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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby chuck » Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:55 pm

Have someone sell it for them using the MTH name.


Well that didn't work. The Atlas announcement is pretty clear about who is producing the passenger cars from MTH tooling.
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby rogruth » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:01 pm

But Atlas is recommending the MTH Pacific to pull them. Who will sell it?
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby chuck » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:05 pm

Who will sell it?


Really good question. I am guessing the former MTH dealers who didn't fold up shop on the earlier announcement, aka "we're closing up shop." " No wait, just kidding!" Boogity Boogity Booo!

Like I said, WEIRD!!!!!!
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby Chris Webster » Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:10 pm

G3750 wrote:"Reading Blue Mountain & Northern"??? Who? :shock: :?

Oh wait, didn't they have a 3-mile long mainline between Linglestown and Hershey? :lol: Pulling 15 car heavyweights with double-headed 2-10-4s?

Sheesh, talk about obscure. :roll:

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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby rogruth » Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:25 pm

Must have been listening to some interesting loud music on his cars sorround sound system or reading or sending a message on his phone.
I hope he had to pay for any damages to the loco.
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby G3750 » Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:27 pm

Chris Webster wrote:
G3750 wrote:"Reading Blue Mountain & Northern"??? Who? :shock: :?

Oh wait, didn't they have a 3-mile long mainline between Linglestown and Hershey? :lol: Pulling 15 car heavyweights with double-headed 2-10-4s?

Sheesh, talk about obscure. :roll:

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Also: Youtube: Guy almost hit by steam train 425

And: Youtube: Reading and Northern 425 steam train hits car leaving lot in Jim Thorpe



OK, so what's your point? :wink: :lol:

It ain't the Pennsy. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby rogruth » Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:34 pm

I think it is that Atlas picked some obscure lines to make.
I always thought that one of the things the MTH guys liked was that MTH would make or catalog some obscure stuff that would be of regional interest
while Lionel was mofre ingterested in national sa[es. Yes, I know there are exceptions.
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby G3750 » Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:26 pm

I think Atlas should make a locomotive for an old line that ran near the Strasburg Railroad - the Lancaster, Oxford, and Southern (Lost, Old, & Slow :lol: :lol: :lol: ).

If they did, it would probably need to be a consolidation or mogel. But knowing them, it would be a Genset switcher. :lol: :lol:

:roll: :roll: :roll:

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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby rogruth » Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:53 pm

:roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby G3750 » Fri Mar 26, 2021 1:04 pm

rogruth wrote::roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Or a Dash-8 in the BNSF "pumpkin" color scheme. :wink: :lol:
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby gregj410 » Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:53 pm

G3750 wrote:I think Atlas should make a locomotive for an old line that ran near the Strasburg Railroad - the Lancaster, Oxford, and Southern (Lost, Old, & Slow :lol: :lol: :lol: ).

If they did, it would probably need to be a consolidation or mogel. But knowing them, it would be a Genset switcher. :lol: :lol:

:roll: :roll: :roll:

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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby chuck » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:14 am

Under the "warehouse clean out category" I just received my daily "look what we found" from Marios. This is a three car set of Q-Type subway cars from 2007 with ProtoSounds -2.0!

A fifteen year old set that's still mint in the box! There were a couple of other PS-2.0 finds so I guess they really are "cleaning out the warehouse".
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby rogruth » Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:25 pm

I hope their clean-up doesn't go on as long as the one at RMT.
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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby G3750 » Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:16 am

chuck wrote:Under the "warehouse clean out category" I just received my daily "look what we found" from Marios. This is a three car set of Q-Type subway cars from 2007 with ProtoSounds -2.0!

A fifteen year old set that's still mint in the box! There were a couple of other PS-2.0 finds so I guess they really are "cleaning out the warehouse".


I don't think we've seen anything yet. They'll probably find the Lost Ark of the Covenant in that warehouse at some point. :wink: :lol:

And Roger, I think this will go on until even mice's furniture has been sold.

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Re: Scale Trains buys MTH HO/S tooling

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:00 am

G3750 wrote:I don't think we've seen anything yet.


I've seen way too much already - somebody make it stop!

They'll probably find the Lost Ark of the Covenant in that warehouse at some point.


Nowt thinkin' that'll be happening any time and that; we moved it......................again :wink:
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