[ user="ToadFrog&WhiteLightn"] I know you can turn one into a Southern Unit! (where dis screw go to?)
I know you can turn one into a Southern Unit! (where dis screw go to?)
(Mechanic}-- too many parts, manufacturer put in too many.....Left over parts....
Byron 30 years
Coogler Rail Line wrote:Thats the problem...I just did it all weekend. My local retailer had a buy one get the second half off sale. I bought a couple of LGB cars one of which is the Southern Railroad box car. It looks nice but it would look a lot better being pulled by one of those nice locos!
Tell your wife you feel real gulity and box it all back up. Go back to store, get store credit, and order or buy the beast
You are tempting me!
As close as you get is the Clinchfield Challenger and NS Dash-8s.
MTH Challenger
MTH Hudson
Don U. TCA 73-5735
Coogler Rail Line wrote:Re letter? I am lazy and the southern railroad was predomniately green.
Lazy???? Well, want and need it bad enough resand, airbrush then reletter and number.
Just be lazy with it, go slow......like make it a year project but no more. It is a HUGE engine!!!!
I will tell you how lazy I am, I draw out plans before I do anything! Y, I have no clue but I must love it?!
Coogler Rail Line wrote: If MTH only had Southern Railroad Locos.
Reletter
That looks sweet!
If MTH only had Southern Railroad Locos.
One Bad Boy!!!!
Thanks for the feedback guys!
I was wondering....MTH's catalog has a very limited amount of large scale items and their website is swamped with O scale. I did a search of the forums and very little popped out.
Since my local retailer is going to carry them since LGB's future is in doubt, I wanted to get the 411 on their quality. While I was at the shop, the salesman put a MTH cabose with a lighted interior on the track to show off the features. After a couple of minutes, it started to smoke (in the bad way).
MTH is the second largest model train company in the U.S. behind "Lionel". They have been building "O" gauge for 25 years (I collect "O", run "G"). They first published a "Gauge One" (G) catalog in 2002 and the first products arrived in 2003.
Built in China, the Cars, in my opinion, are excellent, rugged construction, high detail, and weather-proof paint. I have 6 Diesels with few or no problems, I would buy more. The Steam Locomotives look beautiful but Quality varies, all have had "bugs".
Based on "O" gauge the locomotives all have the Protosound II/DCS system. Great, Great sound!! But, full access to all the sound features are limited unless you use their DCS control system. I do use and like the DCS System and have added it to 3 of my Aristo-Craft locomotives. Engines can run on DC (I use DC) or AC or Analog (TE) or DCS (I use both). The locomotives that they model in 1/32 are so big they still look good with 1/29 cars. The 1/22 LGB cars???
In stock or at a Train Show, great, if you "pre-order" you may wait years. I think we must be "second string" to the "O" and "HO" production.
Coogler Rail Line wrote: Does anybody have any experience with MTH? Are they new to one gauge?My local hobby shop has started to stock MTH since LGB has been scarce.Enquiring Minds!
Does anybody have any experience with MTH? Are they new to one gauge?
My local hobby shop has started to stock MTH since LGB has been scarce.
Enquiring Minds!
Yes, I run MTH (Mikes Train House). No problems but I do change stuff if I don't like it.
Like I run Kadee so that is the 1st thing to go on the cars, never had a engine thou, mostly cars.
MTH is not new they been around since 1980s.
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