O-Gauge Bucket List

1. Watch the Eric Siegel TV train show on DYI network.
2. Build a 50 foot suspension bridge.
3. Acquire brand new unopened GE Evolution.

I second seeing Eric getting a train show. It would be awesome, pairing some operating sessions with helpful tips, detailed reviews, visiting other layouts, and then the occasional railfanning segments where Eric takes the viewer to various locations to catch some great railroad action. 

 

My Top-3 would be:

 

1. Own a Union Pacific Challenger, Union Pacific Big Boy, Pennsylvania S2 Turbine, Chesapeake and Ohio H-8 Allegheny, Southern Pacific AC-9 and/or AC-12 Cab Forward, Union Pacific Veranda Turbine, and a J-3a New York Central Hudson. 

 

2. Acquire a moderate collection of vintage Lionel Postwar locomotives, rolling stock, and accessories. Would love to have some vintage Lionel F3 units to display and run on occasion.

 

3. Having enough room to have a layout roughly 20' by 25' in size or larger.

My bucket list relies on 3 models being built first, which means I'll have to do some serious begging to Scott Mann.

 

1 - SP P-14 4-6-2

 

2 - SP GS-1 4-8-4

 

3 - SP MT-1 or ? 4-8-2.  I'd be happy with anything without the semi-streamlining.

Getting my MTH Cab Forward. It's now been delayed till March 2015. A year later than 1st. stated.

1. Finish laying all the track on my layout.
2. Get everything working smoothly, including computer control of detection, switches and signals.
3. Host realistic operating sessions.

1. Have a train run on what is left of Gramp's layout tables

2. Finding a few of his more unique items.

 

 

I'd like to someday have a layout large enough to have an operational turntable, a real switch yard where I can operate a switcher or two while running on the mainlines, and a station where I can park a few passenger sets

 

and if i had a fourth, buy all those trains on my wish list!

Acquire the last two cars, Alabama and Pennsylvania, to finish my DAP NS Business train.

O-72 curves.   If can get to O-72 curves, that would be an accomplishment.  My current experiment is not going well....

 

Other than that, I would like to live long enough to see the day where all O gauge vendors standardize on a single, standards based control method - perhaps DCC.  At least give us the option.  The only reason I get a little twitchy and start thinking about HO gauge is DCC and the common interface.  

1. Finish laying track
2. Wire the track
3. Wire the switches (22)

If I do nothing else, I'll be able to run trains!

1. Buy a factory sealed Postwar set. Open the box and run it.

2. Buy a house with enough room for a layout.

3. Have as much PRR motive power in O Gauge as the Pennsy had in real life

1) Go to York

2) Complete my wiring on my Layout

3) Run trains again with my son tonight.

 

 

1) Go to October York

2) get every item from Lionel's 1987 catalog

3) convince 3rd Rail to make a Green Diamond and then buy it!

I was lucky enough last year to fill the top 4 slots on my bucket list with the purchase of Pennsy S-1, T-1, K-4s and a GN Empire Builder passenger set. I guess the top three empty slots are now: Pennsy S-2 Turbine, Pennsy Decapod and a Pennsy silver aluminum passenger set. Those are going to have to wait awhile until I can afford them. Last year was an expensive (but good) train year. 

1. Finish my curved fascias and skirting
2. Complete my scenery
3. See a video of trains running on Alan Arnold's layout

Art

Switch to Lionel and get it tomorrow and a steam whistle to boot

I have no intention of kicking the bucket any time soon, but my list of things to get done on my layout is significant. 2015 will be the year of expansion, so my goals are to extend the layout to accommodate another Long Island branch line, and build a second level with a mimic of the Big Apple.

First would be to get a decent house again and build a nice size layout. Lost the house to a foreclosure.

Second would be to complete the K-Line Reading Crusader set of 15 inch passenger cars for the Reading Crusader, already have the steam engine cab # 117 and K-Line car # 2.

Third is to change out my Gargraves switches with Ross Custom switches.

