MTL March Releases

[pjm20]

http://www.blwnscale.com/mt-new.htm

Still waiting for the diner, and maybe that B60 that Joe promised us. 

[Philip H]

COuld end up being an expensive month - I may get one each of the reprints, and those Strykers on the TTX flat look cool.  But MTL needs to issue those as a separate load - they are usually 4 to a flat not 2.

[JoeD]

additional strykers will be released mid month...stay tuned.

Joe

[Virginia Atlantic]

The weathered/relettered Per Diem Era boxcars look very very nice.

Too bad they're not N-scale.

[Bob Bufkin]

I like the Strykers but at least you could paint them in a military color. 

[packers#1]

I like the IC Car...very tempting

[Philip H]

additional strykers will be released mid month...stay tuned.

Joe

Excellent!

I like the IC Car...very tempting

I have one from the first run - they are as nice as they look.  hence why I may "need" 2.

[Denver Road Doug]

The weathered/relettered Per Diem Era boxcars look very very nice.

Too bad they're not N-scale.

They actually did this identical set (the HS relettered boxcars) in n-scale about a year ago.   They sold out almost immediately...I tried to get one but no luck.

It looks like MTL used ITTX for the reporting marks on the 89ft flat.  (which is correct for the car they are trying to represent with that road number and load: http://freight.railfan.ca/ttx/ittx940536.jpg )   Isn't that a change for MTL to a different (more correct) TTX reporting mark for this type of car?  I seem to recall some big fuss about them never actually using correct reporting marks for an 89ft car. 

And yellow end ramps and stirrups/grabs on the 89's....that's new too, no?

[ljudice]

Those Strykers look great!

How about some HEMTT's  (Transport and Tank versions)??

[James Costello]

I didn't originally notice the ITTX mark on the flat, but with that change, I've picked up a couple. Thanks for this Joe/MTL and a nice looking load.

Joe, next time you are thinking about ideas for that laser and timber kits, can MTL consider a deck modification for this flat and the ITTX scheme - looks like these cars have a timber decking applied for implement service, that really stands out on these cars in both loaded and unloaded situations.

Here's the MTL car which shows the loads sitting on a lighter coloured yellow deck than the original flat:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3716595

It looks like there are steel channels on the outside of the deck surface to keep the timber decking and tie-down equipment in place:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=309130
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=308501

Empties:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=768741
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1175983

Other Loads:
http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=3928
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1144525
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1144527

I'll leave it up to a former Imagineer to work out how to make it work around the existing deck's rub rails...although I have no problems shaving off the details myself. Feel free to tool up a new flat "deck" too

You can offer it as a stand alone part or include it in future runs, seeing as there are many load types you can offer I'm sure you'll keep running them.

[brokemoto]

P&LE passenger trains carried all sorts of NYC cars, so I guess that I can buy the NYC RPO.

[up1950s]

O/S 4 car box set for me .

[brokemoto]

I must admit, also, to liking that set of beat-up SP wood boxcars.  It has an SP of Mejico car, e-VUNN.   Is this the first steam era Mexican car that a major manufacturer has issued?   I have seen a few modern era Mexican cars, but have never seen a car from the mid-1950s, or earlier, that was lettered for  a railroad in Mejico.   You did not see too many Mexican cars on the B&O or P&LE, but they did pop up from time to time.  You saw more from Canada than you did from Mejico, but I would not mind having two or three lettered for Mexican roads.

[pjm20]

Well MTL now has a Chessie Safety Caboose Runner Pack: http://www.blwnscale.com/mt-special-run-trainsets.htm#cs

[Ike the BN Freak]

Those Strykers look great!

How about some HEMTT's  (Transport and Tank versions)??

What Lou said...

Might get the ITTX flat, probably not going to keep the Stykers, too modern for me.  But they do look very similar to USMC LAV-25s.