My favorites

HO standard gauge

 EMD/GMDD G12, owned by the London & Port Stanley railway (L4-L5), transferred to CN (991-992)

Resin kits are available,(from Brazil!) though I would need some serious kitbashing to create L4

this is the first unit, it had the "Spartan" style cab and vaguely Flexi-coil trucks

L5 (in this picture as CN 992) showing the rounded and tapering cab

This units trucks looked like this

More to follow...

The cool factor

Again GMDD (what can I say, I root for the home team)

HO standard gauge

Experimental 800HP Diesel Hydraulic, tested by CPR

MLW 420

MLW 420

I hoping Rapido see's this thread.

More common

A U-28c or early U-30c GE for the east coast PRR/RDG/D&H modelers. Atlas almost has this unit. For the PRR people an E-44 electric or a P-5a boxcab and modified. Alco T-6 . How about a Baldwin transfer unit. All in HO scale. -------  Ken

SW1001

The last Reading diesel I need...EMD SW1001 in HO!

MLW 420

I could get behind that, especially if the US M420R variant was offered.

Others on my list would be the GP38AC (GM&O variant) and the Paducah SD20.  The latter would seriously tempt me to stray from my era since they left the IAIS in 2001, but I think I could live with fudging things just a bit to pull them forward to 2005 now and then.

locomotive wish list from Philip Stead

On3 NdeM 2-6-6-2

SW1001 : You can do it...

Dear Nick,

The bits are available, get thee to the workbench...

http://islandmodelworks.com/Long%20Island.html

http://chippedblade.wordpress.com/index/yeoman-sw1001/

Alternatively,
- grab a HH-era Ath SW1000 or 1500 (particularly the IHB painted ones, they have the reqd AAR sideframes)
- and a Cannon & Co thinwall SW switcher cab,
and go for it...

http://www.readingmodeler.com/index.php/articles/88-locomotive-reference/switching-locomotives/164-emd-sw-1001

http://www.readingrr.com/diesel/SW1001.htm

http://thecrhs.org/ConrailEquipment/Locomotives/EMD/SW1001

​Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr

EMD G12

Dear SKOTI,

The G12 would also sell like hotcakes down here in Aust, particularly if the mech was easily gauge-adaptable. G12s were run here on everything from 3' 6" thru SG to 5' 3"....

(Yes OKGraeme, I know it's a G8, but aussie modellers aren't afraid of a kitbash,
particularly if the resulting model comes in well under the $$$ asked for a locally-offered Ho scale "T class")

Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr

...and there's the problem

Dear MRHers,

...and there's the problem, "onesie and twosie" or "only if it's offered RTR in < insert RR specific variant here> " issues are what dilutes the Minimum Order Quantity of any given proposed model,
to the point that it's considered financially un-viable.
(Joe, I'm not singling out your particular request,
it's just that your post happened to highlight the "gotcha" first... ).

Serious Q: If said M420 (for the sake of discussion) was offered,
how fickle/afraid-of-a-kitbash would the prospective market be?

Could the idea of an "easily detail-kitbashed" offering overcome the stiction of
"I want the specific variant I want, and if it's not 150% exactly my preferred variant, I won't even consider it"?

HINT: It's a trick question,
fear of having to actually sit at the workbench and apply even-basic-mods to a commercial model is arguably the #1 hurdle for people actually having the model they really want.

Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr
 

mexican 2-6-6-2

Dear Phil,

Regauge (and maybe bash-a-body on) a B'mann On30 2-6-6-2?

I know of modellers who are actively narrowing it to On2, and widening it to 3' 6",
so there's precedent in-play...

Happy Modelling,
Aim to Improve,
Prof Klyzlr

"What locomotives do you want

   An S scale SW 1500 would be nice but more than that I'd rather have Microscale produce S scale CCT decal sets.....DaveB 

Kitbashing

I can only speak for myself on that front, but given that my one and only M420R (Kaslo shell on an Atlas U23B frame/drive) took me about four months to complete, anything that'd help me to significantly shave that time down would be considered.

With that said, I don't really "need" any more M420Rs - but I want two to complete the IAIS roster.  So, the easier it is to build them, the more likely I'd tackle the project.

SW1001 pieces

Prof,

I have the bits and pieces...It's by no means an easy task.  The project is almost 4 years old and still a box full of bits and pieces.

Dream and practical...

There's my dream locos, that would never see the light of day as anything but a scratch-build, and there's my semi-practical.

For a dream, a vertical boiler Climax, and a wooden steeplecab, preferably Atlantic Shore Lines #100.  Never happen, I'm sure.

For a possible practical one, an old Boxcab diesel, perhaps easily modifiable into a boxcab electric.  And another option:  one or more of the more common metal steeplecabs.  They could be offered with both trolley poles and pantographs.

