Ive seen plenty of cool stuff in 2 rail come out in the last decade.
PRR GRa gondolas, the H30 covered hoppers. MILW ribbed side box cars, and of the Atlas USRA hopper cars, 8000 gallon tank cars, or AC-2 covered hoppers. All the golden gate passenger cars...and our special run of the 64' woodside coaches. Engines....MTH did big boys in 2 rail 6 months ago, but now they are all gone. 2 rail diesels...Ive been pushing for this..and hopefully some day it will happen. 2 rail road diesels..there are plenty available.
I'm getting MTH steel drop bottom gondolas done in 2 rail (as well as 3 rail) . They are really nice highly detailed cars. The remarks I get from 2 railers when they see some of the nice MTH stuff is...."i had no idea this stuff was that nice".
Im also going to have a program introduced on the website maybe in a month....where if u buy an MTH freight car, 2 rail trucks for it will be available for $19.95 . I know its not 5.00 bucks, but best I can do right now. Part of the probem with the MTH cars is that the bolster screws go in from the top down, and u have to take the car apart to change the trucks, and I dont have time for that. If it was an easy truck change, I could do them and charge less..
What would u want that has enough mass appeal to make the project economically viable? Id say of course diesel switchers (like an alco S-2) and consolidations, but what else.
FWIW... The last time Atlas offered the SW series switchers, they cancelled the run due to low order numbers. You cant expect the manufacturers and dealers to take all the risk, and then have the hobbyists sit back and decide. "well maybe I'll get it after I see it. " The marketplace has spoken...and dealers are saying "im not stocking any 2 rail". Im only ordering what customers order. And the numbers are coming up short for production.
I wish I had the answer..other than more publicity for 2 rail
my .02 again
