Locomotives that really need to re-release

[Mark5]

Let me offer my 2 Cents Worth:  The Heavy Mountain 4-8-2       

I'm with ya, assuming they equip it with the proper tender. Bachmann shipped the as built version with USRA long tenders. 

[haasmarc]

Atlas C630 with sound.
LL Erie Built with sound
LL Cliner with sound

I'd like to see BLI do a K4 only if they do see thru drivers.

[BigSix2102]

Re:  The Bachmann  4-8-2 Heavy Mountain.  I hear "ya too."  A pertinent question may be:  why did Bachmann dis-continue this locomotive ?  It has most of the winning elements:  metal boiler & traction tires for maximum drawbar pull; all-wheel tender electrical pick-up; silky-smooth running characteristics.  One quibble: the insulation on the wires between loco and tender, have a tendency to peel-off, creating conditions for electrical shorts.  But other than that, Bachmann had a real winner with this locomotive. Do not even compare the Bachmann Heavy Mountain with the 1st version of the Bachmann Light Mountain. And heaven forbid, do not compare the Bachmann Heavy Mountain with the Bachmann light 2-10-2 locomotive. Once again "Bachmann: why did you discontinue this locomotive ?  Just my two cents; and others may disagree.

[Jimbo]

Re:  The Bachmann  4-8-2 Heavy Mountain.  I hear "ya too."  A pertinent question may be:  why did Bachmann dis-continue this locomotive ?  It has most of the winning elements:  metal boiler & traction tires for maximum drawbar pull; all-wheel tender electrical pick-up; silky-smooth running characteristics.  One quibble: the insulation on the wires between loco and tender, have a tendency to peel-off, creating conditions for electrical shorts.  But other than that, Bachmann had a real winner with this locomotive. Do not even compare the Bachmann Heavy Mountain with the 1st version of the Bachmann Light Mountain. And heaven forbid, do not compare the Bachmann Heavy Mountain with the Bachmann light 2-10-2 locomotive. Once again "Bachmann: why did you discontinue this locomotive ?  Just my two cents; and others may disagree.

Another vote for this model!

From what I understand, the only two parts that are different between this model and the light 4-8-2 are the boiler casting and the cylinder assembly.

I have two of the former, and if I could acquire the latter, I’d piece two more together using light 4-8-2 locos as donors.  (I’ve often wondered how difficult it would be to modify the steam pipes on the light 4-8-2 so I could…. nobody knows anyone with spares, do they?  )

Jim

[lock4244]

Nah. Compared with modern releases they really show the age of their tooling. Kato would have to redo EVERYTHING on them to fix the issues, from the squinty number boards to the too low ride height. I have a handful and while I contemplate more SD40 projects I'll just wait for the inevitable one from Atlas that will at least have the things that are HARD to fix right.

I pray Scale Trains does a straight SD40... road specific details FTW.

[bbussey]

Bachmann should reissue the heavy Mountain. That said, it was available for years and it did have multiple releases in multiple railroads with multiple engine cab numbers. I have both New Haven releases, as an example.

[Bill H]

How about the KATO Mikado? And of course, the details parts...

[Iain]

MRC version of the model power 2-6-0 and 4-4-0

[Jimbo]

MRC version of the model power 2-6-0 and 4-4-0

These, and Bachmann’s 2-6-0, are probably the most underrated N scale steamers ever released.

While I have a few large steamers, my small steam fleet serves as the backbone of my operations.

Bring 'em back, please!

Jim

[jdcolombo]

How about the KATO Mikado? And of course, the details parts...

Well, even though I see I was wrong about the Atlas SW9 being too hard to re-engineer for DCC/sound, the Kato Mike is another engine that would require some significant chassis redesign to incorporate DCC sound.  And while I love these engines (I have six of them), the BLI version of the Mike runs just as well, pulls better, and is DCC/Sound ready (I have six of these, too - in the light version).  If we're going to pray for re-runs, lets have stuff that isn't available any more (yes, if only the 0-8-0 tooling wasn't "lost" . . . ).

John C. 

[mbrodnax]

First gen diesels in green Southern Railway livery. I don't think we've ever had a gp7 in green and it's been 20+ since an RS3. Heck I think it's been 10 years since we've had any green F/E units. Also I know it's an ugly duckling but if buy a DL109 with sound and DCC.

[N Scale Train Boy]

5 Axle C-Liner. The only one on the market EVER was that old late 60s Atlas/RR model. Roughly half the C-Liners were 5-axle. Can someone please make a new tooling for it? New Haven, NYC, and LIRR fans would be very happy with that I'm sure.

[High Hood]

First gen diesels in green Southern Railway livery. I don't think we've ever had a gp7 in green and it's been 20+ since an RS3. Heck I think it's been 10 years since we've had any green F/E units. Also I know it's an ugly duckling but if buy a DL109 with sound and DCC.

Broadway did green F7’s back in 2020. We really need some green F3/F5’s. It’s wild Atlas has never done a green GP7/GP9 or square window H16-44.

[Pencil]

Atlas 4-4-0

[C855B]

Con-Cor U50. But by ScaleTrains. Not an impossibility, Shane and I have had conversations. You know he has an affinity for weird UP... uh... "stuff".