Next engine.... My wish list

Any heavy mainline PRR or UP steam in HO. I also want to pickup a few more NS or UP heritage units. This year I am devoting most of my budget to UP ho passenger cars for my challenger before anything else.

N&W S1a. N&W didn't roster USRA 0-8-0s. Up to this point, that's all that have been offered. At this point I don't care who makes it. Lionel, MTH, or 3rd Rail would be fine. These could also be offered in Virginian, and C&O.

The N&W Cab #244 was the last  US steam engine built for a Class I railroad. IMHO it is deserving of recognition with a good scale model.

Scott, if you're reading this I'm retired now. I'll get a part time job bagging groceries if I have to, to pay for this!

I wish Lionel would do a SD70ACE Heritage/Legacy unit in straight N&S Black with white. I know for sure it would sell. It would lash up PERFECT with other versions they did. Nick  

rockstars1989 posted:

I wish Lionel would do a SD70ACE Heritage/Legacy unit in straight N&S Black with white. I know for sure it would sell. It would lash up PERFECT with other versions they did. Nick  

The best engine to wish for and about time

Dave

I would like to see Premier Southern Consolidations 630 and 722. It could also be offered as ET & WNC 207 and 208.

( Sorry, you knew I would post this...again.)

There are rumors but....until..... it actually gets made.....someday....hopefully.

Lionels highly detailed most accurate hudson ( for Lionel)  The unstreamlined J3a from the 50th anniversary set.

 Swinging bell, whistle steam, optional PT tender, but please.... for the love of God..... no silver smokebox!

What the Vision Line hudson SHOULD have been:

Illinois Central Green Diamond with TMCC (Lionel or 3rd Rail)

Any Illinois Central Mainline Steam (2400 or 2500 class) with TMCC (Lionel or 3rd Rail)

Legacy Penn Central GP9

Legacy Penn Central GP35

Legacy Penn Central SD40(-2)

Tom

RickO posted:

( Sorry, you knew I would post this...again.)

There are rumors but....until..... it actually gets made.....someday....hopefully.

Lionels highly detailed most accurate hudson ( for Lionel)  The unstreamlined J3a from the 50th anniversary set.

 Swinging bell, whistle steam, optional PT tender, but please.... for the love of God..... no silver or battleship gray smokebox!

What the Vision Line hudson SHOULD have been:

I notice the rare models that haven't been done before sell better, and have a better resale value.

That being said... I would like some O scale steam that hasn't been done yet:

Any Lehigh Valley 4-8-4

Or the T3 with Worthington Feedwater Heater

Well if I can find the $$$$ this year I'd like to buy the last locomotive for my layout. Either a MTH Premier Santa Fe Blue Goose 3460 Hudson (PS2 or PS3) or a Lionel Santa Fe 3751 class Northern (TMCC or Legacy). It's either one or the other, as it legitimately will be my last locomotive purchase (I'll run out of room on my layout). At this point though mulling it over and searching for either one is more fun then actually forking over the money to buy one. So for now I'll enjoy what I have and continue dreaming. 

Lou1985 posted:

Well if I can find the $$$$ this year I'd like to buy the last locomotive for my layout. Either a MTH Premier Santa Fe Blue Goose 3460 Hudson (PS2 or PS3) or a Lionel Santa Fe 3751 class Northern (TMCC or Legacy). It's either one or the other, as it legitimately will be my last locomotive purchase (I'll run out of room on my layout). At this point though mulling it over and searching for either one is more fun then actually forking over the money to buy one. So for now I'll enjoy what I have and continue dreaming. 

I ran out of room a long time ago, but that hasn't stopped me

rtraincollector posted:

Lou1985 posted:

Well if I can find the $$$$ this year I'd like to buy the last locomotive for my layout. Either a MTH Premier Santa Fe Blue Goose 3460 Hudson (PS2 or PS3) or a Lionel Santa Fe 3751 class Northern (TMCC or Legacy). It's either one or the other, as it legitimately will be my last locomotive purchase (I'll run out of room on my layout). At this point though mulling it over and searching for either one is more fun then actually forking over the money to buy one. So for now I'll enjoy what I have and continue dreaming. 

