I know everyone is tired of polls, so here is something a little different. Pick a favorite prototype loco that is NOT in production by any manufacturer or only available in brass that you would like to see produced in plastic or die-cast. You can even pick which manufacturer you would like to produce it.
Maybe if we are lucky, some manufacturers will see the thread and take our suggestions under consideration. I am even willing to take the results and write open letters to the different manufacturers. It’s about time WE told the manufacturers what WE want rather than the other way around.
I’ll start. I’d like to see a New York Central Class F-12 4-4-0 steam engine produced by Broadway Limited.
How about a “factory painted” Alco RS3 in Southern Railway green paint scheme? Athearn is running the black ones, but none of those for me. Second choice would be high nose GP30 in Southern. I’ll take either an Atlas, Athearn RTR, Stewart, Intermountain, Kato, or P2K.
Steam. Two, first SP 4300 class Mountain w/ Skyline Casing and 16000 gal semi-cylindrical tender and second a NYC 4-8-3 Mohawk (preferable the most numerous L-2)
Diesel Proto 1K or 2K Baldwin psgr Shark
Electric from BLI, Milwaukee Little Joe in frt and psgr in original and late paint
Western Maryland 4-8-4 of the Potomac Class. It is availible in brass but I would pick BLI to make it. The WM Historical Society in Union Bridge Md might have the diagrams for this engine.
Baltimore and Ohio’s early Boxcabs. I probably will pick Atlas or Broadway to do it.