I still have my early MTH catalogs. One even offered live steam in G gauge. It was never produced. They had rows of F units sets that in fact where HO models. It takes a lot of guts to catalog product that worn't even made yet. Three layouts back I was running 50's Lionel and for electrics I had three Williams "Little Joes". I liked the Williams because they were longer and had six wheel trucks. All had the Ott sound system in them. WOW that was a big jump. I repainted my Williams because the colors were and I think still, way off. Then I saw a MTH RailKing 0-6-0 at Lee's Train Service in Oakland. It was amazingly cheap and when I got it home and heard the sounds, a better WOW than the Ott system. I loved it like I loved my 2026 as a kit. No more looking for used Lionel or new MPC. My next buy was RailKing's "huge" in my eyes then, Santa Fe steam engine. No plastic tender for me ever again. There must have been thousands of us longing for something new from Lionel. But no, just reruns of things we grew up with for years. This young kid, Mike, truly change the three rail world. Don
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