......... "IMHO, saving old molds may not be any cheaper than starting new, sort of like saving layout pieces is sometimes more trouble than it is worth when moving......" - Yes, and old molds deter or prevent more modern detailed, better molds that may produce models that actually sell better, than the old molds, food for thought ...
Intermountain is producing Paducah GP10s due out I think this year. They were just announced in November.
Jumping back into the fray. Originally my wish was for a three truck Shay but with my downsizing and smaller is better philosophy that has gone out the window. I can squeeze my current Shays around 8 inch radius and they measure approximately 47 feet over the coupler faces and a three truck version would end up adding 12-14 feet to the overall length and would required big diesel mainline curves. Instead I would opt for a class B Climax or two truck Heisler which would be still a compact locomotive which could operate on logging or industrial track.
I would take the three truck shay (have two two truck shays torn apart and 3/4 of the way into bashing a three trucker) but I would love the two truck Heisler. Other that that, I still want a Baldwin AS-S616 in both an A and a B (SP black widow and/or tiger stripe)
Shoot, I'd be content to see an additional run of Magor cabooses, especially another CNJ. All eight runs of the Magors have sold swiftly and many roads are getting hard to find.
So far I've been lucky to get both Union Railroad and Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad caboose numbers to add to my collection.
Nice! I've seen L&NE in a few places, but never CNJ. While these aren't perfect northeastern cabooses, they capture the look nicely and don't ride high on their trucks like the Bachmann models do.
There are alot of new possibilities now that Atlas has acquired the LifeLike/Walthers N scale tooling. They could do another run of the Y2b Mallet articulated locomotives from the LifeLike tooling. Atlas had done those similar articulated models in the early 1990s... but were prown to mechanical issues. My greatest concern now is the 'sticker shock' I am seeing from the new Atlas announcements. MSRP is continuing to skyrocket to a point of unaffordability for the 'average Joe'. Their latest annoncement for the 'beercan' shorty tank car is indicating an MSRP of almost $21.00 each. I remember the days when these were on sale for $1.00 by mail order. Sent from my SM-J737T using Tapatalk
I've long fancied the CNJ's compact 4-6-0 Camelbacks, but I'm guessing that we'll probably never see either of our locomotives in N Scale because of their limited regional interest. I probably couldn't afford one anyway.
The camel backs would be a very good choice for everyone who models the Anthracite region railroads. But it seems Atlas for the most part has steered clear of steam locomotives. The last couple of steam locomotives they produced in N scale were the Shay and the 4-4-0 American types. This would be a great locomotive to add to the wish list but I agree, it's doubtful we'd see this locomotive from Atlas.
More steam engines, please. N scale seems to have a very small amount of reliable steam engines available as compared to other scales.
Apparently, they are forthcoming; single-unit 53' and 40' well cars are in their release queue, but it seems to be affected by the China factory crisis from last year. They're listed on their website. I believe they will be out later this year.