RMT's Next Success Story?

[BobbyDing]

I'm late to add my 2 cents, but....

Cute, Attractive and Affordable. Love them. Certainly a shot in the arm for O scale, as these would make really great holiday starter sets. Bravo to RMT. Their size makes them kind of like characatures of the real thing, but done with class. Are they available direct from RMT only? if not I think the LHS would do well to stock up on these for the holidays. As they could then sell track and xformer with them.

I'll be buying a few for sure. A small steamer would be cool. Hope they leave just enough space to add some electronics later (whistle and/or Command).

Bobby

[1688torpedo]

Dave- If Walter made a Boxcar with a Picture of BB on it advertising the "Star Horse Dog Food Company" I sure would buy it for the fun of it.[:D][:o)][8D][;)] Take Care & remember " May the Horse be with you"[;)][:P][:o)]

[Anonymous]

"I never received any promotional materials from them after that. And their website always seems to be lagging what's actually available. "
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I'm sure that's true, but I would rather see things stay as they are rather than see Walter be forced by expenses to raise his prices. His is a very small operation--just a couple of folks, I believe--and my guess is that product quality and price is enough to assure that the word gets spread to a decent degree.

Not knowing how Walter views or operates his business, I nevertheless imagine he's probably pretty darn happy with the way things have been going these past few years. I assume that there's a bit of a learning curve involved, and that BEEPs in some liveries, for example, sell a whole lot better than BEEPs in other liveries, but offering a large variety of BEEPs lets him see, in actual dollars-and-cents terms, just where he might go with subsequent products such as the BEEFs and PEEPs, or anything else he might plan.

I just check his website from time to time to see what's offered, but most of all I learn about his new products by regularly reading the various forums because as soon as something is announced, either Walter himself or one of his customers lets the whole O gauge world know about it in short order.

[palallin]

0-4-4-0 - The BABYBOY (being articulated, it has to have a multisyllabic name [;)] )

20' VandeCamp's boxcar - the BEEN

1-truck,1-cylinder Shay - the SHEEP

1 truck Heisler - the HEEP

1 truck Climax - the CHEEP (or the CLIP)

1 vat wine barrel car - the WEEP

Inexspensive boxcab (like a Rat) - the MOUSE

BEEP-like version of the GE U-boat - the U-DINGHY


I think I need to rest now. . . .

[jimhaleyscomet]

Boxcab engine.......Boxx.

Jim H

[pbjwilson]

Flat car with mini submarine - the Deep

Mini milk car - the Teet

Neil Young and Crazy Horse car - the Beat

[Anonymous]

I guess that every manufacturer out there knows I would buy a good number of boxcab locomotives like the old Lionel 520 because I've harped enough about it in the past, dating back a good number of years. Just to make it clear: I'm talking about simple and affordable boxcabs, not the higher-end stuff ("Rats" and the like) that has been offered by several manufacturers in recent years.

The 520 was, of course, one of the least expensive locomotives Lionel ever cataloged (and closest to a genuine prototype), and I would expect any modern rendition to be faithful to the low price example it set, although certainly nowhere near the $9.95 tag that the original Lionel version carried.

Ideally, of course, a newer 520-like boxcab would have window inserts, lights, metal pantograph, and a can motor, and in the best of all worlds it would even have electro-couplers so it could actually perform realistic switching moves. But I'm also realistic enough to recognize that the remote couplers might not be a feasible feature on a modest-priced item, so that's a trade-off I would be willing to accept to keep the overall price low.

I have two of the original 520s that are both in pretty darn good shape, although one has a repro pantograph. Both of the little growlers I have run well, and even though they're the cheapest of the cheap, I still like them as well as any of my far more costly locomotives.

But I don't want to load Walter up with new ideas. He's taking things in deliberate and measured steps, and that's the way he should continue doing it, given the uncertainties of today's market. I'll be delighted when the BEEFs and PEEPs are available, and that will be good enough for me for a while. I'm planning to buy several B&O BEEFs and a bunch of the PEEPs when they're available--at least for a start--and then will wait to see what additional liveries are offered.

[Anonymous]

The BEEF appears to use the same four-wheel power chassis as the BEEP.

The BEEP, while not prototypical, has always looked at least plausible to me, something that could have existed had EMD chosen to make such a small switcher. The BEEF looks like something that should have existed, possibly EMD's answer to the Buddliner--half an engine, designed to pull a short passenger train.

I've suggested to Walter that he may want to make a boxcab shell to fit on his four-wheel power chassis. The boxcab mold could have an interchangeable roof so that it could be made as a boxcab electric (like the Lionel 520 of yore) (are you listening, Allan Miller?) or as an early boxcab diesel (something that has not been done by mainstream O-gauge manufacturers). I'll leave it to others to suggest clever monosyllabic names for these.

Richard Bjorkman

[Anonymous]

Ok,so when are we going to see some midget steam engines. Something like a minature Challenger would be nice. Easter

[phillyreading]

Don't know what RMT will make next but the Rail Diesel Car is a good runner and very nicely done, I just got one for my layout. For about $75.00 with shipping I have a very good RDC Budd car, and it will pull two other unpowered passenger cars.
Lee F.

[jimhaleyscomet]

For homemakers (like me) he could make the "sweep". Come to think of it that name would also work for a track cleaner car.

Jim H

[Anonymous]

Does this mean that somebody will make O Scale Box Cars compressed to 20' and 25' long to match the lengths of the BEEF and the BEEP?

Andrew F.

[;)]

[3railguy]

I was hoping they would squish a big boy into an 0-2-2-0

[FJ and G]

BB the beagle would like the name Beef Bone.[:D][:D][:D][:D]

[pbjwilson]

Originally posted by jaabat

What would Walter call half a GG1?

A Gpoint5?

A GEEF?

A Ghalf?

[/A nicely done 44 tonner would probably do ok as well.

Jim
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The G-spot?

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