2023 Catalog Volume 2 Custom Runs (Let's See What Is Going To Be Offered)

Not bad for a Vol. 2 catalog.  I already have the M1a, so I think I can live without the M1, but the F-19's are pretty enticing.  They sort of have that front end that is cool and ugly at the same time, lol.

Other than that, nothing for me out of this one.  I think I am good until 2024 catalog.  Still have to pay for the Strasburg 90 and Dreyfuss Hudson when they come in. 

I was still hoping to see the Nevada Southern Railway Museum do a custom UP #844 GP30, the museum's generator boxcar (scale-sized, of course) with generator sounds, the passenger train, and the caboose. I would like the locomotive to be made, at least. The UP #844 GP30 would be equipped with front and rear ditch lights and class lights. The UP gray paint would need to be a lighter shade to match the real loco. By the way, UP GP30 #844 was the locomotive I got to operate at the museum for my birthday, which was way cool! That's why I want the engine on my layout.

I hope somone does a Halloween custom run on that LC 2.0 GP7.  Can't afford the F19, but the Halloween schemes are soooo cool!

@Brian DeFazio posted:

I hope somone does a Halloween custom run on that LC 2.0 GP7.  Can't afford the F19, but the Halloween schemes are soooo cool!

That would be a cool one too!

Shockingly (to myself) this catalog busted my wallet (or is going to) in a big way.  Empire Builder was a must for me as I model mainly the Great Northern.  The whole set pre-ordered...ugh.   Also ordered the CB&Q Consolidation and some box cars.  will be nearly $5k when all said and done with....what have I done!  LOL

Well, you can bet that Mr. Muffin will have some custom runs. He always does.

Pat

I'd go for a Reading or un-lettered Consolidation.

I'd be happy for anything PRR painted in prototypical colors!

Maybe someone could do the maroon reading & northern gp30 2534

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

I'd be happy for anything PRR painted in prototypical colors!

You don't think the GP30's will have the correct DLGE?

Pat's Trains is doing another Black Bonnet Santa Fe SD70ace, this time with a different road number 2024.  If you missed or already bought the 2023 one, this is a perfect opportunity to either get your first one or double-head your other one.

https://www.patstrains.com/Vie...Details=View+Details

An M1 version using the model with the post WWII headlight/generator location and footboard pilot with the short tender.  Maybe even a doghouse.

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

I'd be happy for anything PRR painted in prototypical colors!

Amen to that. It was once called the "Standard Railroad of the World" because they had standards for everything, including paint finishes........like DGLE.

I would like to see the Conrail SD50 #6726 in the 1992 USCF Olympic Road Trials paint scheme.

Neither the SD40-2 or the Sd50 were ever run in O guage in that colorful scheme!

Mr.Muffins just put up a bunch of customs. GP30's, F7's, etc.

I ordered his Burlington GP 30 #940. And I also ordered the Memphis Belle SD70Ace from Legacy Station.

METCA is offering New Hope #40 and I am IN!!

From the METCA Store on their website:

New Hope & Ivyland 2-8-0 #40 Consolidation

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

I would like to see the Conrail SD50 #6726 in the 1992 USCF Olympic Road Trials paint scheme.

Neither the SD40-2 or the Sd50 were ever run in O guage in that colorful scheme!

Would be great to see both these and UP's Olympic paint scheme offerings.

@stangtrain posted:

METCA is offering New Hope #40 and I am IN!!

From the METCA Store on their website:

New Hope & Ivyland 2-8-0 #40 Consolidation

The New Hope #40 and Retail SD70 are perfect! Metca is hitting home run after home run on their custom runs.

@Blue Streak posted:

Mr.Muffins just put up a bunch of customs. GP30's, F7's, etc.

I ordered his Burlington GP 30 #940. And I also ordered the Memphis Belle SD70Ace from Legacy Station.

Ordered my odd ducks. CE&I and Mopac. If they don't fly Burlington would be the backup.

Still waiting for someone to do LIRR alco s2 Lionel switcher

An SD50 in Conrail Quality would be a nice option.  Found photographs on the internet of road numbers 6702, 6712, 6732 and many more in this livery.

Here is my dream custom Lionel diesel...

A LC+2 GP7 for the US Navy (battleship gray), USS Hornet CV-8 markings, she launched Doolittle's Raid, present at Midway and Guadalcanal and served until eventual sinking by the Japanese Navy. She was one of our best during WWII.

Any Navy personnel out there to help get her launched once again? I did send a message to Stu at METCA.

@PEBCAK2015 posted:

Shockingly (to myself) this catalog busted my wallet (or is going to) in a big way.  Empire Builder was a must for me as I model mainly the Great Northern.  The whole set pre-ordered...ugh.   Also ordered the CB&Q Consolidation and some box cars.  will be nearly $5k when all said and done with....what have I done!  LOL

This is the most brutal year I have ever faced.  (1) I have been waiting on the Big Boy (Cat. 1) (2) I am a HUGE Dickens Christmas Carol fan so the Fezziwig set was a must, (3) I had to snag the GN switcher.  I was in a cold sweat.  Really??? A Northern Pacific Mallet?  The GN Empire Builder?? A SF Blue Bonnet??  I am passing on the Blue Bonnet and the FEF-3’s and the Aux tenders for UP.  I have never seen a release more tailored to me.

I really like and ordered the new F-19 Halloween Pacific.  Dave has said they are investing in new sound effects and the whole look of this engine and tender is fantastic.  It looks really spooky with the black and burnt orange trim.  The chrome work on the front hints of candelabras ghosting down the track. I feel the pricing is fair in these inflationary times. Halloween and Christmas are the high points for use of our train system and we have purchased and created many custom cars over the last seven years.

Mr. Muffin added "Delaware & Hudson" Alco S-2 #3021 to the custom run list. The current #3021 is actually an ex-Army S-2 in disguise as a Delaware & Hudson engine, owned by Raven Rail and in use on the Saratoga, Corinth, & Hudson Railway in New York. It was also used in freight service on the Batten Kill Railroad.

I posted some prototype photos I took over on Mr. Muffins own thread:

Announcing the Lionel Custom Runs from 2023V2 Catalog for MrMuffin'sTrains - (for images, follow the links) | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum (ogaugerr.com)

Funnily enough, this is the same locomotive as Staten Island 821 in the normal catalog. After being sold off by the MTA (2010?) it went to the Upper Hudson River Railroad as their 821, then to the Saratoga & North Creek and repainted as "Delaware & Hudson" 821 in 2012, and then purchased by Raven Rail and renumbered 3021 in 2021.

~Chris

Wish someone would step up and do an LIRR s2 switcher in 1960s scheme — I’d be in for two

@20centuryhudson posted:

Wish someone would step up and do an LIRR s2 switcher in 1960s scheme — I’d be in for two

TrainWorld would probably be your best bet. May want to reach out to Ken directly.

Pat