Micro Trains March Releases

[bbussey]

Ugh. Thus far I've successfully avoided the MTL PS2s... guess that streak ends now.

That's good, because it is a nice model.

[jagged ben]

That is very interesting.  I would think that the "creators" wouldn't have a legal leg to stand on because I didn't think one could legally profit from a criminal activity...  Interesting indeed!

Perhaps the argument was that if the creators can't profit from it then neither could MTL.  That also might be more of a common law tradition than an actual law.

[jagged ben]

I thought MTL had covered this previously and that we will never see another prototype graffiti again due to legal issues from the "creators".
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Yeah, my comment was made with that in mind.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

That's good, because it is a nice model.

Oh yeah. Don’t get me wrong, I have no complaints, other than it making my older atlas cars look dated.

It’s just not been a car that was high on my list.

[Missaberoad]

Were those Penn Central cars used in revenue service?
Wondering if I can justify one "out west".

[Tristan Ashcroft]

Were those Penn Central cars used in revenue service?
Wondering if I can justify one "out west".

With the 5 digit number, my guess is the car had already been converted to company sand service.

Disclaimer: I don't actually know PC's practice on that, only that CR based their freight car numbering on PC's roster, and on Conrail, 5 digit freight cars were in Company service.

Related, the pictures I noticed of 5 digit PC H34Cs on RR picture archives are in company sand service.  That specific 742xx number series on Conrail was a total catch-all of ancient 2-bays in company service.

[edited to add the note on where that number fell on Conrail]

[Tristan Ashcroft]

With the 5 digit number, my guess is the car had already been converted to company sand service.

Disclaimer: I don't actually know PC's practice on that, only that CR based their freight car numbering on PC's roster, and on Conrail, 5 digit freight cars were in Company service.

Related, the pictures I noticed of 5 digit PC H34Cs on RR picture archives are in company sand service.  That specific 742xx number series on Conrail was a total catch-all of ancient 2-bays in company service.

[edited to add the note on where that number fell on Conrail]

Oh.  And there were 3-bay covered hoppers mixed in the 742xx numbers as well.  Yeah, Conrail!!!!  Anyway, TLDR, I'm guessing the number on the micro-trains car was company sand service.

[Mark5]

Did MTL ever release this one un-weathered?

https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/product&search=norfolk+western&description=true&product_id=5198

I've never seen one of these that heavily weathered -  in my era the weathering would be much more subtle. Here's that car in 2012: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2937934

If they ever do release it un-weathered, I think I would grab one!

Mark