Any of the members here have an interest in light rail vehicles like those in Hudson County NJ, Newark NJ, Baltimore, San Diego and similar? I for one would like to have these available. MTH, Lionel, Atlas are you listening.

Single unit articulated cars would look interesting and change the nature of a layout from steam and trolley to modern diesel and LRV.

Any thoughts.

A few O-scale LRVs have been made in the past. Most memorable was the Car Works Boeing LRV which ran in Boston and San Francisco in the '80s and '90s- long out of production, but they do infrequently pop up on ebay. Saint Petersburg Tram Collection did the Toronto standard and articulated CLRV. Also out of production and hard to find, although I did see one listed on an estate sale last month. Imperial Hobby Productions is bringing back the O-scale Philadelphia Kawasaki LRV in both single-end (city) and double-end (suburban) versions. Am unaware of any other O-scale LRVs available today. A little uncertain about the quality any of the manufacturers you listed would bring to the project. While Atlas commuter cars and Lionel and MTH subways are certainly acceptable, all of their trolleys have a disappointing toy-like appearance that is far from prototypical.

I'd go for an LRV or 2.
The Philly ones have trolley poles, but I guess I could
deal with a pantograph as well. You're right...those
cars with the frosted windows and silhouette figures
drive me nuts.

May if Williams is successful with the new Peter Witt car,
they can be persuaded to do something else interesting.
Think: Boston Type 7 or 8, HBLR articulated, Philly trolley,
Portland cars, MUNI Bredas, Phoenix low floor cars, San Diego...

Lee

I wasn't aware anyone ever made any LRV's. Yep, the philly cars or any articluated car would be an interesting addition to the fleet. I didn't mean to imply the manufacturers listed would produce something cheap but the MTH PCC's cars were interesting and different. I was hoping for a more detailed piece that ran in the $300 -$400 range that wasn't toylike.

I'd like to see Lionel, Weaver, MTH or Atlas produce a quality model of an HBLR Kinki-Sharyo articulated car.

Put me down for a San Diego MTS LRV. I like the newer steamlined cars but will settle for the older ones because more other cities had that style.

The Sprinter that runs from Oceanside to Escondido CA is pretty cool looking too.

Siemenns S-70's

Houston
Portland (Tri-Met)
San Diego
Charollett (SP) NC
French National Railways