Engines we will (probably) never see in O scale...

The K-Line by Lionel SD70MAC was also used to make the ATSF Santa Fe SD75I.

Bachmann has it somewhere in their Kader factory and they have yet to put the O Scale SD70MAC/SD75I into production for the Williams line.

Andrew

The 4-axle locomotives important to me are the B23-7/B30-7 series and the GP40-2/GP49/GP50 series.

Some people hate the 4-axle locomotives.

Andrew

We may not see another  UP Coal Turbine.

I would buy this in a heart beat. The demand just isn't that high I suppose

I would love to see Baldwin baby faces, either in single end or double end units.

Peter

EMD GP59 Demo..........................

Regards,

Swafford

BN GP50 with extended cab..................

Agreed, 100%.  It could even be sold in both modern and vintage road names.  I'd buy one!  The O-scale kind, I mean.

I am in for the Ace 3000 too! even if a Legacy with all the bells and whistles!

I would take one in Conrail and demo model!

as far as other locos are concerned:

ALCo C636 

Demo, Conrail, PC [PRR-yeah stretching it but the PRR did order them] IC, CN Cartier, SPS, BN, UP, MK, DL[ex CR, ex Pc]

ALCo C430

ALCo T6

GE u30b,33b,36B

GE B36-7,C36-7, C39-8[ the REAL Darth Vader loco]

EMD Gp40-2 phase II, SD60M Tri clopse, SD60MAC, sd70[standard cab]

Many great responses here, I really liked the idea of a GP16, GP50, Canadian 4-window widecabs, and B-Boats!

And PRRHorseshoeCurve, all of your suggestings were great! And don't forget the Canadian C630M....

Please someone give me some Rutland motive power.   Like this Mountain type.

CNJ 3676 is right on the mark with doing the CF7's. The manufactures could offer the more popular road names but I think they could really clean up by offering a Undecorated version.

russ

Aww, you stole my idea! 

Maybe it's time for someone to consider making a CF7, there are obviously many people interested (including my dad and I,) and plenty of road names. It would also be possible to have a die insert to recreate both the GE and EMD style cabs...

The only problem with CF7's is the phases that Santa Fe went through while rebuilding them. Cab variations, hood variations, etc. And these variations ended up all in different places afterward. So, while there are many many options for painting them, it's entirely restricted to the options provided by one variation and not all of them collectively. Personally I like the Topeka cab versions.

I've always liked those Super 7's.

A fully accurate version of an SD60 would be nice to see.

Trevor

N&W M2 Cab#1100. I'd even have to think three times before buying one....

Hey Steven, MTH did make a reasonable facsimile of the Santa Fe SD75M. All it needs to "look" right is the large air cleaner box on the engineer's side and correct upright nose handrails. They even incorporated the safety guard in the handrails for the filter box. The rest of it is pretty close.  

Proctor & Gamble S-4 36

But why would probably 2 or 3 buyers want a diesel just to move cars around the Ivory Soap factory?

Let’s get practice folks.

The Alco S-4 would be a cinch for MTH to produce.  All they would have to do is take their Premier Alco S-2, and put AAR Type A switcher trucks sideframes on them.

Stuart

Comments on the SD70MAC....Lionel's is actually a hybrid of an SD60M and an SD70MAC. It has hood details from both. They do this on purpose, it allows them to produce multiple different engines off of one common tooling. While they haven't made an SD60M to my knowledge, they did make the SD60 and a few totally wrong SD70M's. They did the same thing on the Dash 8/Dash 9 hybrid. To the untrained eye they can get away with it very well.

And actually, just letting go of the hood inaccuracies on the SD70MAC, I'm 99% positive an SD60I/SD70I/SD75I (or anything with a whisper cab) can be made. Take a look at their the SD80/90MAC

Trevor

I would love to see these done by Atlas or Lionel GE U23B and a HIGH NOSE GP20

that at least 2 railroads had maybe more.(Great Northern/Western Pacific)

Y'all must be narrowing down everything to an Athearn comparable version in O as legitimate because because you dis the MTH and Lionel versions and ignore the brass versions of many of the above things already made or in line to be made.  So you are right.

And Atlas already has a U23B.  When it will be delivered??? But it's on their list.

My list, which includes MTH and Lionel and brass;

GP39, GP39-2 phase I, II or III, GP49, GP59, GP/SD59ECO, SDL39, U30CG.

I'm liking this thread! I got another.

The FL-9 was manufactured by Third Rail. I have the McGinness and Metro North.

@ SIRT Not to change this thread but I remember seeing that Proctor & Gamble S4 years ago when I was doing the NYS&W Arlington Yard detail behind their fence. Do you know what became of it? 

The rare F40C used for METRA service around Chicago.

Andrew

I'd like to see a correct model of a GP-39-2 for Reading Lines. Williams makes a GP-38 model for Reading Lines, but Reading Lines never ran GP-38's.

Another model I'd like to see is a GP-35 for Reading & Northern, the regional line near Hamburg PA.

Either Lionel, MTH or Atlas could make some of those models, as Williams by Bachmann will never make them.

Lee Fritz

Atlas did do U23Bs, but I don't think they did WP...

I agree, I really believe that attention to small details makes a big difference....

The current , much anticipated, run of Atlas U23B's does include Western Pacific.

Tom

Especially when the two models are quite different like a GP-38 and a GP-39-2.

I am not one who counts rivots but there is a big difference between the two models. 

Also I have a U23-B on order from Atlas for the Reading & Northern.

Have looked at the Lionel SD-38's and they are way too expensive.

Lee Fritz

Staying true to the thread, here is a locomotive I would buy, but we will probably never see:  SD45X

I have always been drawn to all the EMD 20 cylinder power (after all, I didn't work in the diesel shop).

 Don't feel too bad.  I ordered a pair of SD38s and will remove the shells and the rest will go in the parts bin. So $530 for just body shells is really expensive.  But, if you want SD38s this is probably your only chance.  Personally, I'd bet there is a 50-50 chance they will be canceled due to lack of orders anyway.  The large majority of modelers will say they look just like an SD40.  Just like a 38 anything looks exactly like a 39 anything and an SDP40F look exactly like an FP45. 

I'm that way with steam, there are big ones and small ones and then there are huge ones with two sets of drivers. Other than that they all look the same to me unless they have some type of deco shrouding or paint.

If I knew somebody close by to me who could repaint or stencil a couple of GP-38's for Reading & Northern I would that. The GP-35 and GP-38 don't look that different, just engine horsepower is different, I think.

However the GP-38 and GP-39-2 do look a lot different, one might have a short or high hood and the other might have an extended cab area.

With the GP-7 and GP-9 they look somewhat similar, except the GP-9 has a larger engine.

Some steam engines do look alike, as some where called different names by different companies, camel back or widow maker. One model of a steam engine with a similar name but from two different railroads are a bit different, the one that comes to mind is the T-1 northern; both Reading RR and Pennsy RR had a T-1, the Reading T-1 was a 4-8-4 and the Pennsy was a 4-4-4-4.

Lee Fritz

Santa Fe Amos and Andy - among EMC's first E units.