I personaly would like to see more turn of the century steam that runs good, has sound and can motors and the detailing of the newer steamers on the market. The 4-6-0 that J.L. Jones road into glory would be a great one to redo, old one was by RIvarossi, ran decently, but had huge flanges on the wheels and the slow speed was unsteady by todays standards, and a sound system with Casey’s whipporril whistle would be really kewl!! Motors are small enough today to get them out of the tenders of the 4-4-0s and put them in the cab or boilers and still have enough power for these small locomotves. Argent Lumber had a nice small 2-6-0 mogul that ran for years after main line steam died. I am sure there are many, many more ideas in your heads, lets see what everybody else wants. I am biased on the turn of the century stuff since that is what I model. I love Bachmans ten wheeler and plan to get one and back date it to around 1900. I love the big mallet locos, but they have no place on a small layout.
I would LOVE a Southern Pacific P-10 4-6-2, MK-5 or MK-2 2-8-2.
I would LOVE to see a good 4-4-0 in HO plastic. There’s enough room in the boilers of one of those to hold a small but powerful N sized motor positioned vertically inside. My current Bachmann 4-4-0 has a pancake motor in the tender with almost no power and the mechanism is really tight with only a couple free spots, making it run kind of jerky. The motor also heats up quickly.
I would like to see some good, quality plastic steam tank engines in N scale for once. Maybe some of the larger ones as well, like the 4-6-6 tank engine, or some articulated ones, but steam tank engines in N definately.
[:D]Like what the Sumpter Valley uses. Some of it just came out in G scale.
James[C):-)]
Yeah, but only you articulated Mallet maniacs consider a 2-8-2 to be “small steam”!
Any small SP steam. “Valley Malleys” especially.
The ALCO 2-8-0’s that were built for the Rio Grande around 1908 and assigned the C-45 class. Chunky, powerful, and handsome as all get-out. Just about the perfect 2-8-0 in my opinion.
Tom [:P][:P]
I’d love for somebody to do a really good Southern Rwy. Ps-4 pacific, but I’d settle for a pair of good USRA pacifics, both light and heavy.
Have fun,
Tom Watkins
I Have my favorite small steamers already.
B6 0-6-0
A5 0-4-0
I splurged and got both of them from Sunset.
my largest steamer might still be considered small by many, an atlantic 4-4-2
Gotta stay small
Kevin
Articulated Mallet Maniacs!?
hmmmmmmmm
Thanks. I like it! You are right, a 2-8-2 is small. A 4-6-2 is downright petite.
I would like to see some nice prairies.
I would like to see a Baldwin 2-8-2T. There is one operating on a 35 minute excursion in Port Alberni, and it is a very nice engine. My LL Heritage 0-6-0 is a very nice engine, but it really needs another 100 grams (about 4 oz) of weight over the drivers. Power seems to be fine, but it spins too easily under load.
I would love to see the 4-4-0 as it was at around 1900. In S scale.
Enjoy
Paul
I would like to see some moguls.
Actually I’d like to see a 4-4-0 WITH the motor in the tender, actually having the tender as the drive train with the “steam engine” portion a dummy (think an N scale diesel mechanism with HO gauge wheels and arch bar sideframes) . Then you could match the tender drive to any number of engines. WAAAAAAY easier to kitbash. The tender would have all wheel drive and all wheel pick up. The engine portion could contribute pickup as well. If there is room to put a decoder in an N scale engine, there’s room to put a decoder in an HO tender, even whithe drive in there.
Oh, I also want the 2-8-0 too. And an 0-6-0 pre-1905. Nobody makes one of those except a few brass engines.
Dave H.
I voted other…I would go for any thats worth it in N scale! [:D]
Not enough quality, good runners and pullers out there.
[#ditto] I will second that!
I’d like to see an HO scale Porter 0-4-0, like the Bachmann On30 offering but half the size and standard gauge. A gypsy engine might be a bit much to ask (and they’re too fun to kitbash) but a small Porter or other dinky industrial/logging engine would be nice.
I’d definitely like to see more 1860s-1880s era small steam, like Americans and Moguls.
I’d say the 4-4-0 would be the best of those listed in terms of potential markets. If you consider how many were built, and the number of potential road names. I think I’d want a model of the General - spent many hours watching the Buster Keaton film as a kid!