I ran out of room a long time ago, but that hasn't stopped me

I don't have shelves and I refuse to leave locomotives in boxes. Anything I buy must fit on my layout. Keeps my collection small but also manageable. Plus I really have to like something to buy it. My own personal rules, but to each his own 😀.

david1 posted:

rockstars1989 posted:

I wish Lionel would do a SD70ACE Heritage/Legacy unit in straight N&S Black with white. I know for sure it would sell. It would lash up PERFECT with other versions they did. Nick  

The best engine to wish for and about time

Dave

Yea David..I would order two of them if I could get them in diff road numbers.MTH made them and they were a huge seller. Nick

Gilly@N&W posted:

N&W S1a. N&W didn't roster USRA 0-8-0s. Up to this point, that's all that have been offered. At this point I don't care who makes it. Lionel, MTH, or 3rd Rail would be fine. These could also be offered in Virginian, and C&O.

The N&W Cab #244 was the last  US steam engine built for a Class I railroad. IMHO it is deserving of recognition with a good scale model.

Agreed on the #244.......well deserved recognition is way overdue. 

a good lionel starter set

a fleet of m7s for commuter service

RickO's unstreamlined J3a Hudson without the silver smoke box and a 4004 Big Boy.

My pie-in-the-sky wish is for a 1500-class Frisco Mountain; either the 1522 or one of the slightly earlier ones, like 1501.

I would prefer K-Line to make it   Failing that, I guess 3rd Rail (up until recently, I would have said Lionel, but I am scared of them right now).  And I do NOT want Legacy, DCS, or even TMCC.

For a more down-to-earth, possible acquisition, I want to pick up a good Marx 333, preferably in a boxed set.  Unlike my pipe dreams above, I can be sure this one will be a good runner, and I won't have to mortgage the house for it.

A scale dimensioned Alco RS 3 in Erie or Erie Lackawanna 

palallin posted:

My pie-in-the-sky wish is for a 1500-class Frisco Mountain; either the 1522 or one of the slightly earlier ones, like 1501.

I would prefer K-Line to make it   Failing that, I guess 3rd Rail (up until recently, I would have said Lionel, but I am scared of them right now).  And I do NOT want Legacy, DCS, or even TMCC.

For a more down-to-earth, possible acquisition, I want to pick up a good Marx 333, preferably in a boxed set.  Unlike my pipe dreams above, I can be sure this one will be a good runner, and I won't have to mortgage the house for it.

Lionel's probably as close as your going to get with their latest 4-8-2 offering:

And yes, the air horns are prototypical as built:

Rusty

Same old wish list, built with original Williams reliability.. can keep the fix-it-again Yugo electronics.  GW/Strasburg #90, Little River 2-4-4-2, several different tonnage small Heislers. McKeen car, Baldwin steam coach, Edwards, GE, and other gas electrics, Mack and other railbuses, rerun of Weaver Baldwin 2-8-0, and the list goes on.   Cash waiting...(no substitutes)

N&W posted:

Gilly@N&W posted:

The N&W Cab #244 was the last  US steam engine built for a Class I railroad. IMHO it is deserving of recognition with a good scale model.

Agreed on the #244.......well deserved recognition is way overdue. 

I too agree.

rockstars1989 posted:

I wish Lionel would do a SD70ACE Heritage/Legacy unit in straight N&S Black with white. I know for sure it would sell. It would lash up PERFECT with other versions they did. Nick  

Nick,

    Lionel had NS SD70Ace #1030 & 1111 (also know as the barcode unit) in their 

2018 Signature catalog. I think Charles Roe had them on sale a few weeks ago. 

JohnB

Being as I’m strictly a tinplater, the dreams aren’t going to happen, but would love some product with new sheet metal, not just rehashed existing designs. Preferably something with 6 or 8 drivers. A early style tinplate streamline diesel like F-3s would also be cool.

Steve

Rusty Traque posted:

palallin posted:

My pie-in-the-sky wish is for a 1500-class Frisco Mountain; either the 1522 or one of the slightly earlier ones, like 1501.

 

Lionel's probably as close as your going to get with their latest 4-8-2 offering:

And yes, the air horns are prototypical as built:

Rusty

Air horn fit was dependent upon assignment: some territories required them; others did not.

Anyway, the 1500s were not USRA, and they differed quite a bit.  They were better engines all around.

