New Lionel Custom Runs Announced for MrMuffin'sTrains

WOW Look at the Muffin Mans Layout!!!

And HIS "Wall of Trains!"

I wonder how many Heir Kite kits did it take to make that Dairy plant [Behind the roundhouse]?

What's that cut off "Grey Building" mid right photo?

And are those multiple "Disney main street station" kits to make that Train terminal upper right of the photo?

Inquiring minds want to know! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3Xs9sBEVg

Good to see this happening.  Hope you get the orders to proceed.  I think these custom runs provide increased enthusiasm for the hobby amongst the most committed individuals.

Steve,

8 Custom Runs or 9?  I count 9 items in your message.

Stu

Lionel 20333UP_B - Legacy SuperBass E7B Diesel Locomotive to match E9 AA Set "Union Pacific" #963B - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains

Lionel 21311_Interstate 2-8-8-2 Interstate #21 - a custom run for MrMuffin'sTrains - Regularly $1899.99 - Sale Priced at $1709.99

• Lionel 21310MILW 4-6-0 Milwaukee Road #1109 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains
• Lionel 21310Monon 4-6-0 Monon #107 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains
• Lionel 21310NKP 4-6-0 Nickel Plate Road #152 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains

• Lionel 21330GMO - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Gulf, Mobile & Ohio" #101A/#103A
• Lionel 21330LN - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Louisville & Nashville" #790/#793?
• Lionel 21330MILW - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Milwaukee Road" #17A/#18B
• Lionel 21330WAB - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Wabash" #1000/#1001

Please order the Interstate. You won't find a better looking 2-8-8-2! I want to see this one get made.

Scott Smith

Show your gray boiler jacket IRR mallet Scott. That is what I want. 

@NOT LionelLLC posted:

Steve,

8 Custom Runs or 9?  I count 9 items in your message.

Stu

Lionel 20333UP_B - Legacy SuperBass E7B Diesel Locomotive to match E9 AA Set "Union Pacific" #963B - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains

Lionel 21311_Interstate 2-8-8-2 Interstate #21 - a custom run for MrMuffin'sTrains - Regularly $1899.99 - Sale Priced at $1709.99

• Lionel 21310MILW 4-6-0 Milwaukee Road #1109 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains
• Lionel 21310Monon 4-6-0 Monon #107 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains
• Lionel 21310NKP 4-6-0 Nickel Plate Road #152 - Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains

 

• Lionel 21330GMO - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Gulf, Mobile & Ohio" #101A/#103A
• Lionel 21330LN - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Louisville & Nashville" #790/#793?
• Lionel 21330MILW - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Milwaukee Road" #17A/#18B
• Lionel 21330WAB - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Wabash" #1000/#1001

My mistake, already pointed out to me by my pal Lee ten seconds after posting. I wasn’t counting the UP B since it was really offered to complete my AA set, but, yes, that makes nine. 

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

WOW Look at the Muffin Mans Layout!!!

And HIS "Wall of Trains!"

I wonder how many Heir Kite kits did it take to make that Dairy plant [Behind the roundhouse]?

What's that cut off "Grey Building" mid right photo?

And are those multiple "Disney main street station" kits to make that Train terminal upper right of the photo?

Inquiring minds want to know! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3Xs9sBEVg

Thank you. Eight Disney kits to make the station complex. We are building another one for the left side. The gray building is a Diesel engine shed made for me by Bridge Boss. He sells them too. Yes, they dairy plant is made out of DPM walls and there are a lot of them. A loading dock on the back with a dozen or so milk trucks. And that wall of trains is double sided. There’s another twenty feet to the ceiling on the right up front, plus behind the photographer. 

@Landsteiner posted:

Good to see this happening.  Hope you get the orders to proceed.  I think these custom runs provide increased enthusiasm for the hobby amongst the most committed individuals.

Thank you. 

That Amtrak set is looking painfully attractive.  Humm.  

I'm really happy that Mr. Muffin (and others to a lesser extent) are working with Lionel to produce these limited runs.  As said above, it does increase enthusiasm in our hobby.  Thanks.

Very thankful for the projects offered! I tend to collect what I can from UP and the Milwaukee Road. I've ordered the E9 set x2, the E9 SuperBass module x2 and the yellow Milwaukee Road E7s. Looking forward to their arrival in the future. 

@vash44 posted:

Very thankful for the projects offered! I tend to collect what I can from UP and the Milwaukee Road. I've ordered the E9 set x2, the E9 SuperBass module x2 and the yellow Milwaukee Road E7s. Looking forward to their arrival in the future. 

Thank you. 

@rthomps posted:

That Amtrak set is looking painfully attractive.  Humm.  

I'm really happy that Mr. Muffin (and others to a lesser extent) are working with Lionel to produce these limited runs.  As said above, it does increase enthusiasm in our hobby.  Thanks.

Five Amtrak’s left. I didn’t know nothing about these Amtrak units and we had a customer figure out what he wanted and send it to us. Pretty cool. Will be a sell out. 

I was considering getting one of these engines in NYC but, maybe now I will spring for the NKP one.. 

Any word on color scheme? 
Edit for clarification: The 4-6-0, thought I would clarify. :-)

@rthomps posted:

That Amtrak set is looking painfully attractive.  Humm.  

I'm really happy that Mr. Muffin (and others to a lesser extent) are working with Lionel to produce these limited runs.  As said above, it does increase enthusiasm in our hobby.  Thanks.

