Your Santa Wishlist to Manufacturers for 2018

[johnb]

Ah, thanks. I just want more rolling stock to take advantage of Kato's US Unitram tracks.

In that case, I want a Kato Pacific Electric Hollywood Car

[chicken45]

I'm surprised you'd rather have a T1 over a J1. Weren't there far more J1s and weren't they used quite a bit more?

I think the T1 is the best looking loco of all time, tied with those streamlined K4s.  I love the J's too, and they were successful, but they weren't an in house design, were they?

That being said, I'd ask for hippos over Js.

[reinhardtjh]

I'm surprised you'd rather have a T1 over a J1. Weren't there far more J1s and weren't they used quite a bit more?

Yes, 125 J1/J1a class vs 51 T1's.  The J's lasted a few years longer, until the end of steam in 1957.  The T1's only made it to 1951 or '52?  Still, both were too late and supplanted by diesels much too quickly.

If BLI or someone were to produce PRR J1's and C&O T1's I'd have to sell three kidneys to get as many as I'd want.

[Mike the Modeler]

BALDWIN DRS-6-6-1500

DITTO on the DRS

[garethashenden]

They have already done these, although as a special run. Since it was a special run, I doubt we'll see them again.

http://www.n-scaler.com/custom_runs/bluebird_flyer.htm

I think that would be a really stupid decision if that were the case. For a smaller railroad, maybe it's reasonable, but Atlas makes a lot of B&M models and they seem to sell. To forever abandon a scheme just because someone commissioned it 12 years ago seems silly. I hope they reconsider.

In the meantime, if anyone has either of the models from this run that they'd like to part with...    PM me.

[sundowner]

IM, Athearn or ER TBOX  boxcar
Kato. Amtrak Viewliner diner and baggage, new numbers for Amfleet II in ph III and IV. Heritage cars in PH III and IV
       Amtrak vet unit ACS and F40. UP vet SD70ACe. UP Straight rad SD70m. SD70ACe-T4. UP COLA rerun.
Atlas. 53’ spine in FEC and new TTX.
ScaleRails. UP GE turbines both the flat side and Veranda. FEC  53 containers.
Trainworx. More tractors and trailers.
FVM more retool RC cars like the Autoracks and centerbeam.
BLI non-sound DCC ready version of there locos.

[nkalanaga]

Nato:  I'd rather have the boxcabs, because they lasted longer, so should appeal to more modelers, can take sharper curves, so can run on more layouts, and (personally) because a Little Joe would look a little silly on my MILW interchange.  But, given the number of companies making GG-1s, a Little Joe shouldn't be too much to ask.

[dougnelson]

I'm surprised you'd rather have a T1 over a J1. Weren't there far more J1s and weren't they used quite a bit more?

Need T1s for passenger and mail & express trains. I think the T1 is BLI’s best selling HO loco. It will do well in N and result in more N steam locos from BLI.

[jmlaboda]

B30-7A High Hood in SOU and NS - couldn't these be made in the same run as the B30-7AB with just a couple of part changes?

However as I mentioned before, the B30-7A is the same carbody as the B23-7. As it is just a 12 cylinder unit at 3000hp versus 12 cylinder 2300hp

Not exactly.  To do the SOU/NS units it would mean altering two different areas on the shell to represent a SOU unit, which had a set of grills in the forward position where six-axle Dash-7s had them and the radiator grills were completely different from what was used on most Dash-7s (MoPac's C36-7s also had these two-piece radiator grills), being two nearly equally sized pair of grills instead of one large and several smaller ones.  It simply is not just a redetailing of some minor parts... the alterations earned Southern's units the B30-7A1 designation.

Here are some links to shots that show the grills...

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2191622
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3023270
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3023271

[SP-Wolf]

Gotta throw my hat in the ring for Baldwin DRS-6-4-1500, DRS6-6-1500 A and B's, AS-616 A and B's. More Baldwin switchers: VO-660, S-10 and S-12
Alco switchers: S-1, S-3 and  S-6,

Wolf

[transitionalman]

Not exactly.  To do the SOU/NS units it would mean altering two different areas on the shell to represent a SOU unit, which had a set of grills in the forward position where six-axle Dash-7s had them and the radiator grills were completely different from what was used on most Dash-7s (MoPac's C36-7s also had these two-piece radiator grills), being two nearly equally sized pair of grills instead of one large and several smaller ones.  It simply is not just a redetailing of some minor parts... the alterations earned Southern's units the B30-7A1 designation.

Yep, I get what you are saying, but the question being asked was what I wanted from the manufacturers.  As I get older and can't see like I used to I have become use to the "close enough" factor where I don't need all the rivets or grilles counted exactly.  A lot of people have the skills and time to kit-bash and custom paint their own locomotive, but sadly I do not.  If you think that a high-hood B23-7 hood would better represent a Southern B30-7A1 then that is fine with me (the tooling already exists)....as long as Atlas numbers it in this series.  If Atlas can make SD24s lettered for the espee (the ones demonstrated were not lettered) and MR&T DASH 8's then why can I not put in a request to have Southern B30-7As and BN B30-7ABs ?  And "yes" I know that without the dynamic brake housing and other features it would only apply to the first order of the BN locomotives (which I saw on their first run west back in 1980) but honestly that would be easier for my older hands to work with to kitbash than an undecorated locomotive that I will need to both kitbash and paint.

