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GGD SP Cascade

FP7 Run 2

GGD MP and T&P Eagle cars Run 2 (including the full diner missing from Run 1)

GGD NdeM passenger cars as extra cars from the 1938 20th Century Limited Run 2 and some NdeM streamlined coaches and head end cars

L&N E7 in the Hummingbird paint scheme

Alco PA/PB Run 3

GGD Santa Fe Chief or San Francisco Chief with Big Dome (the Santa Fe Big Dome was made by GGD when the Empire Builder cars were issued, but no other Santa Fe cars were made to run with it!)

GGD - The missing cars from the 1955 Empire Builder (GGD made the domes but most of the remaining cars were from an earlier version of the train, some are correct, but with the wrong names/numbers, others are missing completely, like the Ranch Car, baggage car, and the baggage/dorm)

E8/9 Run 2

GGD Wabash Bluebird passenger train

GGD UP Domeliner City train (City of Portland or City of Los Angeles) and extra cars

GGD UP/SP/MR City of San Francisco and extra cars

GGD SP Shasta Daylight

GGD NP streamlined passenger cars in the Pine Tree scheme (North Coast Limited or Mainstreeter - 1953 and earlier)

GGD Illinois Central passenger train and extra cars (Panama Limited or City of New Orleans)

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@Jim R. posted:

MTH introduced the 44-tonner in 2017 and a second version in 2018. Lionel has the tooling now. Bachmann also has made a version in the last seven years. Are you looking for a major variation?

When did Lionel acquire the MTH 44-toner tooling?  As listed below in MTH’s original announcement, Atlas purchased it at the time of the MTH tooling sell-off.

MTH announce sale of tooling to Atlas

@Terry Luft posted:

Jim,

The MTH and now Atlas 44 ton switcher is not available with TMCC and the Lionel version has never been scale.

Got it. You want TMCC. Yes, I misspoke. Atlas has the 44-ton tooling now. Lionel’s postwar 44-tonner was simply not a 44-tonner.

But I doubt 3rd Rail will find enough of a market for such a select purpose, especially given how well the MTH model operates conventionally. And it’s diecast metal, something 3rd Rail doesn’t do for diesels.

Its not that Scott won't do more steam its that he doesn't believe there are sufficient people to reserve steam at todays price point.  And he really doesn't like disappointing people by cancelling things due to insufficient reservations.  The projects that have been cancelled really disappoint some people.  The Boo Rim Allegheny really does not have sufficient reservations to move forward but...  I told him if he would offer a P48 version I would reserve one just because but...  Too many buts.

I'd like to see some of my faves from when I was a kid,  an RS-1325 or a DDm-45 but I don't think that's likely.

An FP45 would be nice... No layout to run them on but I bet I will regret not getting a Conrail SD40-2.  Still think those and the GP38/40-2 were amongst the best locos ever.

Has a GP-20 been done by anyone?  Oddball but still neat looking, especially the NYC version without DB and with the hoodside bell..

The only locomotive that I would still be interested in buying would be an Alco HH-660 switcher.  Many railroads had these, and they would be right at home on any layout, especially those of us that have short radius curves.  I’ll take mine in Boston and Maine/Maine Central/Portland Terminal liveries.

@paigetrain posted:


M420W



I would also be interested in seeing the MLW M-420 produced. It was a historic locomotive design that I have never seen in O Gauge before. It was one of the earliest locomotive models with the now ubiquitous wide comfort cab. It would be tough to pick a favorite between the CN red, with black and grey stripes or the BC Rail red, white, and blue scheme. Iowa Interstate Railroad also had three of the M-420R variant wearing another one of my favorite paint schemes. Rapido has a great MLW M420 Masterclass write up on their website to go with their excellent models, but sadly they don't come in O Gauge.

I would also love to see the modern MPI MP36PH-3C passenger locomotive produced. This model is currently operated by 10 different commuter rail agencies across the country so it should have wide appeal to any modern day enthusiast. Metra also has the striking Milwaukee Road heritage scheme complete with Hiawatha logo and a Rock Island heritage scheme.

Time for my shameless plug list =)

Union Pacific Passenger Cars (any and all are welcome)
Illinois Central Black/Gray
Illinois Central City of NOLA
Illinois Central Panama Limited
MP Jenks Passenger Cars
More MP Eagle/Texas Eagles
SP Lark
Seaboard & ACL Passenger Cars
SP Lark
VIA Rail
CNW Passenger Cars
BIGGEST wishlist yet, Chicago & Eastern Illinois Hummingbird set

New Challengers
SD40-2: Illinois Central "Death Star"

Has anyone done open trilevel auto racks in O scale?

Seems those would be a huge crowd pleaser.   Who doesn't love an auto rack full of classic cars or trucks?

The only issue might be sizing them to fit 1:43 scale autos since that seems to be the de facto standard.   That could be a challenge since half the folks would want scale cars and the other half want them made to fit the zillion 1:43 cars and trucks made.

@Rule292 posted:

Has anyone done open trilevel auto racks in O scale?

Seems those would be a huge crowd pleaser.   Who doesn't love an auto rack full of classic cars or trucks?

The only issue might be sizing them to fit 1:43 scale autos since that seems to be the de facto standard.   That could be a challenge since half the folks would want scale cars and the other half want them made to fit the zillion 1:43 cars and trucks made.

Sorry no freight cars.

@vash44 posted:

Time for my shameless plug list =)

Union Pacific Passenger Cars (any and all are welcome)
Illinois Central Black/Gray
Illinois Central City of NOLA
Illinois Central Panama Limited
MP Jenks Passenger Cars
More MP Eagle/Texas Eagles
SP Lark
Seaboard & ACL Passenger Cars
SP Lark
VIA Rail
CNW Passenger Cars
BIGGEST wishlist yet, Chicago & Eastern Illinois Hummingbird set

New Challengers
SD40-2: Illinois Central "Death Star"

A lot of my favs here too !!!!  Any IC, MP, Lark works for me.
Still can’t believe IC Death Star didn’t make the SD40-2 run ….. for that matter Also the Frisco !!!!!!!!!  

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I also miss non-powered units, but for a different reason . The last two AA powered units I purchased had the same problem : the 2 units do not run at the same speed! Whenever coming to a stop one unit would still be running for a couple of seconds, trying to push or pull its resting brother. The first pair was fixed after one trip to the service center, but the second set still has the problem after three trips back to Lionel. Yes these were Lionel not 3rd Rail, So please start crucifying me now for posting on wrong forum!

Can't believe MKT didn't make the cut either. The MTH ones are unobtainium.

OH !!! …. I Definitely Would Add that one too Ricky. Almost anything MKT other than Tx Special is Mostly non existent IMO. Years ago I had a MTH SD40-2 (green/yellow) model but sold as it sat too tall - part of the reason I migrated away from MTH diesels to either Atlas or 3rd rail.  
I’ll Definitely Be In For MKT in a SD40-2 Run 2 (And Frisco - IMO just as scarce !!!)

Cheers 😉

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