Thank you Andy & Rich.  You guys are awesome.  I miss your videos from the Covid 19 bunker.  We need atleast one more before MTH closes up shop.   

Never understood why Mike Wolf didn't sell the company to these two, but chose to shut down.

@BMT-Express posted:

Never understood why Mike Wolf didn't sell the company to these two, but chose to shut down.

Maybe they are ready to retire too. They have been with Mike a long time and maybe want to call it a career

Watched the stream live. It was great. Thanks again to all who were involved in putting it together.

Ryan from Lionel mentioned a grocery list of arrivals for about the next 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately,  none of the 6-7 preorders I have in the pipeline are on that list. 

On the plus side, looks like December is going to be raining trains. Maybe.

@BMT-Express posted:

Never understood why Mike Wolf didn't sell the company to these two, but chose to shut down.

Maybe they didn't have the money.

Thank you. Best of luck.

Yes they probably don't have the money to buy a business that large. AND thou none of our business, we don't know the companies debt either.

I caught part of the show, and it is a sad occasion to see Rich and Andy go. I only know Rich Foster from his patience and help in assisting me with obtaining custom sound set for my Triplex. That was excellent customer service. Hopefully someone will pick up MTH's product line and staff.

I did enjoy watching all 3 of the presentations live. (And got to see Paul's layout! :-) Each "show" was completely different and informative in it's own way.

Hopefully someone will pick up MTH and the staff. As mentioned above we don't know any of the financials involved, though we do know the value of unused tooling, and that is steel scrap dollars. The one and done in demand Passenger trains would keep them running for a few years even just making them to order only. Ever try to locate a North Coast Ltd set?

Kudos to TrainWorld for getting it all together. Hoping all the train stores can survive this.

Thanks to Ken Jr. For a wonderful, informative show. Sad to see MTH coming to an end. I appreciated all the upcoming offerings from the other manufactures. Looks like there will be plenty of options for the coming months and years. Glad to hear Atlas has track available again.  Despite the MTH news the show was upbeat and offers exciting prospects for the hobby.

Thank you all

Tom

I want to thank them both for all their work,

and all the Team at MTH for my RRs! Parts, service, etc.

DCS software and hardware, engines in all the scales, and all the rest of the great products.

I'm not sure where I will go in the future for products with these great values? I may just run them forever.

I wish the whole team great success down the road.

Now I need about 2 dozen or so Dash 8 tires, a couple of board sets, all the military loads on flats, several 2 rail engines, 1 gauge SD70ACes, the new TIUs, etc., etc..

I need another bank loan(s) (I'm still maxed out)

or someone rich to adopt me quick? (not likely gonna happen)

or ???

couldn't have done it without you,,,,,,,,,,,THANKS A CAR LOAD FULL !!!

First a huge thanks to Ken Jr. for orchestrating the show!!

To Rich and Andy: Thanks for all of the time and energy you spent over the years giving us such amazing products to enjoy our great hobby!! I will miss seeing you and the MTH booth at Trainfest every November and will miss all of the fantastic modern era items that have been produced which lured me back to the hobby.

Fair seas and following winds!

Thoroughly enjoyed it!  Thanks to all the participants and Ken Jr. for organizing it.

Can't wait to attend another York meet.  It should be interesting/sobering to see who takes MTH's place in the Orange Hall.

I forgot to add Midge to the accolades.  Outstanding service.

I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 nights.  Makes me want to go to York next year to check it out.  Seems like its a pretty great show.  Does anyone know how it compares to Trainfest in Milwaukee?

Thanks Everyone.

Here is the video of the Manufacturers Night if you missed it.

@IRON HORSE posted:

I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 nights.  Makes me want to go to York next year to check it out.  Seems like its a pretty great show.  Does anyone know how it compares to Trainfest in Milwaukee?

Completely different.

York is a few layouts, with mainly buying and selling of items. Lots of items.

TrainFest is more of an entertainment day out for families to see the layouts with some selling.