OK guys, time to put our money where our mouths are...
I'm willing to bombard Bachmann with a "real" request for Harriman steam, specifically the Pacific and Mike, two engines that we modelers would like to see and which would fill out their rosters nicely. I've helped several manufacturers in the past (including Bachmann) and am more than willing to help them out now.
Sending a manufacturer a "real" request for a model involves more than a short email asking for a specific model. While those types of emails DO help the effprt greatly, manufacturers generally need more. With the tight budgets and millions of other things that manufacturers need to do on a daily basis, intense research on any one specific prototype (or family of prototypes) is LOW on the priority list. If we were to step up to the plate and hand Bachmann a single, unified document, full of facts, figures, photos, plans and histories, the chances are MUCH better that we'll eventually see what we want to see out of them.
But there's a problem. While the USRA engines have been written about at length, the Harriman -Standard plans have been virtually ignored by the hobby, at least in any sort of cohesive, unified way (there's no "Harriman steam engines" book, for example, while there are a few for the USRA steamers). There's a rumor floating around that one's in the works, but it may be years before we actually see it.
I've got LOTS of data on the IC versions of the Harriman steamers, but that's all. So what I need is data, or at least information on where to FIND data. Initial rosters are the best, especially road numbers, since I'll be able to start backtracking from there. Any published plans or the information on where to find those plans will greatly help too.
Tracking down what's a Harriman engine and what's not will be an "interesting" task, to say the least. To that end, please only send data on what you KNOW to be a Harriman-design engine; too many "Well, it sorta LOOKS like a Harriman" comments will only confuse the issue.
I'm asking that you send ME the data, and not Bachmann, since I'll be able to sift through the data and compile it into a single, unified document that will be quick and easy for Bachmann to look through, giving the project a better chance at realization. Some of you may have seen a similar request for data of mine float through the NYC world last month, looking for H-5 Mike data: that project is almost ready to send out (and I'm thinking about sending it to Bachmann, so you'd better be snappy with data before I blow it with a different engine!)
Please feel free to post data here, or to send it to rtbsvrr69@yahoo.com. I'll let everyone know when/if I have enough to send to Bachmann, and will make the package available to anyone who's helped fill in the blanks.
Thanks, and here's hoping!
I'm willing to bombard Bachmann with a "real" request for Harriman steam, specifically the Pacific and Mike, two engines that we modelers would like to see and which would fill out their rosters nicely. I've helped several manufacturers in the past (including Bachmann) and am more than willing to help them out now.
Sending a manufacturer a "real" request for a model involves more than a short email asking for a specific model. While those types of emails DO help the effprt greatly, manufacturers generally need more. With the tight budgets and millions of other things that manufacturers need to do on a daily basis, intense research on any one specific prototype (or family of prototypes) is LOW on the priority list. If we were to step up to the plate and hand Bachmann a single, unified document, full of facts, figures, photos, plans and histories, the chances are MUCH better that we'll eventually see what we want to see out of them.
But there's a problem. While the USRA engines have been written about at length, the Harriman -Standard plans have been virtually ignored by the hobby, at least in any sort of cohesive, unified way (there's no "Harriman steam engines" book, for example, while there are a few for the USRA steamers). There's a rumor floating around that one's in the works, but it may be years before we actually see it.
I've got LOTS of data on the IC versions of the Harriman steamers, but that's all. So what I need is data, or at least information on where to FIND data. Initial rosters are the best, especially road numbers, since I'll be able to start backtracking from there. Any published plans or the information on where to find those plans will greatly help too.
Tracking down what's a Harriman engine and what's not will be an "interesting" task, to say the least. To that end, please only send data on what you KNOW to be a Harriman-design engine; too many "Well, it sorta LOOKS like a Harriman" comments will only confuse the issue.
I'm asking that you send ME the data, and not Bachmann, since I'll be able to sift through the data and compile it into a single, unified document that will be quick and easy for Bachmann to look through, giving the project a better chance at realization. Some of you may have seen a similar request for data of mine float through the NYC world last month, looking for H-5 Mike data: that project is almost ready to send out (and I'm thinking about sending it to Bachmann, so you'd better be snappy with data before I blow it with a different engine!)
Please feel free to post data here, or to send it to rtbsvrr69@yahoo.com. I'll let everyone know when/if I have enough to send to Bachmann, and will make the package available to anyone who's helped fill in the blanks.
Thanks, and here's hoping!