O-Line Reproductions: A First Look...

Received a Fed-Ex email alert this afternoon that MTH has shipped the Cancer Awareness ES44 w/caboose.  I should have mine by Wednesday evening.  Curious to see how they look with the OLR boxcars.  If I really like what I see, I may order a few of the OLR Cancer Cure hoppers too!!! 

David

The ladders and roof walk appear to be separately applied , are they?  Wouldn't that indicate they were the later K-Line boxcars and not the 6464 look a likes K-Line originally came out with?

Jerry

baltimoretrainworks posted:

The ladders and roof walk appear to be separately applied , are they?  ...

Yes, Jerry.  I believe they are.  Those ladders and grab bars are definitely not molded in.   Very nice touch for this unbelievable price-point.

The only other "RMT" style cars I have are ore cars, and they too have nice amounts of detail.

David

I purchased one of the Altoona Brewing Company "Curve" Premium Beer covered hoppers from Pat's as well and I must say that I am equally satisfied!  It is well worth the asking price in today's economy.

Chief Bob (Retired)

Interesting the office is at Lincoln, NE. Same street as Grand Central LTD, 6901 Seward Ave, Lincoln, Nebraska 68529

Nothing new here, these are just RMT products.  Nice 027 cars for the money.   Too bad there wasn't more interest in these cars when RMT was selling them.

BARailroad posted:

Nothing new here, these are just RMT products.  Nice 027 cars for the money.   Too bad there wasn't more interest in these cars when RMT was selling them.

I would guess there is a lot more demand for $22 box cars then there is for ones listed at what? $89.99?  

k-line from the grave,,,be afraid,,,very afraid

BARailroad posted:

Nothing new here, these are just RMT products.  Nice 027 cars for the money.   Too bad there wasn't more interest in these cars when RMT was selling them.

There was tons of interest!  But nobody can afford to blow their train budget all at once.  A manufacturer has to offer products every year over time.

RMT seemed to be a feast and then famine manufacturer.

The O-Line Reproductions car causes reproductive harm?

Sounds like a self-extincting product...get 'em while ya can!

BARailroad posted:

Nothing new here, these are just RMT products.  Nice 027 cars for the money.   Too bad there wasn't more interest in these cars when RMT was selling them.

I believe there was an issue with aristo-craft NOT RMT!!

RMT is doing just fine.

you don't pay the bill a manufacture will not ship product.

Wonder if someone else will step into the low end market, Marx style...

nickaix posted:

The O-Line Reproductions car causes reproductive harm?

If you run your trains for more than 4 hours seek immediate medical attention. 

Jerry

El Classico posted:

Wonder if someone else will step into the low end market, Marx style...

Directs the audience towards Menards.  Not a full line of product at this point, but still a nice, ever growing, selection at prices the rest of us can afford.  

I have several RMT items and I never payed $89.99 for any of them.  That includes Beeps, Buddys, boxcars, and hoppers.  I think the last cars I bought was a pair of B&M hoppers for less than $50.  I can't believe anyone payed list price for RMT trains. 

baltimoretrainworks posted

If you run your trains for more than 4 hours seek immediate medical attention. 

 

Jerry

I'm in trouble then.

we run 5 plus hours a week and are doing some extra runs because it is dec.

Rocky Mountaineer,

Thanks for the post. I was not aware of this offering. Since my sister was operated on two months ago (and recovering well), I thought this might be interesting for her to see when the family gets together for the Christmas at my families home.

I did see the MTH offering, but as much as I would like to purchase it, it is not financially in my reach at this time.

Thanks again!

I've been hunting for a set of 027 passenger cars in a "local" roadname of B&O, C&O, Western Maryland or Chessie lately. While I was tempted by the MTH Chessie Rugged Rails 027 set of 4 cars, I really didn't want more than two or three cars for my small elevated loop.

I saw Nassau had the B&O 2 pack for $70. They only had one left and it went to me. Just as I was walking out to head to the office, the mail man showed up with the set. I quickly pulled one out. The other is still in the box. They appear to be a bit larger than the Lionel 027 streamlined cars. They have full interiors, including window shades in various heights. These are exactly what I was looking for. Even better, one is named for the town I live in (Potomac) although I'm sure it refers to the Potoamc River, just a few short miles from my home.

I didn't get them on the track yet but like I said - these are exactly what I was looking for. The price was right and they appear to be very nice cars. Only downside - no thumbtack couplers and it appears you can't open the couplers without an automated track section.  Below is a quick iPhone photo. BTW, the packaging and ad called these "Streamlined Coach Cars" so that is what I thought I was getting...turns out one (below) is an observation car and the other is a dome car.

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

When Pat (from Pat's Trains) posted about the O-Line Reproductions stuff a week or two ago, I left him an email indicating I'd be interested in 8 of the Cancer Awareness boxcars at $22/each.  Thought they'd make a PERFECT unit-train to go along with the MTH Railking Cancer Awareness ES44 and caboose which should be arriving any day now according to MTH's shipping through 11/30 notice.

 

Pat responded to my email that he'd put be down for the 8 cars, and sure enough... they arrived today.  Didn't need to do a thing...  now THAT's customer service!  Thanks Pat!!!

 

Here are a few quick-and-dirty iPhone snapshots... nothing fancy...

 

 

First, a very familiar-looking box design... deja vu?  

vs. this design from days gone by!

 

And a few more sides of the OLR product box...

Rear of the box, lower right-hand corner... the US-based company who is acting as the distributor for O-Line Reproductions...

 

Now here's a warning label I don't recall seeing on any other toy train product boxes from other importers -- not even RMT.    Hhhhmmmmm.....

 

 

And now the product itself:  the boxcar outside of wrappings... very nice detail... even more rivets than Lionel's MPC-era boxcars...

 

 

And for those curious about the size of these O-Line Reproduction products, they're a perfect match-up for traditional Lionel 6464-class boxcars as seen below:

 

 

Very pleased with the quality and detail of the cars here -- especially for the price.  You just can't go wrong... EXCELLENT price/performance, and it really does make us wonder WHY we're paying what we do for much of the overpriced stuff out there today.  

 

David

Doesn't everything cause cancer or reproductive harm in California these days? (No offense to anyon e living there.)