What would you like to see from MTH in 2012

Sound File Editor so we can move sounds from one engine to another. Like the Crossing whistle into older steamers.

Imperial Railking Steamers in Unlettered versions so those of us whose roads get rare attention can letter our own.
I'd think they would sell well.

The operating Coal loads sounds interesting, never seen one. Bet they didn't make it in Rio Grande tho...

In no particular order

1) Railking Building Lemon Ice King of Corona
2) PANAM sd40 and caboose
3) New York Central Xplorer
4) Cleveland Union Terminal GP9
5) New York Central Jade Green e8s
6) GM Train of tomorrow
7) American Orient Express
8) Cooors F40ph
9) Hooudini Lager Boxcar
10) The Disney 4-6-0
11) Tinplate #8 or #9 trolley for Halloween and or Christmas
12) a 390 or 392 steamer
13) O gauge girls tinplate freight
14 O gauge circus tinplate train
15) A standard gauge mint or aquarium car
16) A postwar style single dome tank with orange gulf logo
17) A do over of the Std Gauge Blue Comet Head end car
18) A in O gauge tinplate, a lemon comet, orange comet, silver comet , black comet, using the commodore engine
19) there's also about 6 GG1s that havent been done in railking yet..including the Jersey Centrals

and just as a side editorial I would like to see a rolling stock series of New York Worlds Fair rolling stock to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the fair in 2014. I'm guessing if its announced now ..we'll see it in 2014

rat

oh and a Spide.....ah never mind.

Scale premier 44 tonner, U.P. 4-12-2, PRR T1 and a standard gauge Milwaukee Rd 4-4-2 Atlantic and matching passenger cars. Also improved sounds and whistle and exhaust smoke.
JG

1. CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
2. A response to my email two weeks ago about my defective brand new UP RPO car...
3. Premier C&O H8 Allegheny
4. My UP E8 ABBA set I ordered last summer
5. Smoke units in the B units listed above
6. No plastic dummy axles on the above set

All Premier with PS 3.0:

NO WIRE TETHERS ON ABA SETS

21” Passenger Sets:
Amfleet
Viewliner Sleeper & Diner
Amtrak Bi-Level sets w/ Full Dome car
Penn Central

FP7 ABBA

Amtrak, Reading, Milwaukee Road (Hiawatha), PRR, SEPTA

Reading Crusader scale full set w/ 21" cars


Amtrak E60

Amtrak HHP-8
Amtrak Acela


SEPTA Subway/Elevated sets

SEPTA Silverliner Commuter train sets

SEPTA Kawasaki single-end LRV
SEPTA Brill Bullet cars


Metroliners:
PRR, Penn Central, Amtrak

Rail Diesel Cars (RDC) scale sets (any and all roads)



New Jersey Transit GP40PH-2B (Atlantic City Line, rebuilds from GP40s)

F7 ABBA (Passenger): 
Penn Central

E8 ABA: 
Penn Central

SD45: 
Penn Central

Fairbanks Morse Trainmaster:
Milwaukee Road

PRR 2-10-2 N1s

Have scanned the post and beleive none of these have been mentioned:
Premier Western Maryland Potomac
Premier Pennsylvania S2 Turbine
Premier scale Budd Cars
slave boards for PS2 replacement and conversion

Another vote for the Premier GE 44-ton except in NYO&W as-delivered silver and maroon livery. Or, a Premier NYO&W NW-2.

Rick

OH, I forgot one:


Offer individual powered diesels like the F3A. I don't want but one and at the price they're asking for an ABA set I'd just as soon get 1 fine looking F3A from another maker.

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I doubt that's gonna happen... Fantasy seems to sell.

Unfortunate, but correct.

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That's called DCC.

No, that's called good engineering. It would make life easier for the techs (and owners) to work on them.

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I think any further downgrading of Premire's to RailKing will not see signifcantly lower prices because of rising production costs in general.

And I think if they came out with a better (more detail Premier) engine the price of the older engine would either have to go down or the new engine would be much higher. They most certainly wouldn't be the same price and if they raise the Premier line any higher they risk losing customers.

Anyway, this is my opinion and I'm sticking with it.

A Russian decapod with tender correct for the Saint Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) and the Eagle Picher Mining Co. Most of the extant Russian decapods here in the Americas are ex-Frisco.

Passenger cars with a porter or conductor that moves from one end to the other in the aisle. Could have off on switch.

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Originally posted by Mister_Lee:
A Russian decapod with tender correct for the Saint Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) and the Eagle Picher Mining Co. Most of the extant Russian decapods here in the Americas are ex-Frisco.

Yes! YES!! YES!!! Especially 1630!


Five of the six surviving Russian's are Frisco. The other is Seaboard.

Except that Eagle Picher cut back the coal bunker to make it a clear vision tender, plus they relocated the headlight into a funky high off-center position.

Rusty

A PRR N5 caboose!

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Originally posted by PRRMiddleDivision:
A PRR N5 caboose!

Ahem. I'm sure you meant cabin car.

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I'm sure you meant cabin car.

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George, you are right! I stand corrected!!!!

ATSF Class 1 "Amos and Andy" Box Cabs in original configuration with skirts.

I'd love a set of these! They must be Premier, and not railKing, though.

I would also like to see a re-release of the GM Demonstrator FT units, in demonstrator colors, with an additional B unit so the correct A-B-B-A set could be run.

Finally, I would like MTH, as well as Lionel, to make powering kits like Williams does. That way you could power up a dummy diesel easily.

DB (Deutsche Bahn) steam engines, BR53, BR01, BR50 for starters.
Steve

I would like to see them make this small commuter steam locomotive, used on the New York Central Putnam Division's Getty Square Branch. It's a 2-4-4T.



also,

A Premier unstreamlined NYC J3a Hudson.

