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I know this thread is a "wish list" and just for fun but except for a few likes very few on the thread so far, wish for the same thing. That's not to say if one of our wishes came true others wouldn't pick one up but from a popularity standpoint we all want different locomotives.

I'm new to the whole market of building some of these mammoths, tooling, parts, etc. Might someone chime in and share why some of these wish list units have not been manufactured at this point? Probably a very generic question but as Paul Kallus said, MTH has made 5 Triplexes and we all know every manufacturer has made a Big Boy.  TM Terry is on to something with making a series of units over time. With modern technology why do we repeatedly see the same units popping up after so many years? I understand that new technology can and has given more detail and sounds, etc. but between all the manufacturers we should have seen just about every unit, that spent any time in service, manufactured. What part am I missing?

Dave

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Paul Kallus posted:

I think I've been saying this for going on ten or so years... a scale Legacy Erie Triplex. MTH is on their 4-5th run and still can't make one with a sound system that comes close to Legacy Railsounds.

I agree.  Also the reissue of the daylight GS-4 at least 4 time and never added the brake hose on the pilot (their HO and G gauge engines have it).

 

I think they should leave of o gauge market except for European steam and diesel trains and concentrate on their HO and G Scale engines of which they do an excellent job of manufacturing; just my opinion.

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Ted S posted:

L&N Berkshire "Big Emma."  Or the neat compact Berkshire used by the DT&I.  Or maybe even a WM "Potomac" 4-8-4!

The L&N Big Emma! Yes! Was produced in 2-R brass years ago, didn't sell well..if it ain't PRR/NYC/ATSF/UP/SP it don't sell, I suppose. I've seen them on the famous bidding site although not recently.

OTOH, if 3rd Rail can do a CGW or a T&P loco--how can a RR be any more obscure-they ought to be able to get interest in the prettiest of all Berks (opinion, natch). But then, 3rd Rail has been flogging the NYC H10 for years without enough reservations, so what do I know?

I'd like to see a nice little generic-looking 4-6-0 (either oil-fired or with oil-fired option) in two-rail as well as three rail (Yeah, yeah, I know about the Pennsy G-5s, but I don't model the Pennsy or the Long Island Railroad). I am more than willing to accept a brass-diecast hybrid as long as it can take mounted Kadees on the front as well as DCC or wireless.

 

 

Bill Nielsen posted:

I would like to see a CF7. While it was originally strictly a Santa Fe engine that was built (rebuilt) by ATSF out of old F-units, over the years Santa Fe has sold off many to various shortlines across the country, so there are many varieties of prototypical paint schemes to choose from. 

Bill in FtL

There’s a huge variety of paint schemes the CF7 appeared in, from Amtrak to LAJ to The Santa Cruz, Big Trees, and Pacific. That would definitely be another great locomotive to have.

Well, right off the bat I'll shut my mouth on Hudson's. I would still like to see scale 4-4-0's and some early 19th Century steam. Heck, it doesn't have to have whistle steam but I would prefer if the smoke stacks actually smoked with a nice spark arrester like they only did for one model thus far(Lionel I mean). There is such a big playing field when it comes to these older locomotive's, heck, Sierra number 3 would be great(unless she's stuck in a movie deal).

I would also like to see the Class A come back around. Other than that, not sure what other steam engines I could say that haven't been already mentioned.

mark s posted:

Bobby D:   Re Central Vermont 2-10-4's, none were lettered for the Canadian National, but they did work into Montreal on CN trackage.  CV was a wholly owned subsidiary of CN.

These 2-10-4's were the heaviest locomotives to work in New England, but not by much:              CV 2-10-4/419,000 lbs   vs.   B&M Berkshire/403,000 lbs.    

Hi Mark!

I totally agree with you on the CV 2-10-4s... would love to see Sunset 3rd Rail do these!

My vote is also for the Rio Grande M-68 4-8-4

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A very similar question was asked in mid-January.  Back then I stated there were five PRR steam engine types that were still around in 1949, the era of my layout, that I don't have.  Of these, two have not yet been made in O scale:  PRR K5 and PRR N2sa.  Since there were only two K5 engines but 130 N2sa engines, the N2sa is the locomotive I'd like to see made.

PRR N2sa.jpg

BobbyD posted:
PRRMike posted:

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She's a beauty. Has been done by Division Point  and PFM in HO.06896803

That's an attractive engine. Were any ever lettered for the CN?

With limited research,  I think all 10 T-3a s were assigned to the Central Vermont. I cannot find any references that

any of these engines were heralded as CNR or GTW. Sure would be cool if it were  offered as a 'fantasy' as part

of a model run.

Link to some great pictures:  https://sites.google.com/site/...2-8-0/n-2-8-0/2-10-4

 

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Link to video of Division Point model:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxXDABklqg

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CAPPilot posted:

A very similar question was asked in mid-January.  Back then I stated there were five PRR steam engine types that were still around in 1949, the era of my layout, that I don't have.  Of these, two have not yet been made in O scale:  PRR K5 and PRR N2sa.  Since there were only two K5 engines but 130 N2sa engines, the N2sa is the locomotive I'd like to see made.

PRR N2sa.jpg

I'll second that! 

20centuryhudson posted:

PRR T1 with all the features 

Which one?  There were four different T1 versions.

- One of the two prototypes with the more pointed nose?  Would you want another 1942 as-built one (MTH has made a zillion of these) or one with most of the side skirts removed in 1943 to ease maintenance?  These engines were retired in 1950.

- One of the 50 production engines built in 1945/6?  Would you prefer the Baldwin as-built ones with the three portholes up front, or the Altoona built ones without the portholes (like the scale one Lionel built)?  By 1948 or so the Baldwin's portholes were removed for easier maintenance and all production T1s looked basically the same.  All were retired in 1952. 

Prototype as built

prr6110 as built

Prototype with skirts removed

prr6111 skirts modified

Baldwin as-built

baldwin 5533 prr-t1

Altoona as-built, all production engines after about 1948.

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PRRMike posted:
BobbyD posted:
PRRMike posted:

cv705Screen Shot 2019-02-21 at 7.36.17 AM

She's a beauty. Has been done by Division Point  and PFM in HO.

That's an attractive engine. Were any ever lettered for the CN?

With limited research,  I think all 10 T-3a s were assigned to the Central Vermont. I cannot find any references that any of these engines were heralded as CNR or GTW. Sure would be cool if it were  offered as a 'fantasy' as part of a model run. Link to some great pictures:  https://sites.google.com/site/...2-8-0/n-2-8-0/2-10-4

 IMG_0010

Link to video of Division Point model:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxXDABklqg

Does that engine have a Green boiler? I could live with a Fantasy CN version, especially compared to some of the OMG  fantasy schemes being released. Thanks for the great images link.

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