The results from the annual Wishlist Poll for for 2019 for new 00 models are now available. The purpose of The Poll is to provide an easy way for modellers and collectors to tell the major manufacturers and commissioners of ready-to-run railway models what they would like to see made from new tooling (excluding models announced, tooled or made since 2005).
Once again, as per last year, the the SR U class 2-6-0 tops the SR/BR(s) list and was this year 5th overall (it topped the SR list and was fourth overall last year), the USATC S-160 2-10-0 was 1st this year. The second place SR loco was the humble Q Class 0-6-0 , which was up from 11th to 6th overall this year. The top 10 for SR/BR(s) were as follows (overall position / number of votes):
- U Class 2-6-0 (5/353)
- Q Class 0-6-0 (6/328)
- Z Class 0-8-0t (12/282)
- K Class 2-6-0 (13/280)
- SECR Wagons, Vans and Brake van (24/242)
- Bulleid Leader (28/228)
- LSWR Wagons, Vans and Brake Van (32/223)
- SR W Class 2-6-4t (33/221)
- SECR D1/E1 Class 4-4-0 (35/220)
The complete results file can be downloaded here 1. Results – The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019 – Most Wanted and by category here 2. Results – The 00 Wishlist Poll 2019 – By Category
As always it will be interesting to see how many of these items feature in the manufacturers plans in the coming years.
re: U Class kit built.
Very nice item Graham. Well done!
Brian