I would love to see 3rdrail do another J3 Hudson with PT tender but with a regular smoke box door. I would also like to see 3rdrail try again for a NYC H10 Mikado. I wasn't ready the first go at it but I am now. I know MTH came out with a Mikado last year and Lionel is doing one this year but Brass is king.
Post what projects you think Scott should tackle next.
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PRR E2b, E3b and E2c. All would be great and putting money where my mouth is. This to me is serious and getting too old to wait forever, I'm 80 years young.
mikeg
NP Class W3 2-8-2, please! I would also like to see a re-run of the SP&S class E1 / NP class A3 Northerns, I would be in for an SP&S #700 for sure.
A scale E60 electric. CH, MA, C, whatever. Get the right numbers with the right paint schemes. 
Rerun of the GGD Heavyweight coaches.
Jim
NH Mountain with a Vanderbilt tender.
a Brass NYC Woodsided caboose. Offer it as a B&A, Rutland and undecorated as well. The offerings from MTH and Lionel just aren't up to today's standards as far as rolling stock.
My vote is for a run (or rerun) of the 1950's era aluminum Super Chief cars. With Santa Fe F7 locomotives soon coming from both 3rd Rail and Atlas and the recent rerun of El Capitan cars I would expect there would be a good response.
Bob
In my opinion, 3rd Rail would be excellent at making detailed models of the:
Norfolk and Western Class A
and
D&RGW L-105 Challenger
drgw.net
3rd Rail did a Pennsy gas electric, twice. I hope that anybody who wanted one, got one. Brill, GE, and others did similar cars for a number of roads . How about one or more of these for the rest of us? How many roads besides and including the UP owned McKeen cars.?.. How many Mack railbuses? A large number. How many obscure logging roads owned small two truck Heislers and Climaxes? A large number. Sadly, only a few owned small four paired driver articulateds like the Little River. This is what l will buy. They make a lot of stuff l barely glance at, often, over and over.
I purchased a new 3rd Rail L-131 (2-rail operation -- conventional DC power), and it runs very very smoothly and quietly and looks great. It draws only about 0.90 amp pulling 28 freight cars on the level, all fitted with Athearn delrin trucks and Intermountain wheelsets. So, you have my vote for an L-105, too.
C&O C-16a 0-8-0 switcher It could be marketed under C&0 , Virginian and N&W road names and numbers.
Santa Fe E1A/B.
Matching passenger cars when a passenger engine is produced, I.E. the recent Illinois Central E8/9 will hit the street with no passenger cars to pull. There are several other examples as well.
Charlie
PRR steam locomotives: N2 and an H8,H10 would finish my roster.
Maybe a P&WV mallet.
Norm
PRRTrainguy posted:PRR E2b, E3b and E2c. All would be great and putting money where my mouth is. This to me is serious and getting too old to wait forever, I'm 80 years young.
mikeg
I'd have to get the e2c and e3b. Although considering their luck with orders for the e44 I'm not getting my hopes up.
A modern diesel. SD70MAC or ES44 tier 4
PRRTrainguy posted:PRR E2b, E3b and E2c. All would be great and putting money where my mouth is. This to me is serious and getting too old to wait forever, I'm 80 years young.
mikeg
E2b. Please
FP45, E1 As and Bs
A true version of the CNJ blue comet cars and all the various paint schemes they wore after. Never done correctly in O scale.
Reading K-1 2-10-2.
Rerun of the Strasburg Mollies
jd-train posted:Rerun of the GGD Heavyweight coaches.
Jim
Add me to that list. I'd buy a couple sets.
UP 2-10-2 and 4-8-2 Mountain (TTG & black-will buy one of each)
Pennsy HC1
Milwaukee Road Class N 2 6 6 2, F3 4 6 2 with the Chippewa paint scheme, and the North Woods streamline 4 6 0.
North Coast Limited with Domes and F7s.
86TA355SR posted:jd-train posted:Rerun of the GGD Heavyweight coaches.
Jim
Add me to that list. I'd buy a couple sets.