The Lionel catalog pic suggests the red will be too bright, the black will be too dull (the Frisco kept their engines Williams shiny), and the white walls are an offense to the soul.

You may be right in that this would be as close as I'll ever get, but, if I am going to lay down more for a toy than I paid for most of the cars I have owned, I want it to be RIGHT.  I am not worried about every last detail, but I want the shape and the paint to be right.

Still, I had not seen this offering, and I appreciate very much you pointing it out to me.  Would that it were correct!

This concern, of course, is not one I have to worry about with the #333 ;-)

RickO posted:

( Sorry, you knew I would post this...again.)

There are rumors but....until..... it actually gets made.....someday....hopefully.

Lionels highly detailed most accurate hudson ( for Lionel)  The unstreamlined J3a from the 50th anniversary set.

 Swinging bell, whistle steam, optional PT tender, but please.... for the love of God..... no silver smokebox!

What the Vision Line hudson SHOULD have been:

Pretty much in agreement, at least partially. The J1e Vision Hudson was just fine, and I wish that I had bought one, but the J3a should indeed come back - but as the later version with FWH, power reverse, running board changes. "Selkirk" face on some. Mixed drivers here and there. PT tender as appropriate. 

AND - how about some later L2 Mohawks - Coffin and/or sunken Elesco FWH (as in the one actually preserved in St Louis).

BUT - I'd definitely pony up for a K-3 Pacific (the NYC's workhorse 4-6-2 east of Buffalo): 

AND - also would definitely buy: the K-5 Pacific (workhorse 4-6-2 west of Buffalo and sort of the Hudson's daddy):

Given a choice - if only... - I'd prefer one or both(!) of the Pacifics to another Hudson. Never thought I'd say that.

I would love to see some one offer a seaboard air line M2 mountain type locomotive.The southern was not the only railroad in the south.

first would be a lionel legacy cp royal hudson

second would be a cn or cp sd60 with lionel legacy

Any tier four locomotives or modern American engines that have not been produced yet. I prefer this locomotive, as it is quite common now a days.

I like all the steamers mentioned'... I wouldn't mind having this beauty as well'..

JohnB posted:

rockstars1989 posted:

I wish Lionel would do a SD70ACE Heritage/Legacy unit in straight N&S Black with white. I know for sure it would sell. It would lash up PERFECT with other versions they did. Nick  

Nick,

    Lionel had NS SD70Ace #1030 & 1111 (also know as the barcode unit) in their 

2018 Signature catalog. I think Charles Roe had them on sale a few weeks ago. 

JohnB

THANKS John. Hennings has one, I would rather order from him. I appreciate your response! Nick

What's next on my list of engines?

Whatever I find that is too cheap to pass up.  If its a good runner, then it doesn't matter if i already have one. 

A Reading I-10 class 2-8-0.

I don't care about the maker, but please: no swinging bells, steaming whistles, dumping ash pans or flushing toilets.  Keep the electronics to a minimum, as I only run Conventional.  Make the price less than the average automobile, please.  Oh, yes, and a bit of quality control would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, I know -- I must be smoking opium.

Balshis posted:

A Reading I-10 class 2-8-0.

I don't care about the maker, but please: no swinging bells, steaming whistles, dumping ash pans or flushing toilets.  Keep the electronics to a minimum, as I only run Conventional.  Make the price less than the average automobile, please.  Oh, yes, and a bit of quality control would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, I know -- I must be smoking opium.

I'm cool with that!

Also, a K-1sa, 2-10-2.

I can think of a lot of Milwaukee Road steam that hasn't been made yet. But at the top of my list would be the Milwaukee Mallet.

milwrd posted:

I can think of a lot of Milwaukee Road steam that hasn't been made yet. But at the top of my list would be the Milwaukee Mallet.

I would love to see a Milwaukee Mallet made in O gauge and in Standard Gauge.

Bob Nelson

A few practical MTH items that would be profitable for sales numbers. 

I would like SP 4-6-2 Pacific like Sunset did and I missed it and they don't come up on the secondary market.

Mikey

Next engine, my wish list...

Besides myself, many others have mentioned this engine in previous threads, a "Lionchief Plus GG-1" in multiple paint schemes, they would sell quite well at a decent price point.