Exactly!!!!!
Olympian Hiawatha passenger set
RG L-105
MILW Erie Built would be lovely.
1938 Santa Fe Chief or 1939 Capitan
Burlington Penduloum car
Burlington Silver Dome
more brass heavyweights!!!
I see all these budd hi level cars fetching big money too.
An added benefit to the Olympian Hiawatha is a CN version can be done for the Canadian fans since they bought all those cars from the Milwaukee Road.
Amtrak Superliners to put together an Empire Builder train!
Amtrak phase 3 Slumbercoaches. I bought a phase 1 and love it!
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Southern Pacific Daylight articulated chair cars. I should have purchased another set instead two separate chair cars that were never removed from the box............
SANTIAGOP23 posted:......more brass heavyweights!!!
I'm in also! Would love to have a couple of sets, especially in brass!
I'd like to see the FT's re-run, including the GN, NP, and CB&Q. I think a lot of people missed out on this wonderful model and would jump at the chance if it were done again.
I'd also go for a Great Northern N-3 2-8-8-0 and/or a GN Q-1 2-10-2.
RTR Mark
My suggestion would be the vintage Auto Train in purple, red, and white scheme. U36B's, full domes, lots of different passenger sleepers and regular domes. Also E7 rerun in ACL purple and the FM Erie built diesel. Also a Seaboard RSC3.
RXR posted:How about the Rio Grande EMD F9 Locomotives #5771 and others used to pull the Rio Grande Zephyr and Ski Train. Would also like to see the RIO Grande Passenger Cars from GGD. Cheers Don
Yes, Rio Grande passenger cars would get my money.
EBT Jim posted:yankspride4 posted: ..... Diesel: Highly accurate and road specific RS3' .....I omitted ALCO RS-3 because it has been discussed here in the past, and Scott from 3rd Rail stated that the thinking was ... that it had been sufficiently produced by other manufacturers already. But ....
I'll put on a deposit down on two northeastern railroad RS-3's
Jim
I certainly don't want to harass the good folks at 3rd Rail. And, maybe O and HO is apples and oranges, but ....
RS-3's have been done many times in HO by various manufacturers. Recent releases by Athearn, Atlas and others. But now, Bowser has announced a new RS-3 .... very nicely done with many road name specific details.
High volume HO locomotive dealers like HogTranz are reporting record setting reservations ... that will probably make them their best ever selling diesel engine.
Just saying. 
Purplepapa posted:My suggestion would be the vintage Auto Train in purple, red, and white scheme. U36B's, full domes, lots of different passenger sleepers and regular domes. Also E7 rerun in ACL purple and the FM Erie built diesel. Also a Seaboard RSC3.
I'm in on this one! I used to own some of the MTH Auto Train carriers but sold them off when MTH never followed through on passenger cars to match.
Ready to run Mark,
I too would like to see the FT's re-run in the CB&Q and Great Northern. But I would really like to see a scale detailed GN steamer that doesn't require 72 inch curves to look good. How about a mid size engine like a 4-6-0 in GN or Q - highly unlikely as there is not enough interest for Q or GN models. I would suggest a 4-6-2, but these are already available, just not in Q or GN prototype.
When it comes to steam, I miss HO.
RAY
Ray of sunshine posted:Ready to run Mark,
I too would like to see the FT's re-run
I would be all over some Santa Fe FTs
Originally posted by GG14877:
Any interest in a re-run of the E7s with some upgraded tooling to get more variety in the pilots and
offer some new road names and or new paint schemes on ones that have already been done?
Perhaps Powered B units in 3 rail?
I'm just thinking off the top of my head of some roads that might work in addition to ones that have been done already:
PRR - Keystones & stripe only
I got the last two PRR Tuscan 5 stripe A units. I can go for a Tuscan 5 Stripe B unit as well!
But I still long for the FP7 AA return too!
Now that Golden Gate is doing the Amfleet I would love to see a P42 and or F40PH!
Amtrak phase 3 Heritage Fleet :
Dome coach
Slumbercoach
Dining car
>>===============VIEWLINERS
Phase 3 Diners Sleepers & Baggage
Phase IV Diner & Sleeper =======<<
GG1 4877 posted:A true version of the CNJ blue comet cars and all the various paint schemes they wore after. Never done correctly in O scale.
I would be in for those in a heartbeat.... also a brass 4-6-2 pacific to pull them.
greg773 posted:I would LOVE it if Golden Gate Depot produced some LIRR P72 Coaches in plastic
Absolutely!
Definitely need these too!
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Ray of sunshine posted:Ready to run Mark,
I too would like to see the FT's re-run in the CB&Q and Great Northern. But I would really like to see a scale detailed GN steamer that doesn't require 72 inch curves to look good. How about a mid size engine like a 4-6-0 in GN or Q - highly unlikely as there is not enough interest for Q or GN models. I would suggest a 4-6-2, but these are already available, just not in Q or GN prototype.
When it comes to steam, I miss HO.
RAY
Ray,
I would go for a GN H5 or H7 Pacific as well.
RTR Mark
An accurate East Wind, or a Yellow Kid.
