All scale, Premier...
N&W S-1A 0-8-0 w/ the correct tender and center mounted headlight
N&W Z-1b 2-6-6-2
N&W CF and CG Caboose 'come-on Mike! You should be able to sell a ton of these. Everyone with a N&W Freight steamer will want one. You know how many N&W "A's" and "Y's" you've sold. Lionel hasn't made it, so their customers should be interested too! The only correct ones have been brass. I'm up for at least 3 of each type.
S79 LRT cars. Most transit uses use the small nose. Houston METRO uses the same base car as UTA in Salt Lake City. MTH has some sort of deal with Siemans right now.
mikey posted:Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific as used on the West Coast.
Mikey
Or what T&NO used on the SUNBEAM and HUSTLER between Dallas and Houston.
I would love to see a series of stuff that is still running. In my area I have 2 excursion lines that both have earlier Consolidations. (New Hope and Ivy Land, and Black River and Western). I've thought about getting a Consolidation that is already produced and having it repainted, but nothing I have found matches close enough for me.
Tony
How could I forget to mention more high hood locomotives! (SD40-2, GP38, GP30)
Western Maryland Potomac class 4-8-4
I'd love to see a RK Imperial Niagara. MTH has done every other iconic 4-8-4 in the imperial line but that one. Besides, they could reuse the tender tooling to re-offer the RK Hudson with the larger tender. Imagine a RK ESE with that tender!!
Besides the Niagara, I'd like to see a RK 2-6-6-2
What about Nickel Plate Road 765 & excursion cars?
It's been a long time since they introduced any new Railking four-axle diesels. They run the same GPs and RSs over and over. How about some second-generation units, like a U30B, a non-dash-2 GP38, or a C424/425?
Well since we are doing this again, here it goes;
a tinplate steam engine in O gauge similar to the American flyer brass piper, or at least a new wheel arrangement.
A Reading co steamer that hasn't been done, something like an N1
A railking small steam switcher that has a working coupler on both ends at an entry level price point.
An exploding boxcar
A prarie class loco and period cars, maybe even a replica of the Jupiter, (although this may have been done)
I must be living a dream .
Scott R and I both want Railking Imperial Niagara in NYC colors .
A Rail King 2-6-6-2 could have NYC, NKP & Milwaukee road for sure . Maybe even Chessie !
a Rail King mp-15 in NYC and/or Sw1500 in NYC with Proto 3 . I missed the proto 2 versions .
TO MTH ! THANKS for the TWO RAILKING CHRISTMAS DIESELS ! YOU DELIVERED & I bought them !
that kcs caboose is super sweet,,,,i would go for one,,,,also std tinplate,remake of the lti commodore Vanderbilt in some new color,,,,,a remake of the ives/lionel transition loco and cars,,,,different colors some 380's and 390's in road names,,,,
I collect their under $500 starter kits. I'd love more passenger sets besides the Pensy and Santa Fe. NY Central steam would be nice; a UP steam set.
Also, how about an old west steamer starter? All of these would be awesome in proto 3. A LIRR set would be great too.
I'd be buying more sets if I had more of a selection. :-)
PhillyReading,
The SD40-2 is in the 2016 v.1 catalog, item numbers 20-20581-1 and 20-20582-1, both are powered.
The SD50 was in the 2011 v.2 catalog, item number 20-20182-1 for the powered and 20-20182-3 for the non-powered.
ZHYACHTS,
Hmmn... Nice looking engine!
The Portland Rose,
Thanks! How could I possibly forget the WM Potomac! Silly Me!
Scale PRR S2 Turbine
Gilly@N&W posted:All scale, Premier...
N&W S-1A 0-8-0 w/ the correct tender and center mounted headlight
N&W Z-1b 2-6-6-2
N&W CF and CG Caboose 'come-on Mike! You should be able to sell a ton of these. Everyone with a N&W Freight steamer will want one. You know how many N&W "A's" and "Y's" you've sold. Lionel hasn't made it, so their customers should be interested too! The only correct ones have been brass. I'm up for at least 3 of each type.
Tom, I too would like a manufacturer to produce a late steam era N&W cabin car. But even though I am a big MTH fan and purchaser, I believe Lionel would do a better job on the cabin cars.
I do NOT believe a plastic CF cabin could be mass produced. To make a GOOD CF would require much hand applied detail parts making it to tedious for mass production. I for one am very disappointed that Malcolm gave-up and quitted on the CF. I think he was the only chance on a plastic CF. Provide no one else or at least not many were willing to pay the price for excellence.
