Lionel 2017 (and future): What Do You Want?

Louis has that covered Andy! 

A NYC Niagara with Legacy and whistle steam. 

Also, some vision line NYC milk cars to go along with it. 

I would think we may see a 1948 edition of the New York Central 20th Century Limited with and ABA E-7 set and  a bevy of cars similar to how the Broadway limited is being released. @017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the last  run of the train just before the PC merger.

Three-bay, open-top hopper in the Seaboard System paint scheme.

Andrew

REAZ Grand Trunk Western railroad trailer on Grand Trunk Western PS-4 flat car.

Andrew

2Rail ..............ES44AC's and SD70ACe's

Command Control and Operate with TMCC, Legacy, AC, DC, or DCC

Regards,

Swafford

Peter Araujo posted:

Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700 & Frisco 1522.

I will second that AMEN...

LIRR Steamer posted:

I would think we may see a 1948 edition of the New York Central 20th Century Limited with and ABA E-7 set and  a bevy of cars similar to how the Broadway limited is being released. @017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the last  run of the train just before the PC merger.

I hope they do a full 12+ car 20th Century Limited. A 1948 version would be awesome! Especially if they get the observation car correct. I am still chasing the various sets that Golden Gate Depot did.

However, I think it's more likely that they do the 1938/1940 Dreyfuss Hudson powered Century as there is the option for mutiple paint schemes (1938 & 1940) using the same passenger car tooling. 

I will be overjoyed with whatever version they do.

 4-8-2 Mountain, Frisco 1527 ..............................

Make the Union Pacific Commemorative Tenders "Adams" and "Jordan" with Legacy sounds: water fill, brake squeal, sloshing sounds, etc.

Make the Union Pacific Commemorative Water Tenders "Adams" and "Jordan" with Legacy sounds:  Water Fill, Pumps running (Intermittent), Sloshing sounds, brake squeal, etc.

Reading 4-6-2,  Reading 0-6-0

This is a new CN scheme on a 1970's Grand Trunk Western GTW auto rack and the new TTX scheme on a 1970's Trailer Train flat car that could be put on the 89' Auto Carrier using paint and self=adhesive decals.

Andrew

Legacy Dash 8s with narrow nose cabs. I think the last ones were from the 90s

Every time I see Lionel 2017 think I missed a Lionel 2017 loco as I have a Lionel 2016 and 2018 engines!

Charlie

Somewhere above someone mentioned the UP Steam Turbine(s) of the late 1930's - gosh yes - count me in. I want one very much.

There were two, and I understand that both tested briefly on the NYC (not in UP paint) before being sent west. Neither was actually owned by the UP, and wound up doing heavy service on the Great Northern during WWII, before being scrapped, I have read. These were steam-electrics like the Chessie and the Jawn henry, not direct-drive like the PRR 6-8-6.

Also, they were not always yellow; seemed to be in a stealth black or something during the brief NYC stay; UP painted them yellow, I guess; don't know what they looked like on the GN. 

That running gear...first, take a scale PRR GG1, cut and splice the frame for the tank.. oh, boy. Yes, they really were steam locomotives.

Yes, I have a few also.

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That is what I like to see.

To Lionel , MTH and other O gauge manufactures and importers. As we all know a good many of the baby boomers are leaving the hobby for one reason or another. The available discretionary income from the boomers will be dwindling as time goes on from various reasons. My hope is that the manufactures will produce a line of scale trains to be available for the new entry young and older folks that can be afforded by all, Lionel is making the old weaver cars available for a good price and also Atlas Trainman cars are a good start. if you want to capture the new market you will need to produce trains they can afford, if not O well there is always Drones and video games. So what I like to see from Lionel on this catalog is more old Weaver cars at a good price.

Thank you

John Pignatelli retired

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

Yes, I have a few also.

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That is what I like to see.

Nice pictures. I wouldn't mind some of these cars on my layout. I'm not interested in the super expensive, ultra scale versions though, so I have to agree with your later post about something scale at a reasonable price point.

