3rd Rail Wishlist Request Future Engines

@AMF posted:

I would love to see a couple of UK engines:  The "Flying Scotsman", which was the first UK steam engine to hit 100 miles per hour, and the "Mallard", which was the fastest steam engine, hitting 126 mph.  I believe 3rd rail made these several years ago.  I believe when 3rd Rail made these they were brass.  I would be happy with brass, or die cast, as long as the detail and quality are good. There are many of these available in O gauge 2 rail DC, but my interest is O gauge 3 rail AC. 

Numerous interesting engines outside the US, but in HO.  UK also has 00 engines which are popular, also DC though..  O gauge is limited in popularity outside US and where it is available, it is 2 rail, DC.

If 3rd Rail makes the two engines I mentioned "my deposit money is in hand and waiting".  Thanks!

 

Ditto.  Europeans who model in Maerklin get the benefit of Challengers and Big Boys, why can't we have Flying Scotsmen and Mallards over here??  I'd love to have some international variety on my 3 rail AC tracks.

Granted I can't fit any of the huge O-72 engines but even if Third Rail could squeeze down to O54 (or O36??), I'd probably get a Flying Scotsman or a Mallard that carried command control and a good smoke unit.  (Especially with whistle steam - I'm a big fan of the bells and whistles   Of course, then I'd need to get passenger cars as well...

Hello BC1989 and all:  This brings up what might be an interesting opportunity.  Here in the USA, so many of us model three rail AC O gauge.....why, because it is what we grew up with.  We started layouts, "invested" in engines, and railroad cars, track, etc. And the clock keeps on ticking as we added more "stuff"......No regrets from me though!  If I had it to do all over again, with the advances that have been made in 2 rail DC, I would probably have gone to 2 rail O gauge, DC....who knows though.  To change over now to 2 rail DC would be a problem and significant expense (at least for me anyhow, as I have lots of 3 rail AC rolling stock) and quite frankly, I am just plain familiar and comfortable with 3 rail O gauge.  And besides, the "attitude" in 3 rail O gauge here is basically what I am in alignment with....for example; I like the detail we have come to expect, the "bells and whistles", but I also like the whimsy as well......  ie: I have a mix of Railking, Premier, Atlas, Kline, Weaver, Lionel.....and I have a haunted house on the layout, and I have the Menards Martian thing....all on one layout.  I have "American" engines and cars, and I love them, but I also have some of the MTH European engines and cars, and I love them as well! (my layout, my stuff!)

With MTH auctioning off their warehouse items, and supposedly shutting down, this might be an opportunity for someone to start to produce the European and Asian models, and even other international rolling stock that to me would be very interesting.   This is only done today in either HO (1:87).... or OO in UK (1:76)......with very limited O gauge DC. (UK is 1:43.5) (Europe is 1:45 scale) ......very close to our 1:48 O gauge scale.  The MTH European items that MTH did, are very nice, they run well, and they were well priced.  I wish I had bought more of it. I missed the opportunity to purchase the Sunset/3rd Rail engines that I mentioned in a previous post.....perhaps at the time I felt they were too expensive as they were brass.  I may be mistaken, but didn't MTH produce engines and rolling stock that could be converted between AC and DC and 3 rail to 2 rail and vice versa?.....I realize this adds cost, but for a manufacturer, this could add significant opportunities both here and abroad, and help amortize costs over a larger market.  Perhaps making these products open to more markets would open the door to more variety for us here in the US.  I recently subscribed to Hornby magazine (UK publication).  I just received my first issue, and I am amazed at the selection and variety of what is available in the UK.  (Very little about O gauge, and limited to O gauge 2 rail DC) They appear to have a very large and very serious, model train customer base. Perhaps some company can make a business case for allowing us to expand our selections?  I would really love to see an American company do this.

My 2 cents (which is probably worth only 1 cent these days any how)

E6, 2nd run. Except also offer an 8 car "400" streamliner set + 2 add on cars so we can finally have accurate square window coaches and proper round end observation/business car with colors that match for 1939-1950 operation.

Everyone seems to own a New York Central Hudson but, to my knowledge, no model manufacturer has made a New York Central K-class Pacific. The type was also used on the Boston & Albany Railroad. There are many NYC fans, so getting sufficient orders might not be too difficult.

MELGAR

Would love to see an RF&P 4-8-4.

I think I listed this before, but a PRR B8a would also be on my list with the A5 and E6.  The B8a are nice 0-6-0T engines.  Guess I am now preferring smaller steamers.

For diesels, a FM H20-44 would be my pick, and it was owned by the PRR, UP and NYC, as well as a couple smaller RRs.

It keeps popping up ———> E6 rerun !!!  Got to do it. Run one too many models to afford all at once !! ! A second run will allow us to purchase those roads we missed - and perhaps campaign for later paint variants too !!!