 

Lee Fritz

California Railfan,

It seems we have the same taste. I would love a vision line challenger both coal fired and oil fired and also the cab forward, UP veranda turbine, etc. I would also like to aquide a nkp berkshire. I wanted the big boy also, but that can be scratchrd off the bucket list, since I bought one.

On bucket list is build a temporary layout until I can build a bigger one. Contribute to the hobby community and of course buy more train stuff.

How come no one really seems to want anything from 3rd Rail? I was lookin on their website and they seem to have nice models. Is it the price? It seem smost buy Lionel, MTH, Atlas, and Weaver. I know laidoffsick got the SP AC-9 and it seems like a nice model.

Chris


       

a bigger basement

a 226E 

trip to York with the $$ to enjoy it.

My bucket is as follow,

 

Pay my bills every month

stay healthy

Enjoy the trains I have

 

 

I will continue the scenic upgrade of my layout.

 

Improve backdrops to enhance the visual appearance of my layout.

 

Try to visit a few members with whom I have become "Forum/email" acquaintances. 

1)  Clean out the garage so I can have my space back and set up my board.

2)  Build new traveling board to take to shows.

3)  Travel up and down the east coast and mid west taking my traveling board to  

     shows every weekend.

clean out the basement to get started on my year round layout.

 

a nice pair of MPC pennsy f units

 

the chicago and alton set, the chessie steam special, the southern crescent all MPC .

Dave

Finish tearing down my old layout.

 

Completely build my new layout.

 

Attend the Big E show.

 

Visit some forum members' layouts who have open invitations to visit when in the area.

 

--Greg

MTH Florida Tri Rail 2pack add-on

Manufacture of LIRR 1940's vintage double deckers

Manufacture of LIRR "ping pong" coaches

A Lionel Legacy New Haven I-5 Hudson.

 

A Lionel Legacy Acela

 

MTH New Haven Comet

1. See a video of trains running on Alan Arnold's layout

Art

 

 

Is there room for them to move?

 

My list of O-gauge related things is fairly short and yet I might have to wait:

1) Vision, Legacy or Premier ATSF 2900 class Northern

2) Legacy Lionmaster re-issue or Lionchief+ Big Boy using the old Lionmaster tooling.

3) Vision Dreyfus Hudson

4) Vision ATSF Warbonnett A-B-B-A Super Chief set with nine cars.

5) Someone starts making 18-wheelers for 'Streets with sound and smoke.

Amen!

 

There are some O-gauge items I wouldn't mind having, but if I died today without them, it wouldn't make any difference. We can't take any of our trains with us when we go!  lol

Get the following train addictions under control:#1-EXPANDING the layout-#2-BUYING "another"steam engine-#3-BEGINNING apocalyptic 15,000 man hour projects.Nick

Contribute to the forum.

Enjoy the stuff I have.

Spend time with my wife.

1. go to York

2. Finish the layout

3. Own some Clinchfield Steam Engines.

 

And I better say Spend time with wife because if she sees what 86TA355SR said she will raise he$$ because I didn't say it.

 

Larry

1938 Union Pacific City trains COLA/COSF with E2's

1-Make it to 84 if I make it to 83 next month?

 

2-Get out of rehab, trash the cane and hand tremors--clean up the layout.

 

3-Run trains [wife pays the bills].

 

 

Southern Pacific 4-6-2 Post War Pacific

Lionel UP E-9 B unit

Santa Fe 4-6-4 Hudson

TOP OF LIST;

1. VL GEVO HYBRID - THE LUV THAT GOT AWAY!

2. MTH 2-8-8-8-2 ERIE TRIPLEX

3. MTH 0-8-8-0 ERIE CAMELBACK "ANGUS" 

4. LIONEL 2-8-8-2 N&W Y3

5. ATLAS GP60 EMD DEMONSTRATOR #6

 

AND OF COURSE ANY AND ALL WESTINGHOUSE THAT I DONT HAVE ALREADY!