I Can't Believe MTH Hasn't Made....

Easy! Wabash F-7!  

The Premier Chicago & North Western PS-2-CD 4427 Cu. Ft. High-Sided 3-bay Covered Hopper has to be authentic and have the sign plates like the ones I saw in the 1990's. 

Walthers offered the PROTO 2000 CNW 4427 3-bay hopper.

http://www.aplustrains.com/ima...umbs/0003973_300.gif

The information to make the correct CNW 4427 Covered Hopper is available.

Andrew

How about the CP Huntington to complement all the 4-4-0 Generals...

This pic gives all the basics to get the specs and catalog write-up started.

Conventional sure...maybe room to stuff PS3 in there?

Boston and Maine 1140.

OK, I'll toss my hat into the ring...

A C&NW commuter boxed set with an F7 and three bi-levels, plus two car add on. 

No new tooling required!

Rusty

That would be my standard answer as well.  LONG overdue, and ideal for layouts large and small, even for a switching pike.  With PS3 technology, it certainly should be a viable possibility, with the potential of selling better than most of the other more specialized (by function or road) locomotives mentioned here.

A PRR E2b:

 

 

 

 

 

John,

The Pennsy E2B looks a lot like the Virginian EL2b. Your just missing a few wheels. I would really like to see MTH make the EL2b. They were the largest pair of Electrics in North America at 150ft 8 inches.

T

I agree with several others:

• 4-axle "Dash-7" GEs would offer a lot of possibilities
• three-unit articulated NSC, Thrall, Trinity, or Gunderson 53' well cars and containers
• Evans, NSC, Trinity, etc. modern 52' or 65' mill gondolas (not fishbelly)

I'd add to the new tooling list:

• 34,000 gal LPG, Ammonia, Vinyl Chloride, etc. tank cars

Finally, like the BN SD40-2, the CR GP38 or GP38-2 has been skipped since the original PS1 version in 1997 v1.  CR rostered ~500 GP38 and GP38-2s, and MTH hasn't made a PS2 version. 

Having read through this posting again, I know what the problem is....we all want something different, and the manufacurers are confused.  It is educational...I didn't

know the B&M had a self-propelled gas/diesel electric/RPO like Burlington and other western roads.  Those wide interests probably are going to leave us all shivering in the snow, like the little match girl, none of us getting our druthers.  I hope we are not

just the vocal minority, and what is offered is what the silent majority wants (like politics).  One thing else I want is just a better photograph...of a steam coach photo, that is high over your head, in the restored station on the museum grounds at Shelburne, VT.  I needed a ladder and much better lighting, or I'd have it.  Nobody is gonna make this, but I will build one.  You see a lot of photos of "inspection engines",

but this is a one car train, with boiler sticking out in front, unlike a Baldwin or Unit-

Stanley steam car.

I wish they'd make a tinplate turntable in O ... similar to the standard gauge 200.

PD

Burlington Northern Ore cars with the Yellow Ends have not been made.

The Burlington Northern 50' Modern Box Car has not been made in the Premier Line with the typical cascade green door.

B&O EM1

Amtrak Heritage units

Southern 4501 (In Green)

B&O 5300

B&O 4500

B&O 5301-5304

PRR 460

GG1 4800 (Old Rivets)

PRR 7002

PRR 1223

Matthew

Southern Pacific #3100 at the Orange Empire Railway Museum is currently active, it's the only U25B left in the US that's in fully operating condition.   It's certified for cross-exchange on all the US railroads and sees occasional work off the museum property.

Lake Superior and Ishpeming U30C diesels are still operating.

http://www.railpictures.net/photo/373153/

Andrew

Detroit Edison U30C and SD40-2 diesels with matching Coal Hoppers.

http://www.knorek.com/RR/SAA/DetroitLine/DEEX018.htm

Andrew

Interesting thing about OERM's SP U-boat. According to "The Apprentice" the MTH sounds match that unit exactly, right to the horn. He somehow managed to get a cab ride. He said it runs great. Didn't know it went off-property, but I shouldn't be surprised as the Filmore and Western Railway Museum does revenue freight service on the what's left of the SP/UP Santa Paula branch.

The iconic Sierra Railroad #3

Rusty

19th Century freight and passenger trains decorated for the Wisconsin Central and Grand Trunk.

Andrew

The Burlington Northern 50' Modern Box Car has not been made in the Premier Line with the typical cascade green door.

Falconservice

Which one are you looking for?

Siemenns S-70 LRT cars.  Houston METRO has an order for some like the ones in Salt lake City, so the models can all be small nose!

