MTH: Share your single most favorite MTH item

Engine,  Erie Triplex

Cars,  64 ft. Woodsided passenger cars.

My Erie Triplex

I would go with the 64' Woodsided cars also. Beautiful pieces!

My Z-4000's (have two)

My Yellowstone.

Railking Allegheny from the Protosounds 1 days. 

My favorite MTH item is the first diesel engine Mike announced at York in the spring of 1993. I ordered this CSX Dash8 directly from Mike at his table at the spring 1993 York meet. It was delivered in October 1993 to me at my house by UPS. I was thrilled with it and still run it occasionally. The nice thing is it is conventional and can run on any AC transformer. Here is a picture of the engine and the catalog Mike gave me to convince me I should order it. I have bought many many more MTH engines and cars.

Dudley, I well remember those first 'catalogs' - brochures actually and became an authorized dealer. His next announcement was for the full-scale die cast UP Challenger that blew everyone away!  The heft, detail, and ProtoSound were truly 'state of the art' back then. One of my customers had brought in a R.O.W. brass articulated steamer to show us which was impressive, but the MTH Challengers were far above it in everything and man, could they smoke!

My MTH Ives 1134 Black Wide Gauge Steam Engine.

My Hiawatha and 6200 CTA subway. 

Guys and gals

My top favorite steamer would be the Railking Imperial PS-3 (2017 era.) U.P. Challenger #30-1724-1 it is my 3rd one. This engine is all LED's now.  My top favorite diesel would be the Railking green/ white Southern PS-1 (1999 era.) NW-2 #30-2157-1 and still has its orginal electronics and bulbs with the JW BCR and still runs.   Finally my top favorite car is the Railking Aquarium blue marlin car #30-79280 (2010 era.) still operates well.  I still love the Railking trains but some steamers look funny (too compressed or odd looking if compressed in wrong places) I don't why that is but some do and some don't.  The Challenger looks bit short from the cab which should have moved back at least 1/4 inch then it will look right oh well.   It took me while to get used to it's short cab.  I like it's well cast in details which is impressive for one piece cast metal boiler.  I am sorry it is the end of the Railking line in Jun 2021. 

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 ERV (easy to read version)

Tiffany (widowed, Sept ,15,2019)

triplex

The Rail King Hiawatha may be my favorite engine by any manufacturer of all time.  

SP 4449 Holiday Express

I've sold all of my locomotives since downsizing to n scale but my favorite was my PS 3.0 Premier Challenger.  It was by far the smoothest running locomotive I'd owned.

NYC/P&LE A-2 Berkshire. Totally unique and not made by anyone else. Unlikely this or many of the other one off engines that MTH made will be available in the future.

Pete

When I reentered model railroading in the late 1990's, I was taken by MTH's better scale models than Lionel. I started buying various cars and locomotives. I was able to collect the first 12 MTH Premier boxcars and tank cars. About 10 years ago I sold off all but the first 6 boxcars and tank cars, which are on display.

And my favorite locomotive is the Railking Family Lines EMD MP15

Easy choice, DCS.  Simple, affordable and you don’t have to keep buying stuff like an ever growing list of expansion modules and special cords.

Premier PRR decapod ERR retrofitted, the NC5 and N6b cabin cars and the neat buildings they offered.