I’d love to see

Erie Builts - especially Olympian            and
Sharks

              the central of georgia big apple

Jaw dropping! Some body just posted on here they didn't know what a McKeen car is!  That is the story l heard after MTH canceled my order for one. (Was my first and last big ticket MTH pre-order,..why bother if won't be made?). Several have been done in two rail and HO, so somebody knows what they are.  I bet there are people who know what a Mack railbus is, also done in two rail, HO, and G, as that one that runs in the York hall, but, of  course, not in three rail. Well, with no interesting rolling stock, l build structures, and am filling in gaps in another long dormant hobby.

@colorado hirailer posted:

Jaw dropping! Some body just posted on here they didn't know what a McKeen car is!  That is the story l heard after MTH canceled my order for one. (Was my first and last big ticket MTH pre-order,..why bother if won't be made?). Several have been done in two rail and HO, so somebody knows what they are.  I bet there are people who know what a Mack railbus is, also done in two rail, HO, and G, as that one that runs in the York hall, but, of  course, not in three rail. Well, with no interesting rolling stock, l build structures, and am filling in gaps in another long dormant hobby.

A McKeen would be cool.  Years away from what I model but I’d reserve/buy one strictly from a historical perspective.

@colorado hirailer posted:Jaw dropping! Some body just posted on here they didn't know what a McKeen car is!  That is the story l heard after MTH canceled my order for one. (Was my first and last big ticket MTH pre-order,..why bother if won't be made?). Several have been done in two rail and HO, so somebody knows what they are.  I bet there are people who know what a Mack railbus is, also done in two rail, HO, and G, as that one that runs in the York hall, but, of  course, not in three rail. Well, with no interesting rolling stock, l build structures, and am filling in gaps in another long dormant hobby.

My HO Mack Railbus ...   The McKeen motor car is cool in a Jules Verne kind of sense, but personally I don't have a use for one in my current layout planning.

I have said this several times on this post I think, but I'll say it again. I think there are enough buyers that an Erie K5 Pacific could be done. It is a beautiful locomotive that would compliment the recent Erie Berkshire. GGD Stillwell passenger cars could be done to compliment them. There are many variations of the K5 that one could choose from.

The K5 is my favorite steam engine. Given time to save up I would be interested in 3 engines and sets of cars. If I am having a good bonus year I may even try to squeeze out 4. The only chance this engine ever gets done again is if Scott takes on the project. The Max Gray version is nice, but really old. I'd rather invest in new ones from Scott.

Who's with me?

@jonnyspeed posted:

I have said this several times on this post I think, but I'll say it again. I think there are enough buyers that an Erie K5 Pacific could be done. It is a beautiful locomotive that would compliment the recent Erie Berkshire. GGD Stillwell passenger cars could be done to compliment them. There are many variations of the K5 that one could choose from.

The K5 is my favorite steam engine. Given time to save up I would be interested in 3 engines and sets of cars. If I am having a good bonus year I may even try to squeeze out 4. The only chance this engine ever gets done again is if Scott takes on the project. The Max Gray version is nice, but really old. I'd rather invest in new ones from Scott.

Who's with me?

I am totally on board with any variant of an Erie K-class Pacific.  I've been trying to put together a kitbashing project to create one, but have yet to find an appropriate boiler.  At this point I have collected enough GGD Erie passenger cars that I can approximate the Erie Limited, so really need an engine.

Let me also pose a very left-field suggestion.  Since GGD has now entered the O42 market with 18" semi-scale passenger cars, how about releasing an accurate representation of the fictional Polar Express cars with a correct observation platform?  Many of us run a variant of this around the holidays, and the Lionel offerings (both O27 and scale) are lacking when compared to the representations in the book and/or movie.

@Daniel Raible posted:

Let me also pose a very left-field suggestion.  Since GGD has now entered the O42 market with 18" semi-scale passenger cars, how about releasing an accurate representation of the fictional Polar Express cars with a correct observation platform?  Many of us run a variant of this around the holidays, and the Lionel offerings (both O27 and scale) are lacking when compared to the representations in the book and/or movie.

Two words:  Licensing Fee.

Rusty

Pennsylvania R1 electric

An accurate C&O M1 turbine to go with the upcoming Chessie cars.

Another run of their GG1 in Futura and maybe the one of a kind “Feather” stripe paint job.

@MELGAR posted:

Everyone seems to own a New York Central Hudson but, to my knowledge, no model manufacturer has made a New York Central K-class Pacific. The type was also used on the Boston & Albany Railroad. There are many NYC fans, so getting sufficient orders might not be too difficult.

MELGAR

Sorry but I have to tell ya that I am part of "everyone" yet i never owned, wanted to own, or even care to own a NYC Hudson or sny other Hudson. Now K4's... well thats a different story!

FYI, Sunset did produce a NYC K-5 Pacific:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...set-nyc-k5-weathered

In fact one recently went unsold on ebay for $575 asking.

@Daniel Raible posted:

FYI, Sunset did produce a NYC K-5 Pacific:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...set-nyc-k5-weathered

In fact one recently went unsold on ebay for $575 asking.

However, those beautiful models were 2-Rail SCALE only.

G N -S-1 4-8-4