I'd like to see them go ahead with the McKeen car.
Mack Rail bus.
I would definitely like to see the redesign of the DCS controller . It may sway my decision not to buy MTH products because their sounds are so antiquated.

David

 Common cars overlooked –

“A Wabash PS1 Box Car (This blows my mind!?!...Am I alone”

No, not alone.

We do need a WAB brown FLAG herald car in O one day.

Atlas made an uncommon blue one. Unfortunately those AAR cars are too heavy for 3r, very pricey for using old and worn Intermountain production molds.

Lionel did market (one) rare” O” scale brown PS-1 WAB HEART herald but no one else.

You would think WAB, SOO, PC, SCL, CPR, VTR, CV would be standard roads all through the years.

O should follow everything that has been made in HO.

A Premier SCALE C&O Yellowbelly Hudson AND or B&O Streamlined Pacific.  Both of these engines operated just a few miles from MTH's headquarters in MD.  MTH already has produced the passenger cars for each train.  I'll pre order both if they come out in Premier with ProtoSound 3.

A Premier RF&P 4-8-4 "Statesman" series steam locomotive.  Still waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and waiting...

Penn Central train set to cover most of the remaining PC items

Penn Central GP9 Diesel Locomotive

Penn Central typical 50' Double-Door Box Car

Penn Central Gondola

Penn Central Covered Steel Coil Gondola car

20K Gallon Tank car in the Penn Central FLEXI-FLOW scheme for hopper-tank cars in the PC 897000 number series.

Penn Central Cylindrical 3-Bay Covered Hopper in the ACF Center Flow FLEXI-FLOW paint scheme.

Penn Central Bay-Window Caboose

Andrew

Premier Penn Central 40' ARR Box Car

RailKing Penn Central Modern Box Car

Andrew

"S" Gauge.

Ooops, nevermind.

Burlington Northern Box Cars that are exterior braced, rolled ends, and a typical sliding door like these which are most likely second-hand box cars from other roads.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bn/bn249139amg.jpg

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bn/bn249161abg.jpg

The people at MTH calls them 50' Modern Box Cars.

Andrew

Saskatchewan! 100 Ton Cylindrical Hopper for the Premier line in 2 road numbers and 2  6-Car sets.

The new Saskatchewan! green scheme was hinted once at but never offered or produced.

Andrew

Falcon Service

A Petticoat Junction starter set!!

SOUTHERN Railway Exterior-Braced 50' Box Car

550555 built by Pullman-Standard in 1970

Using the body of the Modern 50' Box Car and the Door for the 50' Waffle Box Car, MTH can properly recreate the Southern "Wave" box car painted to commemorate the 200,000 car built by Pullman-Standard. 

There are builder's photos of this car in various railroad books.

http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1970/70-9/car.jpg

http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1970/70-9/car.html

Link to image of SOUTHERN box car covered with grime in low-light.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sout/sou550555ppa.jpg

They can also make the Southern box cars in the regular scheme, provided they use the door from the waffle box car that is closer the actual box car doors.

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sout/sou550539agd.jpg

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/sout/sou550545age.jpg

Andrew

Falcon Service

I can't believe that MTH hasn't made...

Trailers on Spine Car Sets

They've made 2 different mixed (trailers and containers) 5 Car Sets quite a few years ago, several Trailers on Flat Cars and, most recently, several Containers on Spine Car Sets.  But no Trailers on Spine Car Sets.

We haven't seen Trailers on Spine Car Sets since K-Line (hard to find) and Lionel (not to scale).

MTH already has the tooling...These would be a HUGE seller!!! 

They can produce the TTX TTAX All-Purpose Spine Cars as 3-Unit Cars and 5-Unit Cars for just Trailers.

They have to be named on the package this time.

TTAX 3-Unit Spine Car with Trailers

TTAX 5-Unit Spine Car with Trailers  

Another intermodal item somebody forgot to make are the Chassis for Containers.

Andrew

Falcon Service

The Saskatchewan! paint scheme is trademarked, and the exclusive licensee only makes HO and N scale

---PCJ

So did Lionel just bypass it or using it on their 3 bays hopper do not apply..!!

The exclusive license is dated from 2007..and seem that so far the HO and N model are still TBA.

Which paint schemes do you want for the Southern Pacific SD45?

Gray with red wing nose and Roman style lettering.

Gray with red wing nose and Rio Grande style lettering

Daylight colors

Black Widow

Andrew

How about one of the rarities; Lima-Hamilton LS-750, 800, 1000 or 1200? Or maybe the LRS-1200?

They went with the the LT-2500! (I'll be looking for one of these when I ca fit it into my budget  .

Henry J.