Both Lionel , Atlas O, and GGD have made some complete name trains. What name trains would you like to see made that have not been done before?
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ACL Champion
PRR Yellow Kid
I SECOND HOTWATERS NORTH COAST LIMITED simply a handsome livery
A true to scale CNJ Blue Comet. Never been done correctly in O scale. On top of that, all the cars other than the diner wore up to 5 paint schemes for the CNJ until their final retirement in 1983.
A Scale North Coast Limited yet. NP and the Lowey scheme has a history of selling out.
Southern Railway's "Birmingham Special" with modernized heavyweight cars. http://southern.railfan.net/im...ssenger/sou1044.html
Bob Delbridge posted:ACL Champion
And pulled by EMC's E3 (later classified as an E6) ACL #501. #501 chaulked up more than 5 million miles before retirement.
I join with all those above in favor of a prototypically correct, scale Northern Pacific North Coast Limited.
NORTH COAST yes. But in both the pre- and Lowery paints. To me the pre-Lowery livery is prettier.
A scale NYO&W "Mountaineer" with passenger set.
Scale "City of New Orleans".
Ditto, 1955 NP NCL, Loewy colors, “4 Domes West” train. And I would like 3rd Rail A-B-A F9’s to pull it!
Staten Island Rapid Transit - SIRT
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I'm starting to appreciate branch line rail roads. Currently their are over 600 operating today. Genesee & Wyoming oversee 190 + so there's lots to go around. I'm interested in the RJ COREMAN series that Lionel & MTH are releasing.
Fallen Flags I would like a Cotton Belt Northern #819 ( can be run as an excursion train) and a RS3 or EMD yard switcher.
GG1 4877 posted:A true to scale CNJ Blue Comet. Never been done correctly in O scale. On top of that, all the cars other than the diner wore up to 5 paint schemes for the CNJ until their final retirement in 1983.
A true scale blue comet would be on my list.
Dave
Johnny Winkler posted:Southern Railway's "Birmingham Special" with modernized heavyweight cars. http://southern.railfan.net/im...ssenger/sou1044.html
Since this train also ran on the N&W between Bristol and Monroe,Va it could be offered with a future run of N&W class J locomotives. Also include at least one each N&W and PRR baggage or express reefer.
The Ghan.
-Greg
Central of Georgia "Nancy Hanks" or "Man o War". https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=Mz3a7LHpaNUx7M:
Johnny Winkler posted:Central of Georgia "Nancy Hanks" or "Man o War". https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=Mz3a7LHpaNUx7M:
And MTH needs another release of the "City of Miami". https://mthtrains.com/20-2736-1
GG1 4877 posted:A true to scale CNJ Blue Comet. Never been done correctly in O scale. On top of that, all the cars other than the diner wore up to 5 paint schemes for the CNJ until their final retirement in 1983.
I'll second that one.
The SP Lark.
Mikey
The "Silver Sightseer". 
Well it is a name train, if only one car. And I'd suspect St Petersburg did one.
I would be in for a North Coast...Paul
Another vote for the Illinois Central City of New Orleans or the Panama Limited, either one is fine with me. Sunset 3rd Rail has listed the Illinois Central as one option for the E6 but no cars. I would be happy with a "generic" streamline set from GGD to go with the engines as I don't really think we will see a true scale version.
Charlie
How about the Strang Line?
Olathe Navel air station to Brookside during WW II
cmscanuck posted:A scale NYO&W "Mountaineer" with passenger set.
DITTO!!!!!!!!!
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Both Lionel , Atlas O, and GGD have made some complete name trains. What name trains would you like to see made that have not been done before?
Don't forget ... K-Line made some very nice "name trains".
Maybe an Amtrak Downeaster, but only if the sound effects have crew talk with really thick Maine accents.
I would like to put in a vote for the "GHAN". It may be in Australia, but is a very nice and looong passenger consist that still runs today. Just the fact it still runs is a good reason for having it. As with most railroads, the story behind it being built, and how it came by it's name is an interesting story in itself.
Jesse
THE BLUE BIRD!
THE PREMIER DE LUXE MOTOR TRAIN OF THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
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San Diego's 'Coaster' Commuter train.
North County Transit District (NCTD) offers services that are a vital part of San Diego’s regional transportation network. NCTD moves approximately 11 million passengers annually by providing public transportation for North San Diego County.
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mikey posted:The SP Lark.
Mikey
Already produced by Golden Gate Depot, within the last year.
The MoPac Eaglette:
http://trainweb.org/screamingeagle/eaglette.html
Or the Delta Eagle, a short streamliner headed by #7100, an E6 with the rear engine removed to add a baggage compartment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMC_AA
The Frisco Firefly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(train)
NOTE: for some reason, the text editor keeps disconnecting "(train)" in the Firefly URL, which results in linking to an article about bugs. to get tot he article about the train, the entire URL needs to be typed in. *sigh* Ain't Komputurs SMART?
I'd Love to see Lionel re-make Weaver's Black Diamond or John Wilkes in vision line or any line. It would be nice to see more issues of these beautiful locomotives, heck, even an Asa Packer would be welcome.
Black Diamond
John Wilkes
Asa Packer (I used the model because I haven't been able to find a pic of the real thing in color.)
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TheDude23112 posted:Staten Island Rapid Transit - SIRT
Sorry but that is NOT a Name train.
Traindiesel posted:San Diego's 'Coaster' Commuter train.
North County Transit District (NCTD) offers services that are a vital part of San Diego’s regional transportation network. NCTD moves approximately 11 million passengers annually by providing public transportation for North San Diego County.
I would love to see the Bombardier bilevels, but apparently Lionel doesn't have that tooling.
mikey posted:The SP Lark.
Mikey
Great idea, Lionel should have done this with their 18" aluminum cars!
Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing shorter trains, under 5 cars. MR did a couple of articles on pike-sized passenger trains:
Bob Delbridge posted:Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing shorter trains, under 5 cars. MR did a couple of articles on pike-sized passenger trains:
Great suggestion, the only shorty steam set I can recall is the Lindbergh Special with the Atlantic and two 18" cars. For diesels MTH did the City of Miami as an E-6 and five 18" cars which is almost 9 feet long and Lionel did the 1948 Freedom Train ALCO PA and seven 18" cars which is about 12 feet long. These new scale sets with ten or twelve 21" cars have to be nearing 17 to 24 feet in length with motive power are just too long (and expensive) for us to even consider. The coming MTH CGW F unit and a few passenger cars would represent one of their short passenger trains.
