Jeff, You hit upon a great idea. A treadmill track would be great for testing and adjusting locomotives. It must be long enough to handle "big steam" such as the KATO Santa FE 4-8-4. Carl
In all reality, I would like to see a steam heavyweight passenger train with a MRC Pacific and 3-4 cars.....with the option for sound
I have several heavyweight passenger trains with Pacific types and Hudson type locomotives. I have sound in one Pacific . Tomar has lighted drumhead rear signs so everything you need to build nearly every overnight train is readily available. Trans-continental trains are a bit more difficult as there were many different club cars and lounge cars. I did the heavyweight CNW Penninsula 400 so far. Yes, there are some missing car types but in all its a great looking train !! I stuck with 9 cars on the train. A train with 3-4 cars probably wouldn't be much more than a commuter train however it would be fun to do a small CE&I train...hmmm Randy
Micro-Trains - a runner pack of the 100 ton hopper cars painted in Burlington Northern, preferably without the ends painted white for the rotary couplers, but either way is OK. 8 car set please.
OK, if they are going to do another crazy series, how about real traction/electric railroads? Sacramento Northern, Pacific Electric, Central Calif. Traction, and Modesto Empire Traction all come to mind JUST for California and all railroads have been around for at LEAST 75 years. Some pre-diesel boxcars would be GREAT! I would (and already have tried to) provide photos and/or data for some of these cars. Just think about it...much better than the desert or dessert series...
We considered an SN,ME,CCT,WP trains set for the N scale convention in Sacto a few years ago, but it didn't happen.
more Z scale SD40-2s! I would like to see another Pepsi set... With more modern cars and locomotive... but that's wishful thinking...
I guess MT could never get licensing rights from Coka Cola. Wish there had been ol' time woodside and steelside reefer cars with the Coke logo over the years.
Thanks Joe, as I will be on board for a Coke set. I think this could be a big winner for both the N scale model railroaders and "Coke Collectors"
