Which “monster” locomotive would you most like to buy? Share your opinion below.
This is an attempt to train “Trains” staff. The largest country in your subscriptions other than the States is Canada. So when you post polls wanting to know what passenger trains you want, make sure you have Canadian content (The Canadian would be the obvious inclusion). Remember the forum although American in location is international in flavour.
So in the interest of training, did Canada have articulates?
And would you include the “Selkirk” as a mononster engine?
Don’t cha hate homework!
I would change my vote to Jawn Henry from GG1. I already have my N scale monster loco, the Kato SD70 A/A is about as big as I can stand on 11’ curves. I skipped the SD80/SD90 cause it is too long.
Mainly, I just want F7A/B sets in SP Black Widow paint with both lights and a RS1 or similar for my Los Angeles area line.
I’ve gotta agree with rsn48!
Too many times you folks down south forget that in Canada we have 2 huge class 1 railroads - Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. Both railroads use large motive power, and have trackage in the US.
HEY! WE’RE HERE!
ALCo C855. Ugly but big. I found one once but had s severe lack of funds to make the buy.
A 3 UNIT SUPER TURBINE!!! Each unit of three no longer than a SD40-2 so it could negotiate curves nicely.
I voted for the Jawn Henry but would have rather seen the C&O steam turbine. Same idea as the N&W - just the C&O made it look good too!
Does anyone still sell the DD40x in HO scale?
None of the above!
I would like a good qualitiy 4-4-0, and maybe a 4-8-4, and those would be the LAST steamers I would buy (having the 2-8-0 and 2-8-2 already in my road name, which is NOT given above!).
Is the steamer market approaching saturation ???
- Bill
I guess it would be none of the above. I don’t see a C & O 2-6-6-6 Allegeheny listed anywhere. In N-Scale that is. Steam power is what I want. GOOD running steam power at that! It can be done .
Another great one that I wish some one would make in plastic rather than brass, is UPs TURBINE NUM 1 AND 2, these were steamlined steam turbines and really interesting.
Sorry none of the above…I would go with the C&O Allegheny,the 2-6-6-6.this was by no means a small locomotive…
I’m not modeling any of those railroads nor do I have any particular reason to flop out a big locomotive just for the heck of it. If size is the criteria for this poll, I wonder why the Big Boy didn’t make the list and the fairly small GG1 did?
I wonder about the GG1 myself. I voted cenntenial. Just because it seems to be the only thing that is still considered good.
The N&W considered buying 25 more Jawn Henries,and in the late 1960’s the N&W controlled the Erie Lackawanna;so how about a Jawn Henry painted in Erie Lackawanna colors ?!
None of the above.–since i model the DL&W (loosely) the biggest loco they had were 4-8-4s, but the branch I model could never handle them
well how about the great northern R class 2-8-8-2 or its monster electric used in the cascade tunnel number 5018 a b-d-d-b what a monster engine but beatiful in its way.
A Pennsy T1 in N scale would be nice, I voted for the GG! cuz the one I have is too light to pull more than 3 cars and is not very DCC friendly…Ed
Really none of the locos on your poll… You should include a blank on all your polls for write-in’s. I agree with others that the Canadian, fans are too often left out.
USRA locos in CN & CP paint schemes!!! give me break! The few that were on GT and GTW and did make it north were few and far between. How about a CN Mountain or Northern; or one of the zillion CP D-4’s/ D-10’s . Not even one simple shake the box plastic van (or better in plastic). Even the all-weather loco cab conversion kits are getting hard to find…
The manufacturers that sometimes do put out half-way good models have gotten my money.
Why do ads for limited run Canadian models appear in MR long after they have been sold out ?
Athearn makes one.[:D]