I have posted this request in a couple of other forums, but figure that more is better. I’m looking for a good source for finding out the kit numbers for many Roundhouse / MDC freight cars that I have. I’ve looked on HOSeeker, the MDC Yahoo group and whatever Ebay and MR Suppliers I can find, but still have several cars unidentified. Anybody have a good source? I realize that it’s rather overkill, but I like to enter as much info about each car as I can into my database. Just to narrow the subject down, I collect cars from the late 40’s to current. No ‘wooden sides’.
Thanks in advance for any info or heads-up you can provide.
I found a whole bunch of numbers on HOSeeker, but the problem with those sales sheets is that they don’t show any road numbers. One set that I recently obtained are a group of PRR 40’ boxcars, “Don’t Stand Me Still” logo, road numbers 24442, 23609, 23608 and 24301. I know they are kit number 1042, but a) what suffix goes with that, like 1042-1, etc. and b) how many are in the series. I realize that is not a life-threatening situation, but it would be nice to know. The MDC/Roundhouse Yahoo group has some super info also. I hadn’t checked out the others. Thanks for the info.
Just a thought - before they were purchased by Athearn / Horizon Hobbies, MDC items were sold thru the Walthers catalogue. Maybe next time you’re at a flea market see if you can find a 1990’s Walthers HO catalogue for sale, probably only run you a couple of bucks.
Having worked for MDC, they did not keep records of car numbers etc. Sometimes the same car was rerun with new numbers, sometimes with the old. Certain cars were run in 12 packs and the leftover cars sold at random. Some 3 bay hoppers were run in sets. In later years, generally when we ran new artwork, the numbers were changed, but not always. Also the same car numbers were used with more than one car, especially in the early years. There are a couple cases I know where the same kit number was used with completely different cars. Also some special order cars were done, in which case you won’t find any listing. Actually MDC did not have a great many different car bodies, so it would be possible to work up a pretty good list if you have the cars in hand.