@Mike W. posted:Digital doesn't have the same effect. That content can be removed or altered.
You can download a PDF copy of the catalog from within the Lionel online catalog.
@Mike W. posted:Yeah, which I do, but still not the same as the printed art...a nice litho catalog.
Apps in place of remotes are a good comparison. Are they the same? Call it what it is, lemons, not lemonade.
I don't mind digital as long as there is a downloadable option I can keep so when technologies change and end (like flash), catalogs are not lost. There are many Lionel & MTH catalogs gone and not available digitally because of that and I have used the paper copies for reference on something I was trying to find out.
@Sean's Train Depot posted:I don't mind digital as long as there is a downloadable option I can keep so when technologies change and end (like flash), catalogs are not lost. There are many Lionel & MTH catalogs gone and not available digitally because of that and I have used the paper copies for reference on something I was trying to find out.
Sean, I know Lionel recently removed a good chunk of older catalog content but I think LOTS or LCCA members have access to archived content. A member of those organizations can confirm or deny.
MTH has every catalog available for digital (PDF) download on their website since they started marketing their own trains in 1993 through 2020.
https://mthtrains.com/catalogs-new
@H1000 posted:Sean, I know Lionel recently removed a good chunk of older catalog content but I think LOTS or LCCA members have access to archived content. A member of those organizations can confirm or deny.
MTH has every catalog available for digital (PDF) download on their website since they started marketing their own trains in 1993 through 2020.
https://mthtrains.com/catalogs-new
All the "Tinplate Traditions" catalogs are missing which are what I was looking for.
I page through two newspapers' website digitally each evening ... because the news is fluid.
But, catalogs ... Lionel, Walthers, Snap-On ... magazines ... OGR, etc ... vehicle brochures ... I enjoy sitting in a comfortable chair with a favorite beverage.
@Sean's Train Depot posted:All the "Tinplate Traditions" catalogs are missing which are what I was looking for.
Yeah that's odd. Those catalogs are still hosted and downloadable but the links to them are all missing... Here are some of the direct download links:
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...les/2004_tin_v_1.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...nplateV2_lores_0.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...Tinplate%20Vol.1.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...plate%20Vol.%201.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...2008TinplateV1_0.pdf
Also, early on some of the tinplate stuff didn't have it's own catalog but was included with the regular Volume 1,2, or 3 catalogs.
I'll explore my website scrape and see if I can locate the rest.
EDIT:
I believe this is the complete list of PDF Downloads for Tinplate Tradition Catalogs. Again these are hosted but not linked on the MTH site:
@H1000 posted:Yeah that's odd. Those catalogs are still hosted and downloadable but the links to them are all missing... Here are some of the direct download links:
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...les/2004_tin_v_1.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...nplateV2_lores_0.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...Tinplate%20Vol.1.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...plate%20Vol.%201.pdf
https://mthtrains.com/sites/de...2008TinplateV1_0.pdfAlso, early on some of the tinplate stuff didn't have it's own catalog but was included with the regular Volume 1,2, or 3 catalogs.
I'll explore my website scrape and see if I can locate the rest.
EDIT:
I believe this is the complete list of PDF Downloads for Tinplate Tradition Catalogs. Again these are hosted but not linked on the MTH site:
Thanks!