Now the CGs, CHs, and/or C2s could be mass produced. These are not much different than a cabin car now produced by one of the big makers. The CG in particular covers years from 1927 to the late 70s. So various lettering, decor and paint would probably make a dozen or more different cars.
September, 2014 I contact the five major players. Got no kind of positive replies. One said this about N&W fans "Curious to see what the demand is for the Y-6b as we are also missing a good N&W 2-Bay hopper, but if the N&W crowd is not all that concerned about prototypicality, then no sense in tooling a unique hopper, or cabin car for that matter."
What more is there to say!
Ron
As a set collector, I would love Railking starter circus themed set!
Chicago & Eastern Illinois freight and passenger units with rolling stock. I write that every time.
And then, some Premier freight cars in lesser popular road names such as C&EI, SP&S, Columbus & Greenville, Portland & Western..
mikey posted:Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific as used on the West Coast.
Mikey
LONG OVERDUE. The Pacific's were the mainstay of SP's passenger fleet. These are sorely lacking and should be produced with the
correct tender that MOST SP steam engines used.
Peter Araujo posted:What about Nickel Plate Road 765 & excursion cars?
is that someone hanging off the running board/ tender/whatever? suppose thats not N.S. approved..
SJC posted:How 'bout some Railking Auto Rack cars - the modern ones! These really would be ideal and they could to them in a ton of prototypical and non-prototypical road names. I like to buy a few things of what I see regularly and these are them.
they are currently made now as premier cars , about 70% as long as a scale car...mth ,you missed the boat on this one.-Jim
dandeo50 posted:mikey posted:Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific as used on the West Coast.
Mikey
LONG OVERDUE. The Pacific's were the mainstay of SP's passenger fleet. These are sorely lacking and should be produced with the
correct tender that MOST SP steam engines used.
Sunset/3rd Rail already produced various versions of SP "P Class" Pacifics. They are truly beautiful!
NCT posted:
Now, that's a motor people would give a second look. Due to the "Jack" drive, maybe MTH could use wheels from a steamer to build it.
boin106 posted:There's nothing wrong with MTH producing the Pacifics also. Probably will sell them pretty well. Matt
Except THAT is a Harriman, tapered boiler, Pacific and would be pretty exclusive to only SP, or possibly UP. Thus, unlike the MTH and Lionel models of light and/or heavy Pacific class locomotives, it would not represent any other railroads. But then again, that has never stopped Lionel nor MTH anyway, has it?
It'll never happen...
Wish List! Wish List! Is it that time again already?
How about a Union Pacific 0-6-0 switcher but with a proper slope back tender?
Here's a prototype photo from a great resource, The Denver Public Library:
Link:
http://cdm16079.contentdm.oclc...ll22/id/45061/rec/66
Hot Water posted:dandeo50 posted:mikey posted:Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific as used on the West Coast.
Mikey
LONG OVERDUE. The Pacific's were the mainstay of SP's passenger fleet. These are sorely lacking and should be produced with the
correct tender that MOST SP steam engines used.
Sunset/3rd Rail already produced various versions of SP "P Class" Pacifics. They are truly beautiful!
You are correct 3rd Rail has produced limited brass additions, However this Topic is on MTH production.
dandeo50 posted:Hot Water posted:dandeo50 posted:mikey posted:Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific as used on the West Coast.
Mikey
LONG OVERDUE. The Pacific's were the mainstay of SP's passenger fleet. These are sorely lacking and should be produced with the
correct tender that MOST SP steam engines used.
Sunset/3rd Rail already produced various versions of SP "P Class" Pacifics. They are truly beautiful!
You are correct 3rd Rail has produced limited brass additions, However this Topic is on MTH production.
So you think that MTH would really spend the high cost of new tolling just to produce a fairly limited sales quantity of a steam model that has already been produced? Remember, we are not discussing New York Central and PRR with this "special SP 4-6-2".
Hot Water posted:dandeo50 posted:Hot Water posted:dandeo50 posted:mikey posted:Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific as used on the West Coast.
Mikey
LONG OVERDUE. The Pacific's were the mainstay of SP's passenger fleet. These are sorely lacking and should be produced with the
correct tender that MOST SP steam engines used.
Sunset/3rd Rail already produced various versions of SP "P Class" Pacifics. They are truly beautiful!
You are correct 3rd Rail has produced limited brass additions, However this Topic is on MTH production.
So you think that MTH would really spend the high cost of new tolling just to produce a fairly limited sales quantity of a steam model that has already been produced? Remember, we are not discussing New York Central and PRR with this "special SP 4-6-2".
So long as we're wishing for limited quantities of SP locomotives maybe MTH could model this one:
They could make all their money back by painting it all kinds of innacurate other road names. Wink. Wink.
