Great info here!
Peter
Rocket would be a good idea, in my humble opinion. With it's unusual engines and the fact that they were relatively short trains, they would be unique and have the advantage of running a true-to-life consist on smaller layouts. I don't know how many folks are interested in Rock island, though, and there might not be enough buyers to make it worthwhile.
New York Central's Buffalo - NYC DeWitt Clinton of 1964. My buddy and I rode it from Syracuse to Grand Central when the Lancia automobile we were to deliver to Buffalo broke down outside of Syracuse. Consist was EMD E? A and B units, two head end cars, a chair car, and a locked down lounge car, ideal for smaller layouts. <g> There may have been another half-dozen folks on board. We spent the majority of the trip drinking bourbon with the conductor in the mens lounge.
Pete
Back in the 70's when I was living in Syracuse,I would occasionally take the then PC train into NYC. I was always a nice trip back then.
Other than the 20th Century Limited,what were some of the other NYC named trains?
Surely there would be a market for these NYC trains?
Norm
I'd like to see a scale Missouri Pacific Colorado Eagle in brass, or aluminum from GGD. If not the CO Eagle, then a Texas Eagle and eliminate the dome car. MoPac had unique cars with the porthole side windows and a beautiful livery designed by Raymond Loewy.
Would like to own the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited in scale.
I hope that GGD still has the molds from the Super Chief. Need I say more?
If MTH did a Railking version of the Champion with actual cars that were on the train I would be interested in that. I still wish MTH would do individual E and F units and more individual head end and passenger cars. Not every train had a dome car or an observation car.
Many passenger trains were jut an RPO car and a mixture of heavyweight and streamline coaches pulled by a single locomotive. Modeling a train like this would be much more affordable and still look nice on a small layout.
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I'd like to see GGD do the complete 1947 Olympian Hiawatha as Brooks Stevens designed it, with the "broken" stripe. The as-designed consist was never completed, as Pullman-Standard was so late delivering some of the cars that the Milwaukee Road had simplified the paint scheme by the time P-S finished the observation cars. Nonetheless, that is one of the very few trains I would spend that kind of money for and I think there are enough knowledgeable Milwaukee Road fans to make it a viable project. "
Echo this!!! SWH, was it Erie Builts that matched this livery? or something else?
Originally Posted by Forrest Jerome:
"SWH, was it Erie Builts that matched this livery? or something else?
Yes, the original design of the Milwaukee Road's Erie Built with the big stainless steel nose piece was done by Brooks Stevens for the Olympian Hiawatha. It was all one design, but it was never completed due to the late delivery of the Pullman-Standard cars and the railroad's decision to simplify the color scheme before they were delivered.
Originally Posted by CNJ 3676:
I'd like to see the Auto-Train but no flippin' way it will ever happen.
Bob
The Auto Train would be cool too. Unfortunately it would require a good amount of new tooling and not alot of people would be able to run a full length version of the train because it is so long.
"Would like to own the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited in scale."
Hard to find, but K-Line did both in their 21" sets. They are particularly nice sets and worth looking for.
Originally Posted by Southwest Hiawatha:
Originally Posted by Forrest Jerome:
"SWH, was it Erie Builts that matched this livery? or something else?
Yes, the original design of the Milwaukee Road's Erie Built with the big stainless steel nose piece was done by Brooks Stevens for the Olympian Hiawatha. It was all one design, but it was never completed due to the late delivery of the Pullman-Standard cars and the railroad's decision to simplify the color scheme before they were delivered.