Visonline or highly detailed Legacy version:

* Norfolk and Western Class A - Detailed like JLC/legacy Y6B

EBN posted:

Visonline or highly detailed Legacy version:

* Norfolk and Western Class A - Detailed like JLC/legacy Y6B

 

If Lionel does do another Class A with Legacy Scale not Lionmaster like recent catalog, I'll gladly purchase, need one to go with my 611!

EBN posted:

Visonline or highly detailed Legacy version:

* Norfolk and Western Class A - Detailed like JLC/legacy Y6B

 

It's been too long since they offered a scale sized Class A. Definitely in different road numbers and I hope they do the late versions with the roller bearings on the drive rods.

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

To Lionel , MTH and other O gauge manufactures and importers. As we all know a good many of the baby boomers are leaving the hobby for one reason or another. The available discretionary income from the boomers will be dwindling as time goes on from various reasons. My hope is that the manufactures will produce a line of scale trains to be available for the new entry young and older folks that can be afforded by all, Lionel is making the old weaver cars available for a good price and also Atlas Trainman cars are a good start. if you want to capture the new market you will need to produce trains they can afford, if not O well there is always Drones and video games. So what I like to see from Lionel on this catalog is more old Weaver cars at a good price.

Thank you

John Pignatelli retired

John Pignatelli,

As a dedicated O modeler and operator I wholeheartedly agree with you. Being a college student I can speak for other modelers my age. Trains are getting out of many peoples price ranges and I believe many are in danger of pricing themselves out of the market. That's why I am glad Lionel has introduced the LionScale products and Atlas O with their Trainman line for those who want to own and operate scale equipment and are at a decent price to appeal to all markets and budgets.

Lionel just did a Steam whistle Legacy Y6b made-to-order recently.   It is a beautiful engine with an amazing steam whistle. Legacy Station and Trainz may still have the #2171 road number.  I loved my #2171 so much I grabbed Legacy Station's last #2175.  Lionel also made a #2195.  The #2171 ran smoothly without incident, pulling a string of twin hoppers and occasionally my Heavyweight Passenger cars .  (N&W Y6b Engine #2171 on right in photo #1. A legacy NYC Mohawk on left.)

I would like to see a line of SCALE MOW equipment such as ballast tampers, spike drivers, tie inserters, graders, etc.    A small motor to propel them would be ideal.  The actual functions would not be necessary.

I have always liked watching a string of this type equipment rolling down the rails to their work site.

Tom

Tom Densel posted:

I would like to see a line of SCALE MOW equipment such as ballast tampers, spike drivers, tie inserters, graders, etc.    A small motor to propel them would be ideal.  The actual functions would not be necessary.

I have always liked watching a string of this type equipment rolling down the rails to their work site.

 

Tom

Me too Tom. Maybe a weed killer train like MTH did and some MoW bunk cars would be neat too.

Len B posted:

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

Yes, I have a few also.

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That is what I like to see.

Nice pictures. I wouldn't mind some of these cars on my layout. I'm not interested in the super expensive, ultra scale versions though, so I have to agree with your later post about something scale at a reasonable price point.

LWB,
     It's nice to see someone else from Memphis. (It's also a shame that Memphis didn't keep the old L&N line going from Midtown to (actual) Cordova -- that would have made an excellent city-speed (35-50 mph) light rail line.)
A good while back, my family bought a single Lionel O-27 Amtrak full dome passenger car with the name "Prairie View". Since this was also the name of the college my parents went to -- Prairie View A&M University, it was a good investment. I later bought an observation car to the same set. I'm not sure what the series is called, but I think I saw Santa Fe cars with the same body numbered in the "2400"s. To make a long story short, Although there are better Amtrak cars to be had, even at O-27, These cars came out at a pretty good price point for passenger cars. I've always wanted to convert one or more of these into something I consider unique -- a full-domed sleeper. (I've since heard that at least one was part of the Great Northern Empire Builder, but I have yet to see it.) I also wish that modifications on the original 2400 cars had been made, such as a matching observation car with an open rear end -- with a rear deck and  drumhead, not unlike their Madison-style passenger cars.

