What Locomotives Aren't There Enough Of?

Early small steamers.  I want a Legacy 4-4-0.

Krauss Maffei

Lionel Diecast Evos

hudsons, big boys,and gp38's

I will also vote for the Krauss Maffei (either the early one or the late re-built version), Alco C855 (UP), Alco C643DH (SP), Alco 4-10-2 3 cylinder (either UP or SP)

Rolland

Free ones.....LOL

Reasonably priced ones that work right out of the box.

Baby face Baldwins

ACL diesels that are not purple.

Steam locomotives for roads south of Southern RR.

Ones that work when you take them out of the box, new.

Well, let's see: Santa Fe F-3's, NYC Hudsons ... oh, wait a minute, how about CONVENTIONALLY operated engines that don't break down or fry and turn into $$$$ paperweights? We don't all have the fancy control systems, and I've noticed that most people turn their sounds OFF shortly after those first runs . Why not have a basic module for F-N-R operation with after market plug-in modules for all the sound and such?

But seriously, sturdy, dependable starter sets for those who can't afford $300 for a train set would be nice. Remember Railking? I wish Mike did.

Maybe Menards will make a cheap no-frills engine one day.

G.E. u boats &

G.E. dash 7's and dash 8's standard cabs

SD60M tri-clops,

SD 70 standard cab,

ALCo C636

ALCo T6 switchers

SW1 scale switcher 

NW2 scale switcher 

MP 15 Switchers

4-4-0 Camelback steamers

Usra 2-10-2's

2-8-8-0 Steamers

E7 diesels

ALCo FA-1

Amtrak P42

ALCo S4-S6. Switchers

VIA Rail F units, F40PH (old paint)

Southern Pacific bloody nose covered wagons for passenger service.

Almost any scale Reading steam locomotives!

While Reading T-1's have been made several times, and there have been a limited number of Reading Pacifics made (Weaver and SGL), that's about it.  I would love to see a scale Reading K-1 or even a Reading I10sa 2-8-0.

Jim

MONON_JIM posted:

Reasonably priced ones

DITTO!

Wonder how many times l have posted this list?

Little River 2-4-4-2

Great Western 2-10-0, now on Strasburg

Small 2 truck Heislers. .maybe a Climax, too

C&IM 4-4-0

(Non-engines) McKeen Car, Mack Railbus, and a lengthy list of gas and steam coaches and critters.

I agree with those who want to see more late nineteenth/early twentieth century locos, especially the small ones.  N&W had some nice Baldwin pacifics and atlantics that would have broad appeal.

I would like to see American 4-4-0's that are to scale, die-cast and not some carbon copy. There are tons of different styles of those as well as some other notable engines of the 19th century which have different smokestacks, different boilers, some using wood, some using coal. Or even an accurate model of Sierra No. 3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_No._3

RLaHaie posted:

......Alco 4-10-2 3 cylinder (either UP or SP)

Rolland

Agreed.  I bought the 3rd Rail SP version to cut up and make a UP model.  Requires a lot of changes.  When 3rd Rail announced this model many years ago, Scott couldn't get the reservations for the UP model.  I wasn't in the hobby or I would've bought several of the UP IF it would have guaranteed it being produced.

An accurate UP Mikado is hard to find also. 3rd Rail made them but they hardly ever appear on the secondary market. 

Die-cast diesels are also a hot item.  Wish I would've bought a bunch of the BSA version when they were blown out for $550 a piece!

Any that have not been done over and over and over before........

There are way too darn many EMD "SW" type switchers and not a single ALCO T6!

I think we need a  4-4-0 that is not from the 1800s.  Something more modern like the C & IM or the Katy used right up to the end of steam.  Actually I'd settle for  any 4-4-0 past  1910. 

          Logan

More steam in Frisco, MoPac, and T&P   I'm not asking for obscure roads, like Mississippi River & Bonne Terre:  these three are major systems.

I don't believe a Russian Decapod has been done in 3-rail, but many roads had them.

We need more scale-sized steam without all the gimcrackery that drives up the price and down the reliability.   I'd be delighted with TMCC or even just conventional, and please spare me the crew talk/cab chatter.  No need for steam leaking from every possible orifice, collapsing coal piles, waving engineers, or flickering lights.   In fact, delete operating class lights and markers:  jewels work fine.  A moderate level of sturdy details without having the little valve wheels turn and other assorted filigree that doesn't survive the trip to the store much less actually putting it on the layout. 

A scale detailed steeple cab electric would be nice.

Bob

More Big Boy and Challenger and not broke out of the box.

palallin posted:

More steam in Frisco, MoPac, and T&P   I'm not asking for obscure roads, like Mississippi River & Bonne Terre:  these three are major systems.

I don't believe a Russian Decapod has been done in 3-rail, but many roads had them.

 

 

MTH has done two runs of the Russian decapod. (2008 & 2016.)

And not a single one in Frisco... Gee, there's only 5 of them still in existence and one of them even runs.

Rusty

Mine!  As long as you don't ask my wife.  

Seriously, I think I would go with more affordable, they are all getting up there now. The Railking's are still a great value, IMO, unfortunately, I now seem to favor the Premiers...fortunately, I prefer diesels. 

Rusty Traque posted:

MTH has done two runs of the Russian decapod. (2008 & 2016.)

And not a single one in Frisco... Gee, there's only 5 of them still in existence and one of them even runs.

Rusty

Didn't know that, thanks.  MoPac had 'em, too.

Not technically a locomotive, but how about a new subway that is not another metro-north or NY/MTA?  One of the Boston MBTA lines would be cool, maybe even an LRV type 7 or 8 from the Greenline.  I won't hold my breath but this was our nation's first subway and its never been massed produced or available outside of kits.  It would  be different.

I like the idea of more Legacy small loco's, ie 4-4-0 and forney.

Pennsy Decapod 2-10-0

Pennsy and other Santa Fe types 2-10-2

More consolidations like the MTH H9 with fat, shorter boilers

Would love some mudhens in the latest control systems, Lionel or MTH - I believe one of the brass manufacturers made them prior (Precision Scale?) as 2-8-2's with sounds specific to each road number of the Durango and Silverton (I believe SoundTraxx in colorado did the sound for them)

Hudsons - scale ones of J1 or J3

I sure I will think of more.

3 Rail (yes I know there have been 2 rail versions)

N&W 0-8-0 S1a

N&W 2-6-6-2 Z1b

EMD FL9....Alco C-415

I'll second the late 19th/early 20th century small steamers--there were many hundreds of them. The PRR D-16 and H-6 in particular.

The engines are already being made.  Only thing we need is some marked for the ACME Railroad, George Jetson Railway, and the Addams Family System.  Trains which go 6 feet, blow up, and never run again!

A true scale dimension Alco RS3.              New York Central H 10 Mikado.               C&O K2 or K3 Mikado

I'm all for more small Steamers. Common catalog engines from the likes of Baldwin, Alco and Porter would be great.  An Elevated style Forney would be amazing. I'd love a BEDT 0-6-0T.  More Moguls and 4-6-0s would be great. Early diesels would also be welcome.

Bostonpete is Right. How about Boston's hawker-sidly cars from the Orange ( third rail) and Blue lines ( overhead pantographs)

But being an ex New Yorker, a scale m series self propelled emu cars for Metro North,  LIRR, and Condot would also be nice.

I second the subway cars, but how about some Broad Street and/or Market-Frankford Line cars?  And PATCO?

Mitch

Or modern streetcar and LRT cars.