I appreciate your comments and examples, but to me this is just wish list to manufacturers is a way for me to tell them how to get more of my money.  I will pay money for a Southern B30-7A which maybe doesn't have the correct grills, or a Conrail B30-7 that is maybe 6" too short.  Again, I know that this isn't everyone, but for me it is "good enough" because it looks close to the prototype and I can run it in my basement or at train shows and imagine seeing the 1:1 scale real thing in the 1970s-1990s. 

Not trying to offend you or anyone else, but a B23-7 or B30-7 shell painted and lettered Southern and in the 3501-3522 number series is good enough for me these days as I don't need all the grilles to be perfect...for me "close enough" is just fine....but I know that doesn't work for everyone.

[BOK]

I really, don't need a thing in N or HO scale. The only thing I would like to see get produsced whether a realistic model or a foobie would be a large CryoTrans, colorful, mechanical reefer or their RBL. I did talk to Paul at Atlas a while back and mentioned they could do a  redention of this car using their BLMA models and he agreed but may have put it way back on list of things to produce.

While a Baldwin, roadswitcher would be nice I never ran one of them like I did EMD and Alcos so it's not a must item. Nice but not required.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.

Barry

[u18b]

Atlas 
U30B, U33B, U36B   one or all.

Intermountain 
U18B, 
GP16 that is ready and accurate for SBD Sytem/CSX.
An accurate late F3A (F7 with F3 dyn brake slots- they have all the mold parts- sometimes called an F5A, Pennsy, Clinchfield, SBD Sys and CSX all had them) and F7B painted for CSX in Bright Future, #116 and 117.

Kato
U33C, U36C
B&O Cincinattian set
Little Joe  Passenger version (to pull the Olympian Hy) and freight.
CORRECT F40PH painted for CSX bright future (their Kobo guy chose the wrong road numbers  - I guess he doesn't know about F40PH phases)

Modern heavyweight cars with full roofs- for 50s- present.

Anybody make:
MP15AC (with the side grills)
GP9 late with the big fans
A full an accurate CSX passenger train (hey, I can dream)


Any Shapeways person:
GP60 phase 1 cab and nose in HD black acrylate to go on a Fox GP60.  So I can make both EMD demo GP60 and the CSX units.
GP15T shell to go with an Atlas GP15 walkway and chassis.

[brokemoto]

DPM or WKW-Red brick buildings with eight sided cupolas like you see in Virginia, Maryland, D.C., Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania.

Woodland Scenics-Stone houses

B-mann-Sectional street trackage with nine and three quarter and eleven inch curves and #4 turnouts.  The UNITRAM turnouts have the plastic frogs and diamonds in exactly the worst place with the result that they cause stalling on locomotives that did extensive street running.  They also cause the B-mann trolleys to stall.  The UNITRAM curves and turnouts are too sharp, with the result that they cause climbing which causes derailments or loss of contact and stalling.  Atlas already has said "no" to sectional street trackage, so B-mann, we are counting on you.

Kato and PECo-Fix your turnouts.  They have contact problems and the Kato #4s cause derailments.

Atlas-Diseasels seem to be your thing, so I will add my voice for a Baldwin road switcher. 

Athearn-1880s ten and eight wheelers and 1890s Atlantics.   Try scaling down the old  MDC/Aristocraft HO steam line to N.

MT-Passenger/baggage paired and single window.

MRC/MP-Scale the Mantua Atlantic down to N.

..........and would someone please manufacture a turntable that has reliable contact and does not cost three hundred dollars?

[GaryHinshaw]

My top 5 freight car list, in priority order:

- NSC or Trinity 53' well cars: articulated, drawbar-coupled, and/or stand-alone.  (This is #1 by a significant margin.)
- TTRX "Triple-57" spine cars, or any TTAX prototype other than the BLMA/Trinity.
- TBOX 60' hy-cube. (New tooling or IM/LBF re-run.)
- Atlas center-beam shrunk to N scale, with proper ride height and decent weight.
- Any short modern tank car.

Models I'm looking forward to and/or would like to see rerun:

- IM 3281 2-bay hoppers.
- Atlas Bx-177 box car and 53' AP well car (Gunderson...)
- Trainworx 53' trailers (many new schemes are in the queue).
- BLMA/Atlas spine cars.
- ER FBOX 50' hy-cube
- FVM/RC auto-racks (in CSX, please), coil cars and center-beams (unless the Atlas HO model gets shrunk).

On the locomotive front, I would love to see Kato do the following (but I don't ever expect them to...):

- Update their GEVO with later phase vent patterns, no side ladder, and the crew door on the left side of the cab.
- Produce a proper NS Dash-9 and/or GEVO with high headlight.
- Produce the flared-rad SD70M in UP with the standard cab, not the (rare) safety cab.
- Run the flat-rad SD70M in UP.

Happy New Year!