MTH does some interesting things with the Rail King line. The Rail King Imperial line is what I find interesting as they offer near Premier detail and features in an O-31 size.
The SD70ACe intermodal sets seemed to do pretty well and I see quite a few of the set break-ups on eBay periodically.
Some of the older Premier tooling went into the Rail King Scale line (affectionately known as "Scale King") with Proto-2 and now Proto-3 sound/command. I've bought several Scale King locomotives and run them with scale-sized cars. I'm looking at upgrading some of the details on them and fixing the pilots. The one thing to watch out for, though, is fantasy decorations, but there's plenty of reference material out there.
Hello Matt and Merry Christmas.
The RK line is not bad for the price actually. One gets a pretty well detailed locomotive and the cars in the inter modal were indeed awesome looking. I am torn between MTH and Lionel though as far as detailing. Both have some very remarkable detailing, but I seriously doubt I would mix RK with Premier on my layout in the future. However, I would not hesitate to put a RK set under a tree or as a separate set in the house for fun.
The SD70 in that set was actually real loud and boy she sure smoked. LOL
Pete