UP 2-10-2 and 4-8-2 Mountain (TTG & black-will buy one of each)
Yeeaassss! Yes and Yes! 2-10-2 would be awesome but we really need some Mountains to match the Harrimans sets I have on order in TTG and Yellow. I would buy TTG w/silver-white (2rail) and a Black (3rail) UP 4-8-2 as well.
(That's 4 reservations Scott, 96 to go!)
(photo: UPHS Streamliner).
I've already made the following suggestions to Scott so we will see. He told me the bottom 2 are on the list and he was considering the FP45
MPI MPXpress
Siemens S70
Or Bombardier Series 100
And FP45s
E5s
E6's
There will be some pleasantly surprised people soon with the next round of announcements. I can't go much more into detail as they are a little ways off and we are still discussing project possibilities, especially in the diesel area.
I second Scale City's Milwaukee Road Mallet 2-6-6-2 request. I wouldn't mined a 4-8-4 S2 Northern or even a 2-6-2 Prairie Class either. Milwaukee Road of course.
I'm sure that there are FP45s and E units in our future
Ditto on an NP North Coast Limited set with domes, except I would prefer F9's on the point. I would also buy NP freight F9's in an A-B-B-A set.
Matt Makens posted:Siemens S70
Or Bombardier Series 100
I'd reserve either one (or both) of the above without hesitation. Even though the pictured examples are nowhere near my neck of the woods
I already have the Electroliner , Greenliner and the NYC T-motor.
---PCJ
Since Atlas won't be shipping engines for some time, I can commit to buying one 3rd Rail ....
-re-run of SD7/9 in Conrail, or
-modern diesel in Conrail or NS
WITZ 41 posted:86TA355SR posted:.UP 2-10-2 and 4-8-2 Mountain (TTG & black-will buy one of each)
Yeeaassss! Yes and Yes! 2-10-2 would be awesome but we really need some Mountains to match the Harrimans sets I have on order in TTG and Yellow. I would buy TTG (2rail) and a Black (3rail) UP 4-8-2 as well.
(That's 4 reservations Scott, 96 to go!)
If a white/TTG and yellow/TTG Mountain are offered, I'll buy both plus the black one! So, he only needs 95 more orders!
The USH models are a little long in the tooth...but great models. Would love to see a modern version.
I keep hoping for the Southern Tennessean - they are mostly Pullman Standard cars that were similar or the same as used on the other railroads ( with I think only the observation being unique so that Pullman sleepers could be added at Bristol, VA).
I'll but Scott a big steak dinner with all the fixins at York if he makes this one.
And perhaps if Scott feels compelled I think the Southern streamlined PS4 that pulled the Tennessean would be great too. Don't think there's demand for these? Try buying the Weaver model from 10+ years ago on eBay.
NYC H10 Mikado and C&O K2 or K3 Mikado
Rerun of the GGD Heavyweight coaches.
Jim
I will third this offering esp the PRR heavyweights. I won Independence Hall Observation car. I have the 12-1 Sleepers on order. But now I need the rest of the train!
Also the PRR "Yellow Kid"
also PRR USRA 2-10-2
PRR k2, k3, or K5 [NO K4's]
PRR HC1 [second that]
PRR D16sb 4-4-0 [can also be lettered for Strasburg RR]
PRR E1 4-4-2 Cammelback [ also in Reading and LIRR!]
And in speaking of repeats, the PRR T1 Baldwin version with three portholes in front or Altoona Version[minimal skirting][no demo version- MTH has that model]
Also a rerun of the FP7 in PRR
(Tuscan &5 stripe , DLGE & Single Stripe) and Demonstrator schemes!
Adding to the wish list. Here are the PRR engines I need to fill out my late 40s PRR roster.
-Steam: H6b (reissue), H8, K5, N2sa
-Diesel (all units powered with sound): EF15 (F3) Phase 2 ABBA, AS10 (ALCO S-2), BS6a (Baldwin DS 4-4-660).
I would be happy if 3rd Rail made anyone of these engines.
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