The MTH Coors Light Silver Bullet Train Set is one of my favorite sets and is a crowd-pleaser. When I run the set during public events, I have a routine that after the reefer doors open I will say "you have to be at least twenty-one to reach in and grab a cold one." It never gets old for me, but I am sure that my fellow train runners would have a different opinion after hours and hours of hearing me say that.
I second Jim M Sr's observation that the ladders at the back of the engine are easy to damage. I took the two ladders off and put them back into the set box . . . problem solved.
Oh, there is an on and off switch for the smoke underneath each reefer. If you do not run smoke, be sure to place the switch in the off position so as to not burn out the smoke unit. I run smoke in the engine, but I do not run smoke in the reefers because it is too much to keep track of when running seven reefers (three reefer cars included in the set + three extra reefer cars + reefer tail car) while also interacting with the public. I believe that the almost neon looking blue light that emanates as the reefer doors open is enough of a wow factor.
As far as the price, I might pay as much as $750 for a new or at least a LN set (30-1433-1) with an extra reefer car (30-78040) and the tail car (30-78061) included.
Janet Mattern (TCA, LCCA, P&P, and GCMR member)
