GG1 4877 posted:I've been working on Scott Mann off and on to offer a set in O scale, but with a likely limited production run for the locomotive and the cars, it would have to be a brass offering. Something in the range of 75 sets would probably go forward, maybe 50 in this market, but the price would run about $1600 for the locomotive or more and likely $400+ a car. I'd like to see the set offered in the 1940's and early 50's commuter paint too less the diner as that is the era I model in two rail. That means two sets for me!
If there was enough interest in seeing the CNJ coach-combine-baggage-observation cars in the roughly 5-6 paint schemes they wore in service to get about 2000 cars are so, they could be done in plastic as well at a more favorable price. The coaches ran up into 1983 on the Raritan Valley Line. One of the observations ran until 1975 to Phillipsburg and the 1975 steam special used the same cars also less the combine and baggage as I recall. I was only 6 when it went through my hometown.
Would love to have a set of the correct CNJ equipment available in 2-Rail. Undecorated plastic cars would be a good choice too if they weren't available in each of their six prototype schemes (CRRofNJ, CNJ, Blue Comet, CNJ herald only, CNJ almost-merged B&O, and NJ DOT). One observation even got the NJ Transit silver scheme, but I don't know if this qualifies as another legitimate scheme, being only the single car. Many of these cars also got second lives on tourist railroads in varying paint schemes. Well worth an accurate model to make up for previous bogus offerings and remind folks that history and model railroading can go well together.
Bill Chaplik
