Model Railroading > Suggestion for Walthers next train...?

How about the January '52 snowbound C&NW-UP-SP "City of San Francisco"?

Power:
SP A-B-A PAs 6011 - 5914 - 6013 (Daylight scheme)

Consist: (All car UP yelloow)
UP Baggage #5706
UP RPO #5901
UP Dormitory #104
UP Coach #2379
UP Coach #5440
UP Coffee Shop #5000
UP Diner #4816
C&NW Lounge #7901
UP 10-6 Sleeper "Pacific Falls"
UP 4-4-2 Sleeper "Lakeside"
UP 4-4-2 Sleeper "Twin Peaks"
C&NW 6-6-4 Sleeper "American Buffalo"
UP 10-6 Sleeper "Pacific Crest"
UP 10-6 Sleeper "Pacific Bend"
SP 10-6 Sleeper #9040 (Blunt End)

--Snow and ice not included!--

How 'bout a full Pacific Surfliner consist of California cars to pull behind my lonely collection of Athearn F59PHI locos...

Bob

oh boy, here we go...

Burlington Zephyrs
North Coast Ltd
MILW rid side Hiawathas

Maybe something pre streamlined, perhaps even a train with wooden cars.

Steam powered, 4-6-2 or even 4-6-0 if they go back far enough.

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How about the following:

SP sunset Limited
SP Harriman HW cars.
16 Section HW tourist sleepers
additional cars (add ons) the the UP Streamliners

John Ruehle


 

I'd like to see the Phoebe Snow.

Alec

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/29/15 14:50 by dh1205.

Orient Express!!  :)

How about the NP North Coast Limitied!

gn western star

I'd go for the Rio Grande's Prospector and Royal Gorge.

Wabash Cannon Ball with E7 or E8 and heavyweight cars. The ACF baggage car is pretty close as is the twin windows coach. It wasn't usually a long train either. But please paint in the correct blue with black roofs.

Maybe some Katy/Frisco action with the Texas Special?

The only cars needed to model the NP North Coast Limited are the "Travelers Rest" buffet/lounge and the Dome Sleepers (4-4-4 layout). All the other cars are done including the oddball (4 room types!) sleeprs that GN and NP bought.

The Sunset was mostly "off the shelf" Budd equipment, the blunt-end 10-6 sleeper might be the only new one needed.

IMHO, a variety of heavyweight and lightweight "combo" dorm / coach / lounge / whatever cars ran on many RRs and it would be nice to see these hit the market.

BN cream and green business train please.
Regards,DK

Car # 2379 was actually an SP chair car.  SP 9040 10-6 sleeper was not a blunt end car in 1952.  It's rebuilding with a blunt end was completed April 23, 1953.

Jeff
 

The SP Sunset Limited equipment was not "off the shelf".  All the cars, other than the regular 10-6 sleepers, were strictly SP designs.

Jeff

CSX Business train from the early 1990's.  In fact it might be interesting for Walthers to start doing railroad specific business trains by era.  A lot of guys might dig that. I know I sure would.

Shawn

How about an "orginal" Auto-Train................
something every body rember........

JLSeale

dh1205 Wrote:
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> I'd like to see the Phoebe Snow.
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> Alec
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> Posted from iPhone

Right on Alec!

Tom Y

Pullman Wrote:
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> I'd go for the Rio Grande's Prospector and Royal
> Gorge.

Walthers has announced a set of PAs and passenger cars which it claims would be suitable to model the Royal Gorge.