An accurate Premier NYC F12e or F12g ten wheeler.

Brill Bullets

GE U36C, Updated Premier C30-7. GE B23-7, B30-7

Southern Pacific SD45.
86 foot Auto parts high cube
65 foot Corrugated Gondola

I agree the 44 Tonner would be a good one... but there's a few other models I'd love to see someday!

First, I'd buy a New Mexico Rail Runner in a heartbeat:


I'm surprised nobody seems to have made an E1 yet... It's a sleek looking loco:


...and I have a soft spot for these early streamliners, so I'd also pre-order an M-10005 without any hesitation:

Both Lionel and MTH need to make an accessory button than, when pushed, blows every crew talk chip on your layout.

Soo Line wood cabooses that look like this:









Andrew

Chesapeake & Ohio Waffle Box Car to go with the Hercules ACF Center Flow Covered Hopper and the Santa Fe Reefers.

Andrew

I'd be pleased to see a UP 9000 class 4-12-2 loco, a U50C and a DDA40X Centennial!

This trio would be a good way of marking the 150th anniversary of the Union Pacific - I'm surprised that MTH has not yet latched on to that.

In these cash-strapped times there would be no development costs as of course they would be a (a very welcome) re-issue.

Regards, David

I would like:

scale NYC F3 (one hasn't been done since proto 1)

44 tonner

Scale electric couplers

Scale open auto carriers either Bi or Tri level for guys that don't model eras later than the 60's

44 tonner PRR

Hmmm I'll keep this short. If MTH doesn't want to do much new tooling maybe they can rerun on some favorites and even do some minor improvements/updates. I missed out on some of these even when I ordered early;
Premier
Pennsy S1
Pennsy GG1's
PC GG1
PC Rectifier with new trucks
NYC E8's or whatever the 20th Century Limited used
NJT, VRE and CALTrains F40PH
BNSF ES44DC
Amtrak "toasters"

New tooling
scale length passenger cars, bilevels, centerbeam flats, with trucks properly placed or as close as possible.
Cars that ride lower
Pennsy scale Turbine
scale length amfleet
scale length viewliners
scale tropicana refrigerator cars (the latest ones their using)
scale harry potter train
Flying Scotsman
"Chinese" Steam
Scale Washington Metro

All I can think of at the moment.

Great Idea!

New Designation 20-XXXXX-4 Hi Rail Version 3rail wheels, fixed pilots, eltro fired scale coupler, right out of the BOX.

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Originally posted by RWDeano:
For about 4th year runing,
E-7 ABA with true scale trucks,
SD-7 & 9's Complete retooling, scale acurate trucks,
Scale Electro controlled Couplers, with retro kit.
New Designation 20-XXXXX-4 Hi Rail Version 3rail wheels, fixed pilots, eltro fired scale coupler, right out of the BOX.
Simple, RWDeano

Good Idea! I'd like one for NYSW

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Originally posted by Mister_Lee:
A Russian decapod with tender correct for the Saint Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) and the Eagle Picher Mining Co. Most of the extant Russian decapods here in the Americas are ex-Frisco.

I second that on the

Amtrak E60
Amtrak HHP-8
Metroliners

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Originally posted by Traindiesel:
All Premier with PS 3.0:

NO WIRE TETHERS ON ABA SETS

21” Passenger Sets:
Amfleet
Viewliner Sleeper & Diner
Amtrak Bi-Level sets w/ Full Dome car
Penn Central

FP7 ABBA

Amtrak, Reading, Milwaukee Road (Hiawatha), PRR, SEPTA

Reading Crusader scale full set w/ 21" cars


Amtrak E60

Amtrak HHP-8
Amtrak Acela


SEPTA Subway/Elevated sets

SEPTA Silverliner Commuter train sets

SEPTA Kawasaki single-end LRV
SEPTA Brill Bullet cars


Metroliners:
PRR, Penn Central, Amtrak

Rail Diesel Cars (RDC) scale sets (any and all roads)



New Jersey Transit GP40PH-2B (Atlantic City Line, rebuilds from GP40s)

F7 ABBA (Passenger): 
Penn Central

E8 ABA: 
Penn Central

SD45: 
Penn Central

Fairbanks Morse Trainmaster:
Milwaukee Road

PRR 2-10-2 N1s

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Scale Washington Metro

Except you'd never be able to run it because the tracks are always undergoing maintenance, and if the tracks are actually OK for a short time, the brakes are falling off the cars. Not to mention that due to budget constraints, we're going to have to raise the cost of these cars in order to provide them at an even lower level of service.


I would go for the Viewliners though.

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Scale open auto carriers either Bi or Tri level for guys that don't model eras later than the 60's

Excellent idea - and how about some 1/48 or 1/50 cars to go with them. I have a scale Evans Auto-Loader with no cars and I can't find any cars that fit it except Vettes and T-Birds.

Rutland Steam

B&O EM-1; NP A-3, A-4, A-5; NP & PRR Y-3.

I'll second Train diesel's requests. I would also like to see MTH do the Penn Central E-40 electric which they were used up until the first year of Conrail.

Premier 44 Toner
Premier Texas Special F-3's with 18" passenger cars

Another run of U30Cs in L&N,Family Lines,Penn Central and Clinchfield unless there are plans to make U33Cs and U36Cs.

The Santa Fe high levels are a good idea, even though I'm not likely to buy some myself. If I did them, I'd release a set with one car having high end doors at one end and low-end doors at the other, just the way that John Santa Fe ordered. The high-levels could not only be released in Santa Fe but also early Amtrak paint, too.

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Originally posted by CSX FAN:
44 tonner PRR

Not fair, you already have a NICE one of those.

Western Maryland Potomac Class 4-8-4