Lionel, Atlas, & MTH........... How about offering your rolling stock with unique numbers like Menard's presents!
Unique Numbers is a great feature!
Regards,
Swafford
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Personally, I'd rather have prototypical car numbers.
MTH does offer some 6 car sets each catalog that has unique car numbers. Menards uses decals for their unique numbers that probably would not be acceptable on $60 to $90 freight cars.
Biiil T.
All of them already do. Multipacks from lionel are individually numbered cars. MTH offers 2 numbers for individual sales, and typically 2 6 packs of unique numbers; 14 cars with different numbers. Every atlas suffix is a different road number. This is nothing new.
Originally Posted by Bob:
Personally, I'd rather have prototypical car numbers.
+1
BTW - we have at least a hundred of the MTH 6 car sets in stock. I'd rather not haul them all to York so search for your favorite on our website. The steel reefer sets just arrived. Tons of hoppers. Some box car sets left too.
Uh, generally speaking, L, M and A already tend to offer RS with multiple numbers. At least on the better-to-best products. All multiple car sets come with uniquely numbered pieces.
====Oh - I looked at the ad (when in doubt, read the instructions) - now I understand - not just unique within the set, but unique within the production run. OK. Good. The length of the car (14.75") is very long - must include the couplers.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by Bob:
Personally, I'd rather have prototypical car numbers.
+1
And the correct font.
Rusty
Good Day D500,
Yes, unique numbers within the production run is what I meant. Thanks for rewording it. For example, if Lionel, MTH or Atlas offered their hoppers with unique numbers you could buy 12, 18, 24 hoppers at one time.................the result....... you now have your grain train! Or perhaps buy 6 coal hoppers and then by another 6 or 12 coal hoppers in 3 or 4 months. Now you have your coal unit train. I think this feature would present increased sales.
Regards,
Swafford
Originally Posted by Swafford:
Or perhaps buy 6 coal hoppers and then by another 6 or 12 coal hoppers in 3 or 4 months. Now you have your coal unit train. I think this feature would present increased sales.
Regards,
Swafford
Prior to MTH offering two 6 car sets of freight cars, all with individual road numbers, I would purchase 6 or 8 C&O 2-bay coal hoppers at a time, and then have the road numbers changed prior to weathering. Ever since MTH began offering two different 6-car sets of C&O 2-bay coal hoppers, all with different road numbers, many years ago, I eventually got to my goal of a 55 car C&O coal train.
The 6-Car sets from Lionel in the past and MTH over the past few years are close.
Andrew
