Do you mean something similar to the Red Caboose 42 ft Fishbelly flat cars? It seemed as if folks reckon that anything Red Caboose is made of gold nowadays.
@Tad Yes, perhaps not "holy grail" worthy since there have been some made and are still available. Moose has a pair of the Red Caboose flatcars for N.P. actually. Yes, expensive and hard to find...
Yes, true. Atlas did a nice job on the paint though and I like its look. Whatever trucks are used, Life Like's sits too high and resists any attempt to lower it. The Bachmann model looks okay in factory photos. I first need to see one.
I would like a Union Pacific 4-12-2 with sound. All of the largest UP locomotives such as the Big Boy, Challenger, DD40AX, GTEL 8500, and U50 have already been done, need the 4-12-2 to complete the set of largest UP locomotives. BLI did one in HO, maybe some day they will do one in N.
For me: C&O H-8, N Scale C&O H-4 2-6-6-2 EMD E8, a pair of ‘em, C&O Tricolor scheme More C&O coal hoppers
Well, this isn't the Holy Grail, because it's a pre-diesel, but I've never understood the reluctance of manufacturers to produce the C&O 2-10-4 that was also built for the PRR during WW2. It was probably the PRR's only successful modern pre-diesel.
check out Royale Models. https://www.royalemodels.com/ There have been a couple builds of John’s trucks here on the forums. He does a really good job, and I do believe there are some Day cabs in his collection.
I echo Allegheny’s and C&O Mountainman’s posts: the C&O 2-10-4 T-1 Texan. We can only hope BLI will come through.
Heisler Modern 4-6-0 (Bachmann, what were you thinking producing that horror?!!) Baldwin AS 616 (A and B unit please) Southern Pacific 4-8-2 with skyline casing Southern Pacific AC-4 cab forward Southern Pacific AC-9 cab backwards Southern Pacific AC-12 cab forward that runs faster than 40smph (prototype could run 80+ but would hammer the rails when they did - Never thought I would complain that an N scale engine ran too slow) 40' flat cars (tired of taking Atlas 50' and making them 40's) 40' reversed braced 4 panel box car (SP Class B-50-15 in wood and/or steel side) SP had a bunch of these cars and used some for the original Overnight boxcars...oh, and decals for the original overnight paint)
Marc, Those are Atlas Friction Bearing Barber-Bettendorf Swing Motion Caboose Trucks w/o couplers. https://shop.atlasrr.com/p-1207-n-friction-bearing-caboose-truck.aspx I did AD&N 17 about 15 years ago.
