VistaDomeScott posted:DJ'SOGAUGETRAINS,
Great looking car! I have the Lionel Columbian set which is very nice, but of course GGD got it exact! Did they also do the other B&O more simplified scheme with yellow? Amtrak version?
Rerun in Amtrak !
No. The Columbian dome was only done as the real B&O scheme.
rheil posted:VistaDomeScott posted:DJ'SOGAUGETRAINS,
Great looking car! I have the Lionel Columbian set which is very nice, but of course GGD got it exact! Did they also do the other B&O more simplified scheme with yellow? Amtrak version?
Rerun in Amtrak !
No. The Columbian dome was only done as the real B&O scheme.
Yes, this car was only available in a 4 car set, which was done in extremely limited numbers.... I think less than 100.
I would take one in Amtrak.. I also would take a 1950's Capitol limited set with the 5-1-3 dome sleeper.
I'd like to see Sunset/Third Rail come out with a D&RGW C-48 class 2-8-0. While I think that the D&RGW's mallets are impressive, I suspect that many late steam fans would be pleased to see a "broad gauge" DRGW 2-8-0. Also, I suspect that the future for O scale is in shelf and sectional/modular layouts. Many of us won't have curves that will allow us to run the big stuff.
jvega2 posted:My vote is for the
Santa Fe war bonnet FP45 also in the freight scheme
Me too. Several other railroads including GN also had these. NH Joe
New Haven Joe posted:jvega2 posted:My vote is for the
Me too. Several other railroads including GN also had these. NH Joe
I'll take 2 in the SF warbonnet.
New Haven Joe posted:jvega2 posted:My vote is for the
Me too. Several other railroads including GN also had these. NH Joe
Um, the only other road to initially have FP45s was the Milwaukee Road. Great Northern, and then Burlington Northern only had F45s which were shorter.
New York Central H10b
SANTIAGOP23 posted:
Great idea! The first dome car! The Silver Dome is here in Ohio at the Mad River & Nickel Plate Railroad Museum in Bellevue. She is about to begin interior restoration soon. Mad River has been feverishly raising money for this project. Their hope is to eventually have it totally restored but not to operational status.
Great to know, VistadomeScott! It is a historic car that any Q modeler could find many uses for.
Rerun the daylight train
My short list:
Diesels - EMD GP30 (I will take 4 in Chessie and B&O paint), EMD GP40-2, Alco PA 2nd run (Erie Black and Yellow scheme), Alco FA
Steam - Erie K5 Pacific
Passenger cars - Erie Stillwell coaches, EL Lightweight coaches
Longer shot: SW1,SW8/9, GP 7/9
JonnySpeed, I think I have photos of EL PAs, they would be in the grey scheme tho. I can get a poster print made if you cover the cost $7.50 for a 16 X 20 plus the cost of shipping and a shipping tube
rex desilets posted:Bob Bubeck posted:Sunset/3rd Rail in the past made truly lovely Electroliners and Budd RDC's in brass. I own examples of both. Along the same lines, but yet, being something a little different, I'd finally like to see and purchase Brill Bullets done in O scale.
You can buy the shell in O from Shapeways. Then, with considerable effort and cost (I figure north of $400) you can motorize it with Q Car components, paint it, and begin a fruitless search for O scale decals. The good news is you won't have to deal with that pesky overhead.
Ask me how I know. I bought a shell back when it was resin cast. Still in my infinite queue.
P.S: I'd go for an Electroliner in Red Arrow livery. 3RD Rail made them and they are more scarce than hens' teeth
I believe that less than 50 sets of the Red Arrow Electroliner Valley Forge were built by 3RD Rail. Hence, they are very tough to find. M.T.H. did ones in plastic, but with too many visually fatal deviations from the Red Arrow configuration. Rode the real 'Boozer Cruisers' more times than I care to admit and absolutely love my 3RD Rail set of them.
Still would love to see Brill Bullets done right. They could be decorated for three eras ownership of the Norristown High Speed line and there is one sitting in the Orange Empire RR Museum (from Utah), so there is a Western US tie in, too.
Bob
Bob Bubeck posted:<snip>Still would love to see Brill Bullets done right. They could be decorated for three eras ownership of the Norristown High Speed line and there is one sitting in the Orange Empire RR Museum (from Utah), so there is a Western US tie in, too.
Bob
Really? Orange Empire is a couple of hours from me. Would be a good time to go since it's HOT out there in the Summer.
rex desilets posted:Bob Bubeck posted:<snip>Still would love to see Brill Bullets done right. They could be decorated for three eras ownership of the Norristown High Speed line and there is one sitting in the Orange Empire RR Museum (from Utah), so there is a Western US tie in, too.
Bob
Really? Orange Empire is a couple of hours from me. Would be a good time to go since it's HOT out there in the Summer.
Here is a picture of Brill Bullet No. 127 at the Orange Empire Railway Museum taken in May 2012. I would assume that restoration is nearly completed by now.
Bob
Here are few more, I would like to see....and purchase! Not all a once in one year, of course
Al
Bob Bubeck posted:Sunset/3rd Rail in the past made truly lovely Electroliners and Budd RDC's in brass. I own examples of both. Along the same lines, but yet, being something a little different, I'd finally like to see and purchase Brill Bullets done in O scale.
