MTL May 2024 Releases

[bbussey]

Announced early in an email announcement, but no literature yet on the website.

N Scale

#081.00.050 and #081.00.051 - 51' Ribbed Mechanical Reefer, SPFE
#107.00.081 - 65' Mill Gondola, SP #2
#184.00.030 - 50' Boxcar DD no roofwalk low brakewheel, B&O freight car red
#020-00-137 - 40' Boxcar SD, ICG orange food service
#109.00.021 - Depressed Center Flat, Buckeye trucks, NYC black
#109.00.310 - Depressed Center Flat, Commonwealth trucks, ICG orange
#026.00.032 - 50' ACF Boxcar PSD, CN freight car red (reprint)
#030.44.241 - 50' ACF Boxcar DD, CIC ex-S&NC (per diem #2)
#058.00.603 - 36' wood reefer, HM Noack & Sons (poultry #6)

Z Scale

#518.00.865 - 40' wood reefer,  HM Noack & Sons (poultry #6)

HO Scale

#2200.001 - 2-bay Centerflow hopper, BN (grit grime) now available
#2200.002 - 2 bay Centerflow hopper, NS/ex-SOU (grit grime) now available
#2200.003 - 2 bay Centerflow hopper, UP/ex-CNW (grit grime) pre-order, June release
#2200.004 - 2 bay Centerflow hopper, CSX/ex-WM (grit grime) pre-order, June release
#2000.001 - 3 bay Centerflow hopper, CSXT (grit grime) pre-order, August release

[Maletrain]

Turning purple holding my breath waiting for the paired window baggage/coach combine.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

That B&O boxcar is super basic looking. I love it.

[Point353]

That B&O boxcar is super basic looking. I love it.

Does anyone know the significance of the Hamilton OH location listed on the 'return empty' stencil?
Was this car assigned to service for a particular customer?

[pedro]

There was a General Motors plant in Hamilton through 1986. That would be my Google-educated guess.

[pedro]

There was a General Motors plant in Hamilton through 1986. That would be my Google-educated guess.

Fisher Body Hamilton/Fairfield stamping plant, to be more precise.

[learmoia]

Does anyone know the significance of the Hamilton OH location listed on the 'return empty' stencil?
Was this car assigned to service for a particular customer?

Shouldn't there be a black background behind the COTS stensel?
And the lettering font looks a little CONRAILy... (maybe thats correct for that era of B&O)

~Ian

[490Steam]

I am thinking the Champion Paper factory

[Mark5]

Where (how) are you guys finding these pics? I know the B&O one is hosted on the MTL site, but please share.

The B&O pic: https://www.micro-trains.com/image/data/product/2024/2405/2405-18400030.jpg

https://www.micro-trains.com/

[bbussey]

Where (how) are you guys finding these pics? I know the B&O one is hosted on the MTL site, but please share.

The B&O pic: https://www.micro-trains.com/image/data/product/2024/2405/2405-18400030.jpg

https://www.micro-trains.com/

The Media kit page and PDF are up, even though the home page links are not.  Looks like a bunch more items on the docket for May:
https://www.micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit2405.html

[Missaberoad]

Shouldn't there be a black background behind the COTS stensel?
And the lettering font looks a little CONRAILy... (maybe thats correct for that era of B&O)

~Ian

Ian, the B&O Color Guide (page 80) has a picture of 471619.

The lettering is correct, described as Futura Demi Bold Gothic. Also the photo shows the COTS without a black background. (1972 repaint so not uncommon with very early COTS, iirc the black background was required in 1973)

Now the bad news, the cars have 3/4 idn ends and a non terminating roof (can't tell which kind but other cars in similar series used pullman standard roofs)

I think I will definitly still get one, it screams early 70s conservative eastern railroad.

[Philip H]

Already pre-ordered the UP and KCS cars.  That ICG depressed Center flat looks good, but may be out of service by now.

[Mark5]

The Media kit page and PDF are up, even though the home page links are not.  Looks like a bunch more items on the docket for May:
https://www.micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit2405.html

Awesome - thanks! That led me to the PDF for the May releases: https://www.micro-trains.com/publicfiles/monthly/MN2405.pdf

Mark

[mu26aeh]

Where (how) are you guys finding these pics? I know the B&O one is hosted on the MTL site, but please share.

The B&O pic: https://www.micro-trains.com/image/data/product/2024/2405/2405-18400030.jpg

https://www.micro-trains.com/

I get an email from MT with all their announcements before they are posted on web or FB page

[thomasjmdavis]

Oh cool...Automobile frame loads, for my small existing fleet of MTL war emergency gons.