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

Great stuff, everyone!

 

Peter

 Low nose GP7 Torpedo Boat. These GP7's were delivered with a high nose from EMD.  

Frisco GP35 Torpedo Boats

 

 

My 3rd Rail FL9s:

 

 

Not mine, but the manufacturer's samples of all the FL9 road names produced by 3rd Rail.

 

 

 

CNJ GP40P - the first shot is of the Pony Express in the early 70's and not mine.  The second one is one of my first photos from the summer of 1982 at the same location when I was 13.

 

SP had rostered these as well, but they are slightly different in the detailing. 

Wow, torpedo tubes! That would  not be a hard one at all… I like the low nose geeps too. An SD45X might be an oddball, but if people are willing to buy them, then why not produce them! It's a good idea overall, too. I know there were quite a few GP40Xs out there, some of which are still in service, so somebody could probably do okay with that model. Also, I did not realize that 3rd Rail made FL9s…  
I also think it might be a good idea for O Scale manufactures to conduct polls to find out what people want. Make a list of engines that have not been done in O Scale, and let people vote on them, to find out what products could be profitably made.

The Canadian National's General Motors Diesel Division SD50F and SD60F will have to be built from parts of existing model instead of a factory built model.

 

Porter fireless 0-6-0:

 

Also, I'd love to see an accurate SRR KS1 2-8-0. like 630 which is currently running on the NS steam program...

Wow, did they buy their locos secondhand from the PRR to save on repainting?  lol

Likely true.. The guys that would have reserved these I'm afraid have passed on. So far only 12 orders when we need 50.


       
       
Photo by me

AB6; still a prospect but doubtful... We have a good amount of orders but like the last message not enough to make a contract. ABS a Sunset project maybe? $2400 a copy tends to shy orders away.

Photo copyright Marty Bernard (c)

PRR DD2

 

PRR R1

 

L6 and O1 would be nice too!

OK I am now lost on this thread. Will the originating poster clarify this is  locomotive models and not paint schemes. I see many models posted on this thread that were made in gauge- maybe not by Lionel or MTH but they were made by others such as the
U23b and B39/B40-8 (both made by Atlas O)

So for loco models having a tough time being made for O gauge would be:
Amtrak Sdp40f, P30ch, E60cp,
Conrail c30-7a, C32-8,
BN B32-8, B30b
Up Sd24b
Metra F40c

PRRHorseshoeCurve,
Yes, just models that I would like to see.

Jonathan,

 

Would Scott ever think of producing GP40P/GP40PH-2s?

 

It initially seems like a limited market, but there are a lot of JC & NJT fans.

You guys who can tell the differences between the various modern diesels amaze me. I can usually tell a GM unit from a GE unit, but that's about it.

I can tell a BL2 when I see one and I know an FT or F3 when I see one. I know the GP30 when I see one of those. I can tell an F unit from an E unit from a C-liner from a FA from a PA. But those new, look-a-like square boxes on wheels just sort of blur together for me. 

FL-9 was made by 3rd rail, so they don't qualify and shouldn't be on this thread.

 

B36-7 was not that successful, and will probably never be made.  But I would buy a couple in SP/Cotton Belt.

 

What do you consider "a lot"?  At least a couple hundred?

Virginian EL2B

 

 

Ken

I don't know if anyone has come out with this in O-scale but it would be awesome if they made or remade this engine especially for NYC fans.....

 

 

Marx made something like it but I don't think that is what you mean.

3rd Rail made a Mercury.

 

...and the lightning striped Mercury is a Photoshop fantasy.

 

Rusty

The Spiderman F40ph

 

rat

       
       

Yep, realized it was produced after I posted this. And while there were not a lot of B36-7s,  there were many B30–7s, so I think that would do okay.  If someone made a B30–7, they could always do a dreaded "politically incorrect" version to re-create a B36–7.

Most of the diesels I've seen on here can be made. They require a little bit of kitbashing and painting and in most cases a good chunk of money but it's worth it if you really want the model. I have plans for making a bunch of modern diesels, most of which were mentioned here, but of course money always cuts them short...

 

Trevor

I have the 3rd Rail NYC Mercury; beautiful loco, and it is the only 3rd Rail partial die-cast steamer ever done. The "body" is cast zinc (I suppose); the frame, etc., is brass.

 

The loco underneath is a NYC K-5 Pacific (there were 2 "Mercury" Pacifics) - which Sunset did years ago in 2-rail O.

 

Now, if Mr Mann would just produce the un-streamlined K-5 in 3 rail, also... 

 

 

       
       

Hasn't that already been made?

Few steamers here.....I am with Handyandy on econobox diesels....except he can

probably recoognize more than I, and I have no interest in learning.  Not something

I have an interest in buying, so, naturally, I own none of them.

ATSF Madame Queen #5000  (2-10-4)

 

nope

One loco I don't expect to see in O gauge is the GE U18b.  Railroads that owned this particular model include the Seaboard Coast Line, Maine Central, N de M, Providence and Worcester, and Texas Utilities.  Given it's relatively short length (54 ft, 8 inches), it would be great for smaller layouts with shorter radius curves.

How about a sd40-2 southern railway with the bell on the long end.With the right sounding horn.And a gp40-2 sal the green machine paint also with the right sounding horn.

MKT EMD Rebuild engines................... I don't know what the model number is of these engine. MKT and Frisco had these.

 

 

If the LIONEL HO Scale U18B in the 1970's had been made in O Scale at the same time, then you would have had the U18B.

 

Andrew

A Lionel U18B in O-27 using the Alco FA running gear would be cool!