Railfan wish-list?

[NS SD70M-2]

I'd take a cab ride on ANYTHING.

Two tickets for the American Orient Express would be nice as well.

A cab ride!

LOL!

[Semper Vaporo]

After having just read the last issue of Trains Magazine I think my wish would be to meet Cheri George, especialy is she is still single!

With apologies to Mz. George, in the event the following comment is in any way offensive to her...

WHY? OH! WHY DID I CHOOSE COMPUTERS INSTEAD OF TRAINS?!

[cordon]

Ah, I have to go for the cab ride.  But I'm thinking big - LA to Chicago on BNSF, and Chicago to LA on UP.  Don't worry.  I'll figure out how to sleep.

 

 

[1stFalcon]

After having just read the last issue of Trains Magazine I think my wish would be to meet Cheri George, especialy is she is still single!

[Limitedclear]

I Wish for;

Engineers that Can Smile, and Wave, at least some of the Time.

Railfans that can Act Responsibly, at least Most of the Time.

Another Forum Topic would go Away.

I was wondering where that Engineer's waving thread got started...

I'll wave to you, but just this once...lol...

LC

[troynm]

For me it would be to ride the trans-Siberian railroad, preferably on the luxury one. Then do some Russian rail fanning.

Luxury

http://www.trans-siberia.com/tours-deluxe.html

or on the cheap

http://www.mircorp.com/tour_peksvo.asp

I would love to have one of the new Blackstone engines painted for the Rio Grande Southern too!

[chicagorails]

airstream motor home painted  santa fe  red and silver with a years supply of bio diesel fuel

[oldyardgoat]

Ahhh, perchance to dream . . .

Take the throttle of UP No. 844 over Sherman Hill (step aside Steve Lee).  

To rewind time to have Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 3780 saved from the scrapper's torch.  It made the last regular steam operation on the AT&SF Aug. 27, 1957 (50 years ago); Not a single member of the 3776-class (BLW-1941) was saved "for posterity".  

To have a tourist train operation on Raton Pass: 3.5% grades between Trinidad, CO. and Raton, NM.; with restored second track on NM side, restored ATSF 2-10-4 "Madame Queen No. 5000, one way, a team of warbonnet Fs (the long type like F-3 Nos. 16-21 had) the other way, both with ATSF varnish, heavy (Calif. Ltd.) and lightweight (The Chief).  And, oh yeah, photo stands all along the way - and not a gung-ho, post 9/11 cop in sight!

to quote John Travolta directly, "Wheeeeeeeeee"  

ardenastationmaster 

[yougottawanta]

My wish list hmmm?

1) To be in shape as I was 20 years ago,including all the symptoms from my auto accident to be gone,this way I could enjoy number 2

2)A scenic trip thru west va with a J at the lead,of course in the fall

3)a an unlimited  shopping spree thru scenic modeling companies,Alas code 100 track,MRC companies 

4)A large building w/temp control to have host a ho club

5)To have back families and friends back that have left this earth for eternity. 

[MStLfan]

A bit far out perhaps but I would like to see a SD40/SD40-2 (or one of those modern things from GE or EMD) running here in the Netherlands from Rotterdam to Utrecht or Amsterdam - Utrecht. Strictly as a scientific experiment to see how strong (or not) the peat bogs are beneath the tracks...

(Soon after delivery of the then new 1300 class electrics from Alsthom, France, in the fifties, one was involved in an accident on the Amsterdam - Utrecht line. They never managed to get all of it out of the ditch after it rolled into it. The remains were probably only removed with the quadrupling of the tracks which went into service earlier this year.)

greetings,

Marc Immeker

[nanaimo73]

For any railfan that has never been to British Columbia, a week long tour of the Canadian Pacific mainline between Vancouver and Calgary.  

[coborn35]

CN Business Car Metis.

[MILW86A]

How about a cab ride on MILW 261?

MILW86A  

 

[CMucha]

 

1. Win the Photo contest

2. Take a cab ride on a Metra MP-36 and a cab car home

3. Being a millionare would be nice to !

 

Colin 

[Murphy Siding]

My wish list?  The impossible:

 2. One more outreageous book by Lucius Bebee taking on the current RR scene.

The Georgia Observer 

Boy, I smell the sweet smell of satire in that!  Surely someone on this board would have the talent to write that book, or maybe only a magazine length article would be needed to cover it.

[ACLPLW]

  OK, how about,

  1. To travel back in time about 45 years before all the major mergers started taking place.

  2. A year's paid vacation to travel the USA and spend the day in a different railroad hotspot each day.

  3. Kalmbach to publish a national railroad atlas (you guys would do an excellent job with it!).

  4. Someone to underwrite my railroad book wishlist.

  5. Someone to do the wiring on my model railroad (the rest of it will be fun).

  I'm sure I could add a lot more but this will do for this Christmas.  I'll give you another list next year.

