@ConrailFan posted:Although I've read and re-read the definitions on the MTH website on Imperial, Railking and Railking Scale, I could never figure out what the difference between Imperial and Railking were. Is Imperial just Railking with the same amount of detail as Premier? If so, that would make them traditional sized as in 027 size? And if so, then is Railking Scale just 1:48 scale with the same detail as Railking? I tend to shy away from anything Railking because of the size difference and I don't understand which is which. Thanks is advance for an explanation.
Let me preface this by saying I don’t own any mth, but I studied up on the differences and for now chose Lionel due to mth’s current instability. Railking imperial are smaller than scale, but are usually well detailed. This is especially true with the sd70 and es44. They are almost detailed like premier engines. I don’t think they all run on o27. Rk scale are very early premier line molds. So, they lack detail, but are scale sized. If mth was still going strong as it was a few years ago, I’d probably own a fleet of the imperial sd70s and es44s.
