2014 MTH catalog guesses

Yeah, seems odd. I always enjoy - at least for the first 2 or 3 Forum pages - the sound and fury of the speculations and wishes; even join in, occasionally.

Maybe everyone is worn out from the World of Big Boy. Seems MTH guys are a little more laid back, more cerebral. More Zen. Om-m-m-m-m...

Me, I'm faithful to no one. It's all good.

I have not completed looking through the recent Lionel Catalogs or the MTH RTR catalog yet.

Soon enough we will know.

Premier NYC Niagara

There was a speculation thread sometime in the last week or so about MTH's releases. Obviously, it didn't have the staying power the Lionel and Big Boy threads have.

Atlas's 2014 catalog answered my prayers for O&W coal hoppers, so I would like to see some small steam power from MTH for the O&W. At the very least, small steam I can re-number  and badge for the old and weary. 

There's just no substitute for wild guesses and rampant unwarranted speculation, is there.  It will be what it is, period.  If you're posting what you hope to see, fuhgedaboudit.  This catalog has long been a done deal, and apparently there's no guarantee that cataloged items will be delivered.  So good luck, eh.

Pete

A full feature Big Boy!  At least that is a rumor I heard six/seven months ago.

More like a Premier Union Pacific FEF-3, 4-8-4.

I wish MTH would release a larger variety of intermodal equipment.  That is the one thing I have been disappointed with in O-gauge. 

If they made these 89 foot TOFC flatcars that would be amazing.

Don't tell anyone, and you didn't hear this from me, but certain authority tells me there's an Amtrak Acela looming.

How about a bunch of european equipment that probably about two people in this country want, and No GE 44 TON!

How well does the MTH European equipment sell abroad?

To my knowledge and so far as I know (same thing, really), the MTH European

line is quite successful, "abroad" and here, but more in Europe, of course.

I have a Chapelon 2-3-1 Engineering Edition, and am looking seriously at the plain

gray DB 2-10-0 in the latest Euro brochure (Eurochure?).

There a far more than "two people in the country" who are interested.

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The scale GE 44-tonner is indeed a continuing conundrum, though I would FAR more prefer a scale GE 45-tonner - the version with the side rods. Saw them as a kid. Very

"toy train" visuals, but applied to a scale loco - would be a win-win for marketing.

My guess is a LIRR RS.......oh I better shut up.

I'm guessing (hoping) a Wabash F-7!

Lets say T-1s in a few road names.

READING

CHESSIE

AMERICAN FREEDOM

Thanks

Pat

WWW.PATSTRAINS.COM

Now THAT would be interesting. However, I was not aware that MTH ever offered any scale models of the famous Reading RR T-1 class 4-8-4s, previously. So I doubt that MTH would be producing any "new tooling", would they?

The Reading T1 was in the volume 2 2004 catalog whilst the Reading & Blue Mt. was in the 2006 catalog.

http://mthtrains.com/content/20-3250-1