wife my old throttle died, so a new one would be acceptable. Normally I don't make a Yuletide wish list, but this year she asked me what I'd like... (and almost all of the stuff I want would require a lot of detailed explanation and cross border mail ordering).

[Anonymous]

Wife was with me when I went looking for an HO GN SW/8. Found a Proto 1000 GN RS-2 instead and baught that. We plan to go back up to the LHS up North around that time and look again. Oh, and by the way...she was IN the store AND paid for it!

[Anonymous]

in one word....digitrax!!!!! in two words,..more tracks!! i do my real holiday shopping for myself in january at the train show in timonium, md, every january!! usually i pick up a surplus of kato's, atlas, p2k, but, it's time to load up on decoders this year!