Sorry for bring up an old post, but maybe many of you have more information. I just purchase, but haven't received the MTH Christmas Imperial Rail King 30-20430-1. I know it is not scale, but I need it to navigate smaller curves and not look too ridiculous. This is for just under the tree, which basically is all I can do without moving to a new home. I see that there are 3 previous versions on YouTube/eBay. The first was a boring beige/cream color and stated Merry Christmas on the side. Oddly the YT video shows painted side grills on one side, and blacked with a silver trim on the other. This model also has a window on the front door which is on the wrong side, as in all the Rail King Imperial ES44AC's. The other is white with a Santa Claus logo and red trucks, no window on the front door, and with the 3 front side vents blackened with silver trim. The third looks just like this year and is painted red and green with snow flakes, but a Reindeer is on the logo, no window on the door, but has the three side vents blackened with silver trim(haven't seen a video of this one, eBay only). This year Santa is back on the logo, and the 3 side vents are painted red. Train World just put out a video, and I "like" the audio files more than the first two. Even though I go see the CP Chistmas...excuse me..."Holiday Train", I got the "Santa Claus Christmas Holiday Express" lighted box cars, due to variation in color and stating Santa Claus and Christmas. I'm sure the few kids I will have over will enjoy it, and most if not all of the adults could care less about realism or even the train in general. Any further thoughts to these variations minus production costs? To see the YouTube videos, it is best to type in MTH ES44AC Christmas, and the Reindeer one is currently on eBay. If I did more research and could of confirmed that it is the same sound file like the one on Train Worlds YouTube video, I would of purchased that one.
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