Special run details...MTH....Plans and a small change

Some great custom runs here. Thanks for all you do for your customers Beth. Have a few things on order already and can’t wait to see the announcement for the Rutland RS1.

Kudos!

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track

I'm cool with the MRS SW1500 if it's going to have the silver trucks still.  I had already placed a preorder for the MP15.  Do I need to do anything or just leave it alone?  Thanks.

I'm in for a Rutland RS-1 or a G&W RS-1

Another vote for the Rutland RS1.

Keep em Coming Beth!

You gotta get on Atlas to announce some H21a Hoppers so we can keep the Strasburg rolling stock coming!

@Dave_C posted:

Another vote for the Rutland RS1.

Or a RS3, yes please.

Some great stuff on that list...  Please don't forget those of us who do not run MTH; our world shrank when Atlas went over to the dark side...

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track posted:

I spent a while on the phone today with MTH.   Rich was very nice in spending some time working things out for special runs for the next year.

The only changes we made were....Manufacturers Railway, we are going to do it on the SW-1500, not the MP15DC.  That was the original plan, and i think the SW1500 is nicer.  A manufacturers SW1500 has never been done before, and the MP15 was done by atlas a while back.   Anyone who pre-ordered the Manufacturers MP-15DC, will have the option of changing the pre-order to the SW1500, or cancelling, and having their deposit refunded,

Also Im expecting that we will do another run of IHB SW-1500's.  The next run will be in the new IHB "retro" scheme, which is black and orange, with the old IHB circle logo on the cab .  There will be 3 more road numbers.

Summary of PDT special runs in the works with MTH...

MP-15DC..MoPac and PBNE (bethlehem steel)

MP-15AC...SOO (circus colors) and Delmarva Central

VO-1000....PRSL and US Navy

SW-1500's...Manufacturers Rwy, Alton & Southern, IHB, SP  (to either be done as a PDT special run, or they may choose to do that as an MTH offering)

SD-9's....MRL, and possibly SP bloody nose, CB&Q  gray/black

RS-1's ...Maryland & Delaware, Genesee & Wyoming (early scheme), and possibly AA (DT&I compass), and Rutland

F-7.....SP bloody nose

Steel Drop Bottom gondolas...Maine Central, C&EI

50' double door box car...SP paper loading (yellow door)

Northeastern Caboose...EL, Lackawanna and unlettered in red/black ends and brown.

40' Double sheathed box cars..Strasburg, Rutland, NWP

40' Single sheathed box cars....Central Vermont

36' wood reefers.....Pearl Brewing, Falstaff, OM, washington tomatoes, and hopefully 2 others.

Composite drop bottom gondolas...SP&S, NYO&W

And there are a few other things in the works that i feel i should let MTH make the announcement 1st.

AND...id like to thank Rich and Andy for their time and working with me on all this stuff.   Luckily, Its not all going to show up at the same time.

And then there's a few Atlas special runs in the hopper, and if i can get their attention, I'd like to do some stuff with Lionel, but all thats for another posting .

Thanks...

beth

Wow !!! This is really a substantial, ambitious offering !!! A lot of different models for everyone !!!! It’s great seeing items done that haven’t been done before or only a long time ago !!!  Now its time for people to step up and reserve some models to support these offerings. 🙂👍

Cheers !!! 😜

Will mentioned A&S be posted for reservations soon or is that intended for later ?

Way to go Beth!  An SD-9 in MRL could be a real eye-catcher. The SP units sound good too, even if they aren't for me.  Are the units you are planning Railking or Premier?

@MikeH posted:

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track

I'm cool with the MRS SW1500 if it's going to have the silver trucks still.  I had already placed a preorder for the MP15.  Do I need to do anything or just leave it alone?  Thanks.

I'll change it for you.  And yes, silver trucks.

thx,

beth

@TrainBub posted:

Will mentioned A&S be posted for reservations soon or is that intended for later ?

A&S SW1500 is up for pre-order now.

The next run of RS-1's, the SD-9's, and other items that are not up for pre-order yet....just waiting for them to get from the scheduling book to the production schedule.

beth

@HiramO posted:

Some great stuff on that list...  Please don't forget those of us who do not run MTH; our world shrank when Atlas went over to the dark side...

AGREED! I was really hoping to see the MTH models produced by Atlas offered witg tmcc and cruise.  I have to run mth Proto-Sound 3 systems conventionally

@Beth Marshall-The Public Delivery Track posted:

A&S SW1500 is up for pre-order now.

Awesome!

I would like to do Atlas and Lionel engine special runs...Problems are...

Price is on the high end.  IDK how many ppl want to spend $550 to $600 for an engine, when I can offer MTH engines between $350 and 479.

Atlas also has had a high MOQ on engines..IDK if they are sticking to that, or will come down to match what others are doing. .

Lionel's min order or engines is OK...their MOQ on freight and passenger cars is way too high...I'd really need to talk to them to see if they are interested in producing #'s that are reasonable in todays marketplace.    I was thinking of requesting a special run on the former MTH SW-1.  But TBH, they were never great sellers even at 350 an engine, ...so i dont  know if many ppl will wan to buy them at 499. each...  My cost on a Lionel SW-1 is more than what I sell an MTH SW1500 for.

I hoping that Atlas gets back to making some of the Trainman engines again.  They are decently detailed and a good bang for the buck.  Same for the trainman freight cars.

beth

I boils down to how much are people willing to pay for a more detailed model.
An Atlas MP15 next to a RK SW1500 are similar but the MP15 is nicer - has better details and costs maybe 100$ or so more. I’d pay for it but if only the SW1500 were available, I’d be quite happy with that too. As you say - you have to know Which models are superior in any “brand”. There are some MTH premier you couldn’t pay me to have as the tooling has never been upgraded. Then there’s the RK RS1. It’s superb - better than some premier models.  Some Trainman models are really nice too.

If PDT does a custom run Lionel E7 in Boston and Maine, Maine Central, or Bangor and Aroostook, I’m all over it!  

I think E7's are done for now.  Can only request special runs for upcoming things that have not begun production yet,.