You can buy the shell in O from Shapeways. Then, with considerable effort and cost (I figure north of $400) you can motorize it with Q Car components, paint it, and begin a fruitless search for O scale decals. The good news is you won't have to deal with that pesky overhead.
Ask me how I know. I bought a shell back when it was resin cast. Still in my infinite queue.
I've got one of those resin bodies with all the parts including the sideframes. I had it on my table for sale in Chicago this past weekend.
Looks like I need to contact Q-car to get a drive built since I still have it......
I would like to see the NS business train. The dome car is already being offered, but without the rest of the train I have little reason to buy it. Most of the cars are modernized heavy weights so there is already the basics of the tooling and it could just be modified.
I'm going to try to argue my bias for a D&RGW L-105 with pictures of the recent L-131 by 3rd Rail An exceptional model!
(Historical pic of L-105 for reference).
Besides Key Models (?), I'm not sure if the L-105 has been done in O-scale - Loads of personality
L-131 by Sunset 3rd Rail
EBN, quite a few have expressed their interest in the awesome L-105 challenger. I know I want one! A little known fact is that the L-105 was used with some frequency in the Exposition Flyer even up to 1947, but since it was used in the night portions of the train very few photographs are available.
How about something small that will run on 0-36 curves. I find it crazy that something like the SP S12 switcher needs 0-54 curves to run.
Trainlover9943 posted:How about something small that will run on 0-36 curves. I find it crazy that something like the SP S12 switcher needs 0-54 curves to run.
Since this is the 3-Rail SCALE Forum (3RS), and Sunset/3rd Rail/Golden Gate Depot caters to the "Scale Modelers" in both 3RS and 2-Rail SCALE, models designed to operate on such sharp curves are NOT part of their marketing plan. Please realize that the SP S12 switcher is a SCALE model.
EBN posted:I'm going to try to argue my bias for a D&RGW L-105 with pictures of the recent L-131 by 3rd Rail An exceptional model!
(Historical pic of L-105 for reference).
Besides Key Models (?), I'm not sure if the L-105 has been done in O-scale - Loads of personality
L-131 by Sunset 3rd Rail
That's a beauty!!!
vergianian triplex what do you guys think 3 rd rail
come on the last time a triplex was done correctly was westisde models and they didn't run lets rally around this one
SANTIAGOP23 posted:EBN, quite a few have expressed their interest in the awesome L-105 challenger. I know I want one! A little known fact is that the L-105 was used with some frequency in the Exposition Flyer even up to 1947, but since it was used in the night portions of the train very few photographs are available.
Santiago - Thank you, very interesting; I've also noticed pictures are very few even compared to the earlier L-131.
Before I pass away, I would like to see:
An N&W K1 4-8-2 with the N&W tender for the purists ...
... and later when feasible a separate sale ex-C&O tender lettered for N&W.
Then there is the as built N&W Class A, boiler tube pilot and original tender:
Maybe 3rd Rail can take another crack at the....
Union Pacific 4-10-2 "Overland"
I would prefer the later simplified 2 piston renumbered 5090-5099. Specifically #5097.
Others might like the early 3-piston 8000, 8800-8808 series. It would be a real stunner from 3rd Rail.
I know they tried in 2003 and only produced the SP version. But
...If only there was a market for Union Pacific locomotives that weren't Big Boy, Challenger, FEF.....
Rock Island U36B. Generally speaking more units with the color scheme for Rock Island. I know MTH and Lionel have put out a few units with this color scheme in recent years but I would like to see more Geeps and U-Boats. I don't know that 3rd-Rail has ever put out any of these.
Big Jim posted:
I'm up for both, with the extra tender if offered. Until there are more N&W offerings, my future 3rd Rail purchases are on hold. Please offer a matching CF or CG caboose for each. Plus I need three cabooses for existing 3rd Rail Locomotives.
I have one Malcom CF Caboose.
I'd go for a scale WM RS-3 and J-1 Potomac.
Poppyl
SD70MAC
When was the last time they did any WP steam?
I'd go for a 4-8-2 or a GS-64!
I'm all for a rerun of the Pennsy Baldwin T1's with the portholes.
DM&IR M-3 class Yellowstone no. 224. You could do her up in her home roadname, or possibly in a Rio Grande scheme since she and a few of her sisters were loaned out to the Rio Grande by the War Production Board in '43 and '44.
3-rail on both for me.
A picture to go with my suggestion. I know MTH had a PS2 Premier model of her out a few years ago, but it doesn't seem likely they'll be rereleasing it any time soon. I've been pining for one of these heavy haulers for a while and I would love to add this one to my roster.
JonnyAce posted:A picture to go with my suggestion. I know MTH had a PS2 Premier model of her out a few years ago, but it doesn't seem likely they'll be rereleasing it any time soon. I've been pining for one of these heavy haulers for a while and I would love to add this one to my roster.
Sunset/3rd Rail already produced the DM&IR 2-8-8-4, quite some years ago. I do NOT see them re-issuing that model.
EBN posted:SANTIAGOP23 posted:EBN, quite a few have expressed their interest in the awesome L-105 challenger. I know I want one! A little known fact is that the L-105 was used with some frequency in the Exposition Flyer even up to 1947, but since it was used in the night portions of the train very few photographs are available.
Santiago - Thank you, very interesting; I've also noticed pictures are very few even compared to the earlier L-131.
Shes just coasting here but with a long freight behind her.Sure is a very different looking big locomotive.
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