You control the next HW passenger car release - what it is ?

[Iain]

80' wood coach, single window, closed vestibule.

None of this PRR or B^M crap 

[sd45elect2000]

I'd like to see a baggage RPO with either a 30 or 15 foot RPO section. I'd settle for a Coach express RPO.

Randy

[Wardie]

Combine, of two varieties, baggage/RPO with 4 baggage doors, and the coach/baggage variety. The coach baggage combine was often a component of the milk and mixed trains, the baggage RPO was something the MEC and B&M had.

[Nato]

          The entire "Yellow Kid" passenger train of the Pennsylvania Railroad (not that P.R.R. Crap) used at the turn of the century, wood cars with six wheel trucks, narrow closed vestibules, if I recall early electric lighting from a dynamo in the baggage car to supplement the Gas Lighting. Now we will need a matching locomotive. I did vote though for a Solarium Lounge Car. Nate Goodman (Nato).

[dougnelson]

My vote is for the solarium/observation.  MT has already done a nice open-platform observation, however most of those cars were removed during the depression.  Replacing them, and lasting well into the 1950s, were the solarium cars that usually included a solarium lounge, buffet for light food service, and several sleeping accommodations.  Its like a whole train in a single car.

Doug Nelson

[VonRyan]

I put in for the single window coaches.
I'd love to see old and new types.
And the Strasburg coaches would be great, especially if we could get a model of 475 and 90.

[skytop35]

I'd have to say either 60-70' baggage or single window coach. It makes more business sense (and cents) since most consumers will buy more coaches and baggage cars than they will combines or solarium-observations.

[bbussey]

If I had funds for both the tooling and the RBB&B license, I'd do the hospital car.  Multiple circus consists along with the initial hospital scheme should be enough to recoup the investment, provided the RBB&B license is secured ahead of time.

[DaveB]

Am I right in remembering that MT has said  that it would make a single window coach if it could solve production problems?

[sirenwerks]

I'd like to add "other" to my vote.That modernized car would be great for my modern day commuter.IMHO

I voted single window coach, but would really also like a cleanly cast and constantly accessible replacement roof for modernizing heavyweight cars, like in Mike's link. 80-foot's fine, I can cut it down myself for other lengths.  Note that the roof in the pic does have slightly different proportions to the Harriman roofs available on WOT cars, the ends taper more gently and are not quite as bulbous.

An untapered roof would be welcome too, such as this:

http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=54082

[babbo_enzo]

I'd have to say either 60-70' baggage or single window coach. It makes more business sense (and cents) since most consumers will buy more coaches and baggage cars than they will combines or solarium-observations.

Have select 60'-70' baggage as only one selection was permitted, but I'm also in for some coach (Harrimans ?

[sirenwerks]

If I had funds for both the tooling and the RBB&B license, I'd do the hospital car.  Multiple circus consists along with the initial hospital scheme should be enough to recoup the investment, provided the RBB&B license is secured ahead of time.

Does RBB&B own the rights to the original design?  FWIW, Walthers did the decals a long-time ago.  Oh, and drawings of one of the cars is available here - http://railwaysurgery.org/Army2.htm

Monon modelers would be interested in this car obviously. 

[bbussey]

RBB&B maintains the trademarks on all of their vintage markings.

[mmagliaro]

I voted single window coach... what I really WANT is the wood-sided early 1920s style heavyweights with arched windows (sort of like the HO Pullman Palace car styling). 

[wm3798]

Single window heavyweights, please.  Western Maryland commuter cars for the old school in green and Dulux Gold, and red and white MOW cars for us more modern types.

Lee