Again from the Denver Public Library collection.
Things I like here:
- RK Imperial Niagara
- RK Imperial Modern Auto Racks
The Niagara almost seems like a no-brainer to me. It would sell well. Same with an RK modern auto-rack. The scale versions are two long for most modest layouts - something that would fit two levels of 2 or 3 1:43 cars on each level would be fantastic. I'd be in for a fleet.
I would add:
- RK Imperial T1/S1: Lots of people out there with smaller radius curves that would LOVE to roll one of these! I think they'd sell a ton of them. The Imperial PRR Turbine seems to have sold well over the years; why not a T1?
- Articulated well cars in RK or Premier. I absolutely love the N-scale Kato sets I have. Intermodal is challenging to model in O gauge and have it look good, but this would help.
- A RK Imperial Veranda Turbine? Not sure how well this would sell - I'd sure like to have one....
- As PS3 RK K-4S reissue - I think we're due for these, actually.
- More containers for RK and Premier. Especially in RK. They are getting better about this, but I'd still like to see more prototypical options. I'd love to replace my ho-hum NS/BNSF containers with a little Hanjin/Hyundai/EMP/J.B. Hunt/Swift/etc. color.
- I keep hoping for a PS3 reissue of the RK Imperial SD70ACe heritage models. Not new, per-se, but I missed out on a MOPAC/UP Screaming Eagle and I want one ! 
OK, the last two were a little weak. But I do think that Niagara's and T-1's in RK Imperial would really sell well.
Premier
SD40-2 in Burlington Northern
SP&S 700
85' HI-C Stock car "BIG PIG PALACE" in Northern Pacific. Just because it would be so hard not to look at as it would pass by. :-), Just do not include the scent-o-matic option.
Still waiting on my Boston and Maine/Maine Central/Portland Terminal 44 tonner. Premier, of course.
Photo by Terry Bartlow.
I seriously think this locomotive would be a good seller for multiple reasons:
It has been preserved.
It has no limitations as to what it can haul.
It can be prototypically used as a road switcher.
It is a summation of what the Burlington did for streamlined passenger equipment.
Lionel, MTH, and 3rd rail have given us nice Pioneer Zephyr models, yet this locomotive would have been more versatile.
Toonerville Trolley.
With accessories, all sorts of sounds (bell, squeaks and clatters, laughing happy riders, etc., etc..)
Not necessarily tinplate construction, either. Rich Art and others have done that. Time for a different version, maybe??
IOW, something simpler but on the fun-side of life. Something NOT begging for another trailing car in the same road name. Something NOT awaiting the annual add-on. Something NOT subject to color-fidelity and rivet-counting reviews.
Something that brings a smile to even the most curmudgeon among the species.
Something that, by itself running around a modest loop of track having sharp curves and silly scenery, won't break the budget but takes the mind off of the geo-socio-politico BS of 2016!
I'm ready.
Someone.
Anyone.
Bring it.
Please?
KD
dkdkrd posted:Toonerville Trolley.
With accessories, all sorts of sounds (bell, squeaks and clatters, laughing happy riders, etc., etc..)
Not necessarily tinplate construction, either. Rich Art and others have done that. Time for a different version, maybe??
IOW, something simpler but on the fun-side of life. Something NOT begging for another trailing car in the same road name. Something NOT awaiting the annual add-on. Something NOT subject to color-fidelity and rivet-counting reviews.
Something that brings a smile to even the most curmudgeon among the species.
Something that, by itself running around a modest loop of track having sharp curves and silly scenery, won't break the budget but takes the mind off of the geo-socio-politico BS of 2016!
I'm ready.
Someone.
Anyone.
Bring it.
Please?
KD
I'd be all over this, KD! Something fun--like this, or a Circus Set!
They could take their 2-8-0 steam starter set and just re color the loco, design some circus colors and logos, and record new sounds. It doesn't even have to be branded. Just a colorful, fun, set, like their M&M set of a few years ago.
Hot Water posted:boin106 posted:There's nothing wrong with MTH producing the Pacifics also. Probably will sell them pretty well. Matt
Except THAT is a Harriman, tapered boiler, Pacific and would be pretty exclusive to only SP, or possibly UP. Thus, unlike the MTH and Lionel models of light and/or heavy Pacific class locomotives, it would not represent any other railroads. But then again, that has never stopped Lionel nor MTH anyway, has it?
A little sarcasm there, HW. Well...other locomotive have been produced that are exclusive to the East Coast. I would hope...even if it's new and different...and they might have to "retool"...that they not let it stop them this time...in the name of new business for them.
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