Get the Amtrak, I'm the customer who talked him into it.

Preordered the IRR 2-8-8-2.

-Brian

Super Pumped about the UP B Unit! Got mine ordered to go with the As! 😎

Hopefully something someday in EL transition

Just received the MTH-RK CB&Q depressed flat cars with NASA rockets from Mr Muffin.  Thank you!!!

How did you come up with the nick name "Mr Muffin" ?

@N&W 1218 posted:

Super Pumped about the UP B Unit! Got mine ordered to go with the As! 😎

The E7B looks different than an E9B.  If the custom run will look like the E7 B units in the newest catalog it will not match the window shape and side grills of the UP E9 AA custom run.

Ordered the Milw Rd AA.  Been looking for a set in the UP colors.  

@Johnny Winkler posted:

Show your gray boiler jacket IRR mallet Scott. That is what I want. 

I painted it, but the engine doesn't belong to me, it is the property of the Virginia Museum of Transportation. My paint job is based on the photo you see above and I am very certain Lionel will do a much better job.

Scott Smith

Horseshoecurve, the photo - while very nice -  really doesn’t do justice to the magnificence of the layout and enormity of the collection. You really should buy one (or more) of the new custom runs and mark it for pickup instead of delivery!  I promise you’ll love your visit to the store and layout. There are no finer people than Steve and Liz and they do a wonderful job of hosting guests. 

@scott.smith posted:

I painted it, but the engine doesn't belong to me, it is the property of the Virginia Museum of Transportation. My paint job is based on the photo you see above and I am very certain Lionel will do a much better job.

Scott Smith

Thanks Scott. 

Hi.

Any thoughts about doing a custom run option to add a trailing "UP City Of LA " A  unit to complete an A-B-A E-7 consist. 

I have an old MTH A-B-A E-6 City Of LA set this would look great next to.

Thanks very much,

Bill

some really fantastic offerings here!

Those GM&O E units should be beauties!

please add a super bass B unit to the Lionel 21330MILW - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Milwaukee Road" #17A/#18B. otherwise we will never see one from lionel.  i would think every order for the AA units would be a customer for the B units. and thanks for doing this.

Nice runs. The E units are too large for my use, though. If those GM&Os had been done as F-3s or F-7s, I'd have been in for a set.

Steve what's the ETA for various items?

Thanks!

😎

If it was Mrs. Muffin taking the picture Saturday July 18, I was in the room but there trying to stay out of the picture. Trip stop on my way to Bloomington, IN, bought an MTH smoking tank car at the store.

@breezinup posted:

Nice runs. The E units are too large for my use, though. If those GM&Os had been done as F-3s or F-7s, I'd have been in for a set.

Mr. Muffin did a special run of GM&O F units several years ago--though I don't recall the mfr.  Perhaps he can hook you up with a set @a.sam has a set. 

@tom21pa posted:

Get the Amtrak, I'm the customer who talked him into it.

Nice work!!  

what are you going to run them with?

@Pingman posted:

Mr. Muffin did a special run of GM&O F units several years ago--though I don't recall the mfr.  Perhaps he can hook you up with a set @a.sam has a set. 

Thanks for the information. I know @a.sam has the Atlas O version, though, which, as he'll tell you, are impossible to find.

Regarding Mr. Muffin, you may be thinking of a special run idea he floated for Lionel GM&O PAs back in 2018. These were never produced. 

@MrMuffin'sTrains posted:

My mistake, already pointed out to me by my pal Lee ten seconds after posting. I wasn’t counting the UP B since it was really offered to complete my AA set, but, yes, that makes nine. 

I'm sure I was a subscriber to your e-mails, but realize now I haven't seen one in a month or so. Just resubscribed.

The T1 Reading from Steamtown PA is gorgeous and super tempting

@breezinup posted:

Thanks for the information. I know @a.sam has the Atlas O version, though, which, as he'll tell you, are impossible to find.

Regarding Mr. Muffin, you may be thinking of a special run idea he floated for Lionel GM&O PAs back in 2018. These were never produced. 

I'm sure Mr. Muffin did a custom run of GM&O F units because I asked him if his B units lacked the middle, third porthole as a cost-saving move--he said it was.  I also questioned the upper gold stripe at his A unit's nose which was applied with a curve unlike any prototype photo I'd seen.  He replied that the curved stripe was based on prototype photos.

This discussion took place here at OGR.

Hope you locate a set.

@hclarke posted:

Steve what's the ETA for various items?

Thanks!

😎

 

Harold - all I know for sure is the first half of 2021... once the preorders are in, Lionel knows the counts, and then sets the schedule.... 

@tangoman posted:

please add a super bass B unit to the Lionel 21330MILW - Legacy E7 AA Diesel Set "Milwaukee Road" #17A/#18B. otherwise we will never see one from lionel.  i would think every order for the AA units would be a customer for the B units. and thanks for doing this.

Tell you what, if we get close to enough orders for the Milw AA, I will ask Lionel for the Milw SuperBass B

Here's the deal on the Union Pacific 963b.... I have been educated by several guys.... The original 963 was an E7B..... The UP's 970 B was an E8B and it was sold, ended up at Amtrak, and then the UP bought it back, added it to the AA's as 963b. I am working with Lionel to see what options we have. The do have enough preorders of the 963 E7b to make it - that's the good news.... more on this as it develops.