2013 was not a disappointing year for us Frisco N Scalers. The manufacturers know we are out here and they hear our call with enough frequency to keep us abuzz. Having said that, here are a few things that we feel would be exciting in 2014:
1) Atlas Model Railroad Company:
Atlas was kind to us in April 2010 when they gave us two GP-7 locomotives (Road Numbers 500 and 502).
The Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway was owned by the Frisco and to our knowledge, nothing QA&P has ever been produced in N Scale. We ask Atlas to consider the image below during their next round of roadname choices:
Quanah, Acme & Pacific GP7
Three road numbers would be possible; 546, 547, and 564. Most of us would buy all three!
As they say on TV, “But wait, there’s more!” We have a second request for Atlas:
This thread on TrainBoard.com contains a discussion about the impending release of the Alco S-2 by Atlas.
When the Frisco took over the Northeast Oklahoma Railroad, they inherited three S-2s numbered 295, 296 and 297 (and one S-4 numbered 298).
S-2 296
The Frisco Archive has several high quality scanned slides of the S-2 fleet. (Most have not been published as of this writing but they are available.)
We hope to see these unique Northeast Oklahoma Railroad S-2 locomotives (lettered SL-SF) among the list of roadnames released by Atlas in the S-2!
2) Bluford Shops:
Bluford Shops hit a home run with their transfer caboose runs in multiple roadnames. But, no Frisco.
Transfer Caboose 1322
Here’s another shot on the Frisco Archive.
This is an announcement that we would love to see in 2014 Steve and Craig!
3) Micro-Trains:
Micro-Trains has been good to us Frisco Folks with consistency as chronicled by numerous posts here on nFrisco. They announce their new products at the first of each month and we can usually count on a new Frisco release every few months (and these are good releases too)!
What we are missing is a Frisco Runner-Pack.
Micro-Trains did give us multiple road numbers in a three-pack of hoppers (circa 1997) and in the tank cars that we asked them for in 2010.
So, what do we want to see a runner pack of? Tank cars of course!
Micro-Trains Frisco Tank Cars
These two are lonely and would like four friends to travel the rails with.
So there you have it; three good ideas for 2014.
You might notice that we didn’t mention Athearn and Intermountain, both major manufacturers. Both Athern and Intermountain have multiple Frisco releases pending so we’ll let them concentrate on the delivery of these items. However, any N Scale manufacturer that releases items in the Frisco roadname will receive accolades from us!
As well, the new Frisco Archive contains images of a quality not seen before on the Internet that can aid manufacturers in producing products. Plus, new images are introduced every day.
Happy Frisco modeling in 2014 to all our viewers!
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