Would you like to see a Spectrum 4-6-2!

[Andrew]

     I too would love to see a Southern RR Ps-4 made by Spectrum in HO.
       The P-1s were not USRA.... they were smaller than the USRA lights and older. The Ps-2s were very similar to the USRA lights.
         The Ps-4 was a somewhat heavy pacific. 47,500lbs tractive effort and 27X28 cylinders, 73inch drivers.    If anyone needs more information on SRR steam power I would be happy to give any information needed.
          A USRA heavy if made in HO could be made to look just like a Ps-4. The 14,000 tender and elesco FWH would also be a nice touch.
                   - Andrew

[SteamGene]

An old C&O engineer told me that C&O had a small class of Pacifics bought from the RF&P that could be bashed from a USRA heavy - class F-20, I think he said, as well as the F-17 class.  Bachmann already makes flying pumps and the 16V tender.
Gene

[Orsonroy]

[My personal wish would be for an IC branchline Pacific with low drivers, but that's a pretty obscure prototype. How about something that looks nothing like a USRA engine, that there were hundreds of, like a NYC K-3 or K-11?

Right idea, wrong prototype.  Anything NYC always screams out "NYC", something not as identifiable would be better.
[/quote]

OK; I vote for a NKP K-1!

[Paul M.]

Sure, a 4-6-2 would be great. Some ideas:

P-1 Passenger 4-6-2 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 701  Baldwin 4-1919
P-1 Passenger 4-6-2 700 702 703 704 705 706  Baldwin 1919
P-1a Passenger 4-6-2 707 708 709 710 711 712 713  A-Brooks 1919
P-1b Passenger 4-6-2 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721  A-Richmond 3-1923
   
 

[Paul M.]

And some photos:





Any of the three above are fine with me. Heck, they're T&P; They gotta be good.

[hotrainlover]

I could use "Harriman" style engine.  i do the UP, and GN...  Which is close enough!!


Lee

[Guilford Guy]

The non-streamlined P1's could be easily adopted into other roads 

[HOplasserem80c]

yeah how about a central railroad of new jersey one even though i have a pacific already. i just need to put the missouri pacific decals on

[Hoople]

I would like a pacific.
Espacially if it had SP or UP roadname.

I don't really care about whether or not it's USRA.

Even more, I would like a 2-8-2. 4-4-2s, they just look wierd to me.

But mostly, I want a 4-12-2... But BLI is covering that.

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

I'd vote for a C&O Pacific...i got 3 B&O's already. I need a C&O one lettered in The George Washington and just a plain one.

[SteamGene]

"I have..." 
George Washington lettering consisted of a name board displayed on the tender.  The locomotive may or may not have had stars and other decoration on the cylinder heads.  A heavy Pacific brought the DC section to Charlottesville while another Pacific brought the Penninsula section to mate there.  I assume that after the George got to Huntington, WVA, it had Pacifics once more. 

Gene

[Matt Bumgarner]

Yes, a Southern Ps-4, or even a P-1 would be magnificent.

However, I would like to see a "smaller" 2-8-0 version than the current Spectrum. It is much too large for many applications south of the Mason Dixon, including the K-class consolidations of the Southern.

Matt

[Nigel]

My personal wish would be for an IC branchline Pacific with low drivers, but that's a pretty obscure prototype. How about something that looks nothing like a USRA engine, that there were hundreds of, like a NYC K-3 or K-11?

Right idea, wrong prototype.  Anything NYC always screams out "NYC", something not as identifiable would be better.

The NYC K11 does NOT scream NYC.  It is almost a generic Alco 4-6-2 of 1911-1914.  The N&W E2 Pacifics are very similar, as are other railroads.

Also:
The Rutland ........ light class were probably based on the New York Central's K11 class from:
http://railroad.union.rpi.edu/article.php?article=2591

Bowser already has a model of the NYC K11.

[Virginian]

Look back over this thread.  If you were a manufacturer would you have a clue what Pacific to make, should you even decide to make one?  I wouldn't, other than maybe a Ps-4 in green and another unlettered in black.  I'm glad one is all I need and I have one that is "good enough" for that.
I do need an N&W 4-8-0 though...

[Nigel]

......
I do need an N&W 4-8-0 though...

Due to work and personal items, I have not gotten around to bashing one from a Spectrum low driver 4-6-0 (drivers measure 56", like the 2-6-6-2).  I do have a LMB brass one......As soon as a few of use get our bashed ones done, there will be a reasonably priced model announced.

Having 475 at Strasburg should make this easier.