A d16 or an early PRR E Atlantic
Boston and Maine S4 The one with the skyline casing to pull the East Wind
Texas and New Orleans #786
Texas and New Orleans Sunbeam
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I consider, l hope correctly, 3rd Rail, envisioned by me as a one-man-band who has to be closely attuned to the market, to be making no flighty market tests. So this modern diesel and Amtrak passenger trend must be as he sees demand, and gets deposits for. I feel left at the alter, as it has been a while since a steamer interesting to me has been offered. The 1939 D&RGW San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition Flyer, and most if not all of the unique steamers listed above, haven't a snowball's chance of being produced, if l read that right? If those are the trains in demand, I need to reorient my pursuit of this hobby back toward the era of more mfrs. and away from current production.
colorado hirailer posted:I consider, l hope correctly, 3rd Rail, envisioned by me as a one-man-band who has to be closely attuned to the market, to be making no flighty market tests. So this modern diesel and Amtrak passenger trend must be as he sees demand, and gets deposits for.
Sunset/3rd Rail/Golden Gate Depot does NOT require, nor ask for, deposits. Only sufficient reservations in sufficient quantity will cause a project to move forward into planning & production.
I feel left at the alter, as it has been a while since a steamer interesting to me has been offered.
Then just what steam locomotive model/models WOULD you be interested in?
The 1939 D&RGW San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition Flyer, and most if not all of the unique steamers listed above, haven't a snowball's chance of being produced, if l read that right? If those are the trains in demand, I need to reorient my pursuit of this hobby back toward the era of more mfrs. and away from current production.
I wouldn't call one announcement of of a modern diesel or a set of Amtrak only cars a trend. 3rd Rail has always had a history of offering cars that their customers are interested in. It's a balancing act between what will sell in sufficient numbers and still meeting the niche markets that 3rd Rail has filled more than any other manufacturer at their price point. The math is still the same on how these projects need to be run so the company can continue to offer us the wonderful trains we all love so much. To make a project go it takes around 100 brass steam locomotives, 750 diesels, and 2000 passenger cars. If something can be offered in multiple paint schemes and multiple railroads it has a better chance of making these numbers. There is no bias against road or project, it's simply numbers.
Personally, I see the diversity in the current offerings as a bonus for the customer who enjoys accurately done trains at a fair price. Doing a few modern projects doesn't assume that the classic trains won't still be offered.
I recall a 3rd Rail brass wagon top caboose, quite a few years ago that I failed miserably to buy. I wish I had just pulled the trigger when I first saw it.
My question: Do any of you think that 3rd Rail should offer a matching caboose with every locomotive they offered (providing it was used with the locomotive during that era)?
TM Terry posted:I recall a 3rd Rail brass wagon top caboose, quite a few years ago that I failed miserably to buy. I wish I had just pulled the trigger when I first saw it.
My question: Do any of you think that 3rd Rail should offer a matching caboose with every locomotive they offered (providing it was used with the locomotive during that era)?
This discussion has been held over, and over, and over, for the last 2 or 3 years. The hard facts are, brass cabooses have increased in cost to manufacture, so drastically, that they are now darned near impossible to sell enough to cover their costs. Folks in 3-Rail simply will NOT pay upwards of $250+ for a brass caboose model! Sunset/3rd Rail is STILL stuck with some Erie cabooses, last I heard.
aterry11 posted:An accurate East Wind, or a Yellow Kid.
A d16 or an early PRR E Atlantic
YES! A Yellow Kid train!
N&W Head End 3 car 3 rail set. There was a hint that they may be back on the website.
N&W S1a or Z1B locomotives.
N&W Heavy Mountain. Scott has already done the K2a (got one) , so he's 1/2 way home on this project.
Well, THAT explains the lack of brass cabooses, and why l can't find the red UP side door to go with the yellow one.
I know I'm in the minority here, but would love a NYO&W "Mountaineer" engine and passenger set.
I would also like to see some NYO&W FT sets.
Well, THAT explains the lack of brass cabooses, and why l can't find the red UP side door to go with the yellow one. However, a $250 good scale model, not $100 generic plastic molding, to go with the same quantity of brass $1000+ steamers does not seem unreasonable. However, maybe minimum quantity is much higher on cars such as cabooses than locos?
Anyway, anybody who buys an Erie engine please buy a 3rd Rail caboose, if that is more than a rumor.
I'd buy $300 cabooses, heck I have one from Malcolm
New York Ontario & Western X Class 2-10-2 "Bullmose"
Early drag freight muscle.
In service, added sand dome, electric headlight
Erie and the "Canadian Government Railways" had similar locomotives....
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Jim Harrington posted:New York Ontario & Western X Class 2-10-2 "Bullmose"
Early drag freight muscle.
In service, added sand dome, electric headlight
Erie and the "Canadian Government Railways" had similar locomotives....
When I saw this suggestion, I thought, good choice and then I saw that CNR had these T1a locomotives. Now even better. I'd be interested if it was a CNR model rather than a CGR model; example locomotive 4003.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtim..._steam2/santa_fe.htm
T&NO Sunbeam would get my money.
The Cotton Belt Alco Pa's would get my money also if they were correctly shown. The lettering on the side should be St. Louis South Western as long as the black reefs stay ( I am a fan of this).If you are going to keep Cotton Belt on the side then you need to go back to silver roofs. If what they show did exist and it could have for a short time but i have never seen some pictures.
Correctly originaly painted Cotton Belt FT's would get my money also.
Matt Makens posted:I'd buy $300 cabooses, heck I have one from Malcolm
I have two of Malcolm's cabeese