Come to think of it, I'd also like to get Georgia 300 -- with an optional POTUS drumhead, even if I had to get it in full O-Scale. (As of now, all of my track is O27, which means if someone did make all 50-something TTX cars in O-Scale, I'd miss out.)
     -- Señor J.

I would like to see N&W 4-8-0 M Class Mastodon's, N&W 2-8-0 W Class Consolidation, 2-8-8-0's, 2-6-6-0's, 2-6-8-0's, and more. 

I would like to see Lionel put brass female connectors on the rear of the engine and the front of the tender that are connected to the center rail collector-pickup rollers. Those of us who wanted better roller connections for a bigger engine "Foot-print" could use the double male plug wire to connect all center-rail collectors together.  It would not distract from appearances (after all there was a water line from the tender to the engine boilers. ...  (I don't think they shoveled the water. Ha, Ha.)  It would not have to be used for those who are against any tether, but the single center-rail-only wire would eliminate the drop-out of sound on the tenders too.  (Outside drivers on one side or the other are always touching a rail through a switch).

Did you know that my Vision Line Big Boys do not have a Battery connector in the Tender?  There was no room for them when the "Depleting Coal-Effect" was installed in the Vision Line Big Boys. Going over my #5 Atlas O switches, the tender sound drops out (Main engine sound only) and Lionel Service says that there is nothing that can be done.  The "Single Center-Rail-Only Connector I am proposing would eliminate that.  A bigger footprint means better performance, especially over my two consecutive 90-drgree cross-overs before my middle single Pratt Bridge.  Sincerely, John Rowlen

SCALE and correct N&W Classes S1a, Z1b., K1, X, or W. While you're at it, matching CF and CG cabooses with a variety of road numbers. I'm good for at least a dozen at this point.

Under the UP banner, the original Steam Turbine Electric....

Gilly@N&W posted:

SCALE and correct N&W Classes S1a, Z1b., K1, X, or W. While you're at it, matching CF and CG cabooses with a variety of road numbers. I'm good for at least a dozen at this point.

Under the UP banner, the original Steam Turbine Electric....

A correct S1a and K1 would be awesome. Steam era N&W cabeese would be great too. I have plans for a CF and CG caboose I hope to scratchbuild soon.

Joe Congemi posted:

Gilly@N&W posted:

SCALE and correct N&W Classes S1a, Z1b., K1, X, or W. While you're at it, matching CF and CG cabooses with a variety of road numbers. I'm good for at least a dozen at this point.

Under the UP banner, the original Steam Turbine Electric....

A correct S1a and K1 would be awesome. Steam era N&W cabeese would be great too. I have plans for a CF and CG caboose I hope to scratchbuild soon.

Am I the only person who'd be interested those miniature Mo-Pac bay window cabeese?

Scale locomotive.

A scale SD40-2 and or a CF7....

I mean come on! all these years and no SD40-2's? Besides the anemic MTH model...could sell a boat load. I would take four right off the bat if they are CORRECT scale models like the earlier release GP30's that I love.

Could care less about anything else.

Haha!

SteamBoy posted:

I would like to see N&W 4-8-0 M Class Mastodon's, 

Missed the 3rd Rail offering?? They are very nice. Sold out, but they show up on da'bay every once and a while.

Señor J. posted:

 

Gilly@N&W posted: Probably "no", but I'm just a N&W guy. 

 

Am I the only person who'd be interested those miniature Mo-Pac bay window cabeese?

I'd like to see a re-issue of the American Flyer S gauge Southern Pacific Daylight with Legacy.

They had an O scale SD40-2 about 15-20 years ago.

Do you mean a railroad specific SD40-2 locomotive that is 1:48th scale designed for 2-Rail O scale.

Andrew

Lionmaster Union Pacific FEF-2 and/or FEF-3

a futuristic high speed train like the hyperloop 

or something like this

More UP Excursion cars.