JP's Wishlist for 2013

[jpstrainyard]

JP of Acton MA, USA writes,

Here are some ideas for possible products that could be produced by WBB:

For those like me who are into transit/trolley/rapid transit/ligh trail trains, my ideas for future WBB products are as follows: (yes, I know WBB is already producing Peter Witt trolleys, but here are more ideas)

-PCC Railbus - this was basically a de-electrified PCC and fitted with a gas or diesel engie for running without overhead wires. The New Haven RR used one long ago
-double end 2 truck j.g. brill trolleys - open and enclosed versions
-Steeple-cab electric locos
-PCCs - both double and single end
-Breda/Kinki-Sharyo/Boeing-Vertol Light Rail Vehicles - As currently used by the Mass Bay Transit Authority (Boston MBTA)
-Subway cars - NYCTA (New York City) and MBTA (Boston MA)
-Metro North M 2/4/6/8, M 1/3/5/7 commuter cars
-Metro North Bombardier "push/pull" commuter cars
-Long Island M 2/4/6/8, M 1/3/5/7 commuter cars
-single truck double end birney safety trolleys
-Perley-Thomas New Orleans trolleys - both the original green "Streetcar named Desire" ones and the later red "Riverfront" ones that were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina
-San Fransisco cable cars
-Ex Philadelphia SEPTA, now San Fransisco "F" Line PCCs as reconditioned/restored by Brookville Equipment Company of Pennsylvania, and painted to represent various cities that once ran PCCs
-Amtrak (or other road name) Metroliner EMU cars - these cars have similar body shape as Amfleet passenger cars, but include pantographs, control cabs at one or both ends, and traction motor equipped trucks
-Budd SPV 2000 EMU rapid transit cars featuring roadnames of railroads that ran them such as Amtrak and Connecticut's Metro North Railroad
-Budd B.U.R.T. Rapid Transit EMU Commuter Cars
-New Jersey Transit DMU Light Rail Rapid Transit Cars
-Philadelphia SEPTA Bullet rapid transit cars
-Chicago North Shore Line/Philadelphia Red Arrow Electroliners
-US DOT "State of the Art" Cars (SoAc) - Only 2 were built as experimental replacements for older subway cars and were tested in city subways in Boston, New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Those 2 cars were not accepted by any of the city subway systems in which they were tested, and ended up becoming exhibit pieces of the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport Maine
-"Sprinter" DMU Light Rail rapid transit cars
-"Pay As You Enter" (P.A.Y.E.) Trolley Cars
- Type S-70 Light Rail Transit cars

Anyone reading this post is more than welcome to post replies, comments or other ideas specifically relating to transit/trolley/rapid transit/light rail trains, here in the forums. The WBB guys would love to read your input as well

Sincerely: JP

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Note 1: replies, comments, or other ideas should be related to transit, trolley, rapid transit, light rail trains only.

Note 2: replies, comments, or other ideas not related to the above in "Note 1" should be posted in a generic "Wish List for 2013"
 

 

[phillyreading]

What I would like to see in trolley cars, Reading PA streetcars that the Reading Company used to run in the 1920's and 1930's in downtown Reading PA.
The other is an RDC, rail diesel car, was used a bit between Reading and Hamburg PA by commuters and school children. Multiple RDC's, sometimes one powered and two trailing units, ran between Reading and Philadelphia as commuter service.

The other one I would love to see done is the Reading Company Crusader Passenger train. Originally a steam engine 4-6-2 pulling five or six passenger, silver or aluminum colored cars.

Lee F.

[jpstrainyard]

JP of Acton MA, USA writes:

I just want to point out to those reading my Wishlist for 2013:

Note 1: replies, comments, or other ideas should be related to transit, trolley, rapid transit, light rail trains only.

Note 2: replies, comments, or other ideas not related to the above in "Note 1" should be posted in a generic "Wish List for 2013".

You may wish to start your own Wish List for 2013 thread to post replies, comments, or other ideas not related to transit, trolley, rapid transit, light rail trains (ie diesel passesger, commuter, RDCs, etc)

JP

[Hamish K]

Personally I would like to see the Birney single truck safety car made by Bachmann in HO intorduced to the Williams line. Also a steeple cab electric motor would be nice, this would enable freight cars to be shunted over a trolley line, a fascinating operation that existed in quite a few places. Finally an expansion of the EZ Street track system, especially including turnouts.

I would think that one or two additional trolley or similar cars, and some more EZ Street track items, is the most we could reasonably expect from Williams in the foreseeable future in this area.

Hamish

[DominicMazoch]

Houston METRO is now getting its second order for the S-70 LRT railcars.  These are an "add on" to the UTA order, so they will have the small nose.  Only HM had the large nose on the roll out order.  Hence, there can be one body needed for all the transit useers of S-70.  Hint:  HM does run two car sets, so dummies here would work in models!

[jpstrainyard]

JP of Acton MA, USA writes,

Dom,
I did include S-70 Light Rail trains in my list, at the bottom.

HammishK,
It would be interesting if WBB were to produce electric steeple-cab locos

I would most certainly like to see more EZ Street tracks, especially turnouts. If WBB produced O versions of the Birney car, it would be a perfect runner on the 16 and 21 inch radius EZ curves.

-JP

[DominicMazoch]

Oh, I did see the S-70.  But Houston was the only authority who got the large cab on the first order, which also was the roll out customer.  I was refering the fact all S-70 customers now have units with the same cab size.

Sorry about any confusion.