  -Paul Williams 

 

[Poppa_Zit]

Add a covered, weatherproof, heated and air-conditioned tower with huge picture windows (that open during nice weather) that is tall enough to see the entire yard and I'm there, Jim.

PZ, I already have one of those (almost--my yard's too big!)

Carl -- maybe it's that your tower is too short.

[Georgia Observer]

My wish list?  The impossible:

 1. One more Trains issue edited and mostly written by David P. Morgan.

 2. One more outreageous book by Lucius Bebee taking on the current RR scene.

 3. A ride on the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Scooter from Chattanooga to Gadsden with a stopover in my hometown of Flintstone, GA.

 4. A seat in the observation car of either the Dixie Flyer or the Dixie Flagler.

 5. One more Sunday afternoon walking the platforms of the Louisville Union Station with steam hissing at the bumper posts and beholding the departure/arrivals of the Pan American, the George Washington, and the South Wind, in their glorious twilight.

 If the above can't be arranged, I would settle for two hours of expert instruction in how to sort, handle, e-mail, print, and find the RR pictures I am taking with my new digital camera.  They seem to disappear or get stuck in my computer.

Merry Christmas,

The Georgia Observer 

[Jim-53]

1) To have many brass engines and rolling stock of the Milwaukee Road.

2) To have my own private rail car and travel the country to see all the sites.

3) To have parks like Rochelle at every busy train intersection. A train watchers dream.

[swknox]

     By comparison to others, I guess my wish would be rather simple.  Can I have a Milwaukee Road RS3 please?  I have a norrow lot, with a 14' sideyard.  I could make that work.

 

Murphy I have 100 acres you can use but I'm nowhere close to South Dakota as you can see lol.

  I guess you probably do have the better site.  'Tell you what-if Kathy gives me the RS3, we can keep it at your place.

 

Well let me know murphy if she does, I have roughly 70 -75 acres clear farmland and about 25-30 acres of woods. If she gives it to you then Ill start laying the track... Trust me the farm aint making that much money even if the price of grain is around 8 bucks or whatever it is now lol

[edbenton]

For me it would be buy the old NYC line Hennepin to Kankakee IL and the Illinois Railnet line that goes through Streator IL.  Bring the IL Rail Net up to Class 3 track work standards.  Then go to Mendota and have that 2-8-2 restored to operating condition and then run it in FREIGHT service EVERYDAY as my local engine.  Then run a Dinner Train on that line and also drum up any and all business I could to expand it.

[rrnut282]

To get back on track with the title of this thread, my ultimate wish list would include: 

1. Enough money to buy a nearby short-line with enough left over to hire the brains to help run it.

2. Money left over, or profit, to get it up to Class II or III standards.  Invite NKP 765 over to stretch her legs while I ride behind in my custom Amtrak-compatible dome-lounge.

3. A railroad world where no more mergers take place just give brokers, lawyers, and accountants some busy-work.

 

In the real world:

1. a set of SPV rail atlases and a scanner that doesn't pick up the weather when listening to the railroads.

[Murphy Siding]

Well, Murph, if the slipper fits...

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[CShaveRR]

Well, Murph, if the slipper fits...

[Murphy Siding]

No more title of Fairy Godmother for you!

I hope you were talking to Kathi, and not me.

[Mookie]

No more title of Fairy Godmother for you!

[Murphy Siding]

Should make for an interesting article...

I was just thinking the same thing!! You guys are all awesome. I knew I could rely on you to come up with some great ideas. And if I could grant them, man, you know I would!

Take care, everyone!

Kathi

Um...you're sugesting you can't?  Dang!  There goes my RS3.

[Kathi Kube]

Should make for an interesting article...

I was just thinking the same thing!! You guys are all awesome. I knew I could rely on you to come up with some great ideas. And if I could grant them, man, you know I would!

Take care, everyone!

Kathi

[CShaveRR]

Add a covered, weatherproof, heated and air-conditioned tower with huge picture windows (that open during nice weather) that is tall enough to see the entire yard and I'm there, Jim.

PZ, I already have one of those (almost--my yard's too big!)

[CopCarSS]

Kathi, my second choice would be a Rochelle style railfan park at Eola yard complete with either a covered viewing area like Rochelle or with big umbrellas, vending machines, bathroom(s), a built in scanner and perhaps a few barbecue grills. Yep, I know I am asking for a bunch, but what the heck.

Add a covered, weatherproof, heated and air-conditioned tower with huge picture windows (that open during nice weather) that is tall enough to see the entire yard and I'm there, Jim.

If we're going to make some Eola improvements, could we re-build the rickety old bridge that spanned the yard?