I came across this a moment ago…
Selector–
It looks like MTH has gotten into HO with a vengeance. And despite what people might think about the company, they’re at least living up to their promises about releasing their locos. That Mohawk looks kind of interesting–it’s nice to see some non-brass NYC steam power being offered these days.
Tom [:)]
Good…I really like their O scale sound systems.
David B
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Mine is I will quit the hobby before I buy anything from MTH.
What would be the problem with MTH ? They seem to have a lot of unusual features for the price.
Martin
Québec City (Celebrating its 400th Birthday today!)
I’ve gotta admit, the most interesting part to me seems like the coupler they will have.
I have purchased quite a few O gauge MTH stuff. My biggest complaint is that both the daylight and mohawk are items that have been announced by others. Something different would be nice.
Eric
When did they put the Northern out?? I hadn’t seen anything about that. Is it just me? Or does it really seem to lack detail compared to their other locos?[%-)]
They had a job ad online about a year ago looking for someone to head up their new HO division.
Loathar, are you talking about the Mohawk? What Northern? This MTH offering is a Mountain type 4-8-2.
What caught me in the announcement was “all of UP’s heritage schemes”!! I thought that Overland/t55 had some kind of an exclusive on the heritage locos. i wouldn’t want to be someone who plunked down big buck$ and now see it coming for $249!! [:O]
I don’t think plunking down the big bucks on the T55 heritage units will become an issue anytime soon…
Milepost - Overland has already sold a bunch in brass - they had them at last years NMRA show! With plastic as good as it is today, I’d be hard put to pay the difference that you need a magnifying glass to see!!
Ahh, now I see…thanks, Mark. Yes, this one was announced quite some time ago, maybe close to Christmas?
-Crandell
Overland paid a license fee and purchased the rights to offer the Heritage units, but anyone else could have opted for the same deal. Since MTH went after the Union Pacific about the fees in a legal action, some kind of settlement was announced and MTH probably asked for the right to produce the Heritage units also.
The bottom line is if you purchase the rights, you had better use them.
It is a good deal for MTH but Brian Marsh must be out some money. Overland did produce the brass versions and sold everyone of those, but they need to get their SD70Ace out to get the good return money for the tooling costs of the new plastic SD70Ace.
Lets hope we have a choice.
CZ
Ditto! Way too much work too pull out all their DCS crap and retrofit it to run right on DCC… Without sound, smoke, and all the other garbage. (Besides that Mike would sue me if he found out.)
I just wish they would come out with a small 2-8-0, 4-6-0 or 2-6-0. I would grab several in a heartbeat. I don’t have much use for these big engines. They look, sound and run great from what I have seen. - Nevin
From what I understand, the 49 is out, but the others are still coming
GS6’s look good, note that there is a down-loadable catalogue on the site as well
I just E-mailed MTH suggesting smaller steam power. Here is the link to their contact us page. If they receive enough suggestions they might make some smaller power. Worth a try.