What passenger train did or would you like to model. On my HO scale Eastern Railroad. I model the Super Chief. I did not set out to model it, but thats how it ended up. The name of my train is the Silver Champion. Name after my two favorite trains
ACL’s Champion and Seaboard’s Silver Metoer
I have modeled the Great Northern’s 1950 ‘International’ streamliner which
operated between Seattle and Vancouver B.C. A good layout sized train (5
cars). I want to model both the Empire Builder (1955) and the Western Star/
Fast Mail combination also from the 50s. And I’ll throw the Cascadian in for
good measure.[:D]
I have two in progress at the moment:
One is New Jersey Transit typical Raritan Valley Line (ex-CNJ) commuter train like I used to see at Whitehouse Station, NJ, near my parents current home. A Walthers F40PH, three Walthers Horizon/Comet coaches and a Walthers Horizon/Comet cab car are awaiting detailing and remedial decalling and painting. One more coach would make it prototype length.
The second is the mid-90’s version of Amtrak’s Chicago-St. Louis-Kansas City trains. An Athearn P42, three Walthers Horizon coaches, a Walthers Horizon food service/first class coach and a Walthers MHC are factory painted in the three-stripe scheme and await detailing and remedial painting. Not much extra work needed here to model a prototypical length train of correct equipment right out of the box!
The Q’s CZ but the train left the station a long time ago.
I’ve got R-17 subway cars and a PCC trolley. I’m modelling a subway, not necessarily with any particular prototype, though. The R-17’s are New York City, mid 20th century, and the PCC’s were used all over the place at the same time.
I’m collecting cars and parts to model Frisco’s #11 and #12, east- and west-bound competitors to the self-propelled gas-engined cars of the '40s. Born of a company director’s bias toward steam, each was made up of only a baggage-mail and a coach (with an extra mail on some east-bound runs) that were pulled by the 180-class rebuilt and modernized 4-4-0s. Despite their throw-back nature, the trains were so successful that they outgrew their format, releasing the 4-4-0s for duty on locals on the Oklahoma grain portions of the railroad.
To date, I have an old PC Models baggage-mail (steel sides) that desperately needs rebuilding, a PC Models coach (card sides) that remains unbuilt, and a boiler-with-attachments-and-appliances and tender for the 4-4-0.
Since I am working on the layout right now, these models will remain at rest for a while yet.
I’d like to do the full Broadway Limited (either PRR or Amtrak) but I can’t run passenger trains that long. So, I’m content to run the “Off-Broadway,” which is a F40PH and 3 Heritage cars.
I run two GO Transit (Government of Ontario for those that don’t know) commuter trains on my layout and a Via Rail P42 with some Budd cars. I’m looking forward to the soon to be released CN and Via Rail Turbo Train.
I would like to run the streamlined NYC 20th Century. Does not fit with my layout, but it does fit with the era, at least… [;)]
Andrew
I am in the midst of modeling the consolidated Super Chief/El Cap as it was in the late 50s in HO. I just got my air, signal, and steam lines in so it will be a good weekend.
I want to model the NP’s North Coast Limited, mainly because I really like the two-tone green color scheme. However, I haven’t starting assembling it yet as I am waiting for BLI to release the NP F7 and for the Walthers’ streamlined NP cars that are coming out this Fall.
I would love to see someone release the Flying Yankee. The real one is being restored right now by the Hobo RR in New Hampshire. The Flying Yankee ran for the Boston & Maine RR for something like 22 years. It was / is a 3 car Pioneer Zephyr set. From what I hear, there were only 2 built by Budd. The first one went to Burlington, the second one went to the Boston & Maine.
I’d like to have a transit system for my freelanced city, supposedly equivalent to that of Nashville[;)], named Everettsville. Pro’lly only be a couple of F40PH’s and several double-decker transit cars…the one’s Kato released recently.
The B&O’s Capital Limited and PereMarquete’s/ C&O “Chessie”
With all the prototypical B&O releases lately, I may be getting close to some real B&O passenger.
Bob K>
VIA’s Ocean between Montreal & Halifax Nova Scotia. Time frame early to mid 1990’s.
Regards
The CNW 400. Barring that, I could also model the Empire Builder, or the Olympian Hiawatha.
I’m in the process of assembling and painting the model WICT and WSOR passenger trains as well. Seems like I’m the only person who has modelled the WICT.
If I had the space, The Canadian either CP or VIA would do. A 17 car train with 2 F40’s up front running elephant style.
Right now, I’m modeling my version of D&H’s Laurentian, a short GO transit consist primarily used for excursions & a couple of other intercity trains with VIA, CPR or Amtrak power.
Gordon
For me, hands down, an all-pullman Erie Limited from the early 30s. It was well-built, bulky where it needed to be and clean cut. Not to mention a sharp K-5 Pacific on the front.
Secondarily, I would like to model a lesser Erie express, the bright red interurban Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern and possibly the Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Express with Business car Javelyn?, Jacelyn? whatever…
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
ICMR
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Amtrak cascades talgo cars that looks like this…
