Interest in VIA Rail locomotives?

VistaDomeScottOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I know that MTH has done some great looking VIA Rail F40PH and Genesis locomotives. But I would like to have a set of either F3's in VIA Rail or some FA's in VIA Rail colors. I think there is room for both an MTH Premier version and a Williams By Bachmann version.

Anyone share this interest? What specifics would you prefer?

I would enjoy seeing a Williams FA or F3 with aluminum cars to match.

MTH could do these with smoothside blue painted passenger cars to go with them.

1/28/121:34 PM

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Just a fanOGR Forum Member

I would love someone to do some VIA stuff in O - F's, FA's, smooth side passenger cars. Do you think we could talk Jason at Rapido Trains into getting into O scale?

Jeff

1/28/124:18 PM

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ratpakOGR Forum Member

Didn't VIA do a Spiderman F40ph? Wow its prototypical too

rat

1/28/126:53 PM

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hclarkeOGR Forum Member

VIA would be fantastic!

1/28/127:10 PM

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VistaDomeScottOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

quote:
Originally posted by ratpak:
Didn't VIA do a Spiderman F40ph? Wow its prototypical too

rat

VIA had a variety of F40PH's painted in unusual schemes. Spiderman, CoolAid, Hardware. MTH produced many of these.

1/28/127:13 PM

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kj356OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I painted up some old Atlas and Weaver units in the Blue paint.
Not a close shot can do that one day but in the back of these photos is my 10 car VIA passenger train from extrusions done many years back in Montreal and Mac Shop dome kits Brass on the Skyline and Park Cars.
I have always wanted to do the blue passenger cars one day with the yellow stripes. I have a bunch of old clear sided ICC kits to do this but no time and lots of work to paint with masking off the windows.