PRR steamers

There are a lot of us Slobbering PRR Fans. A PRR Li mikado would be very good for lot of us.

Ok manufacturers, ATLAS please build these I will buy some!

Above is an image that Alan might like as well. It is an H-20-44 end cab road switcher built by FM. FM built 96 of these engines and they like many were ahead of their time. It would be the end of the 50s before the railroads realized what could be done with 500 hp per axle and then embraced the concept.

I would love for Atlas to begin building these models in HO scale. They have already some very good FM tooling to use as a starting point along with drive components that would likely be most satisfactory. I suspect they also have similar models in their n scale line as well that could save some design work in creating new molds for the body.

Also with units being used on Pennsylvania, New York Central and Union Pacific when new as well as Norfolk and Western via mergers there should be quite a following for these units in the model railroad ranks. I would also like for them to update the H-16-44 body shell to duplicate the Virginian H 16-44s as well.

Below info is from Wikpedia

An FM H-20-44 road switcher, retired Union Pacific #1366.
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Fairbanks-Morse
Model	H-20-44
Build date	June 1947 — March 1954
Total produced	96
Specifications
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
UIC classification	B′B′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length	51 ft 0 in (15.54 m)
Locomotive weight	254,000 lb (115.2 tonnes)
Prime mover	FM 38D-10
Engine type	Two-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Roots blower
Displacement	10,369 cu in (169,920 cm3)
Cylinders	10 ( Opposed piston)
Cylinder size	8.125 in × 10 in (206 mm × 254 mm)
Transmission	DC generator, DC traction motors
Performance figures
Maximum speed	70 mph (113 km/h)
Power output	2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
Tractive effort	42,125 lbf (187.38 kN)
Locomotive brake	Straight air
Train brakes	Air
Career
Locale	North America
Disposition	Three preserved, remainder scrapped

Porters in HOn3

I would like to see some 0-4-0s, 0-6-0s, and 0-6-4s by H. K. Porter designed for HOn3.  Except for Blackstone, who is making new Engines in HOn3?

Den

H20-44

The AC&Y Historical Society is in the early stages of discussion with a supplier. Currently collecting drawings, images, etc. Too early to say if anything will come of it but it would be nice. Yes Rob, I will buy several if they become available. To Prof's point, no I won't be picky about the specifics. Give me the basic shell and I'll take it from there.

A small 2-8-0 where there is

A small 2-8-0 where there is the odd space between the 3 and 4 th driver. With a boiler smaller and lower then the Bachmann.

In my dream this is a C&O G9 class.

On that same line a C&O K3 2-8-2 would be nice.  Heck the could get close enough if the took a usra 2-8-2 and put the flying pumps on the front and gave it a C&O tender, rectangle or vandy.

But it is hard to get a company to do something.  Atlas will not put the older style C&O red paint job on there C&O steel caboose because the model the new version.  The difference between the first and second batch of these caboose is the second batch had steel roof walks and a mechanical brake wheel vs wood roof walks and an old fashioned horizontal break wheel.

But it would be nice if someone listened.  Instead we will end up with another F7 or yet another 2-8-4 or maybe a new challenger.  Because we need three or four of the same engine.

-Doug Meyer

Southern Ry. 2-8-0

I (and quite a few others) would love to see an accurate Southern Ry. Consolidation, probably in HO scale.  The K class (with subsequent rebuildings into Ks, Ks-1, and Ks-2 classes) were the most numerous and most popular.  There are two surviving K's (630 and 722), and 630 has recently been restored and is in active service at TVRM and in the NS steam program.  There were over 300 K's in service, and they lasted from the early years of the 20th century until the end of steam in 1953.

If you're clever about it, you can also use the same mechanism to build accurate H, I, and J classes as well.  All four classes shared identical driver diameter (except for some H class engines with 60", and the I class with 63") and axle spacing.  The primary difference between the classes was the boiler diameter.  Other differences include the driver style (all other then the K's had 13 spokes and arc counterweights) and cylinders (the Ks-1 and Ks-2 were the only ones with piston valves - all others had slide valves or -in the case of the Ks- economy piston valves in place of the original slide valves).  There were another 300+ engines between the three classes.

I would be happy to work with any manufacturer interested in making any of these models.  I have quite a bit of data, and contacts with plenty of people to get additional data from if needed.

Not too picky

N scale choices.    What I really would like to see is more choice of engines with DCC and Sound. DCC is nice but why go half way? If your going to put in a decoder you might as well add the speaker also. Why do I have to do it for the manufactures?

Loco wish list

How about a good Alco C-415 or a Alco T-6.I have some Life-Like and AHC C-415's,but they are far from modern loco standards,and I sure would like some newer,updated models.

Alan keep me posted as to the

Alan keep me posted as to the availability of these units, I sure hope it is Atlas that does them. Some others may be a disappointment regarding the drive train.