MAC Rail brings modern EOT and flags to O Scale! Products ready to order on Monday

Mike,

Thanks for the heads up on these. I’ll pick up a pair. I’m hopeful they’ll also offer the older 90’s era “square box” version in O Scale.

RM

A shame they don't have an option to light them, that would be a nice enhancement.

@Mike DeBerg posted:

Coming to O Scale, available to order starting Monday... These awesome products will be available for your O Scale models!   They add a bit of realism to your O scale railroad operations!  Check out MAC Rail's announcement

While they don't light up, they do add a nice bit of realism to your operation.. They can easily be added and removed from the your trains during operations.     They have many other products in HO that if we want made in O certainly provide that feedback!

Well those flags and utility rack are also interesting.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

A shame they don't have an option to light them, that would be a nice enhancement.

It's a different market.  The idea is to be able to place the EOT on your train during an ops session and remove it when complete.   As trains don't always have the same trailing(last) car.  I know many will add an LED and make it more of a permanent device on a single car, similar to the MTH version in O Scale.  In the ideal world we would have the portability and the ability to light the device in a self contained unit in O Scale.  I know some folks doing that in 1/29th and larger.

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Well those flags and utility rack are also interesting.

Absolutely.  I am hopeful demand will be high for their products in O Scale and we'll see many more of their products in O Scale!  Flags are available NOW!  The racks are coming in 2021.  I'm hoping for the ballast car panels in 2021 as well!

@Rich Montague posted:

Mike,

Thanks for the heads up on these. I’ll pick up a pair. I’m hopeful they’ll also offer the older 90’s era “square box” version in O Scale.

RM

Rich, no doubt they will bring more of their products to O Scale as demand increases! 

For those waiting, the website has been updated and the store is ready to accept orders for their O Scale products!

MAC Rail Products - O Scale

Ready to Order - O Scale Items in their shop

Dear Mike,

Put my order in for the EOT's and Flags for myself and another Cherry Valley modern era modeler.

Amazing what a 3D Printer in the right hands can fill the void in O Scale of parts , etc.

Thanks, John

John,  I know they appreciate the orders..  Certainly makes for some fun operations in HO.. Some I'm thinking it will in O scale even more... Easier to install/remove.

Mike: I noticed your product line isn't featured in the O Scale Resource online magazine.  At least I didn't notice it.  Seems like a great place to make them known to O scale modelers everywhere.

www.oscaleresource.com

Joe

Is it me, or do the O scale EOTs look oversized????    Seems to me that the HO ones are more to scale for O than the O scale ones.   Not trying to nitpick, just making an observation.....    To be honest, I've never really measured a real EOT,   The O scale models look to me to be about 30% oversized.   Maybe it's just me....

@R Nelson posted:

Is it me, or do the O scale EOTs look oversized????    Seems to me that the HO ones are more to scale for O than the O scale ones.   Not trying to nitpick, just making an observation.....    To be honest, I've never really measured a real EOT,   The O scale models look to me to be about 30% oversized.   Maybe it's just me....

Richard,  While that might be true... the MAC Rail product is about 2/3 the size of the MTH product, while it does not light up it's closer to scale and is removeable.  This adds  a lot of operational interest, IMO...   Ortner car is the MAC rail product, while the trinity 5161 has an MTH EOT I  installed maybe 10 years ago.

Also a quick photo of the flag

I get what you are saying Mike, but in todays world of technology, I just do not understand why a true to scale, removable EOT cannot be produced???   If you want a lit EOT, I remember seeing one at Trainfest sold by Richmond Controls.   Downside was, you needed to solder it to the trip pin.  To make it removable (and a dummy) there would be a bit of modelers engineering needed1    To your comments about the MTH one, well there was nothing from MTH that I ever considered true scale!!!   

Ordered last week on Tuesday, got. it yesterday.

Dick

@R Nelson posted:

I get what you are saying Mike, but in todays world of technology, I just do not understand why a true to scale, removable EOT cannot be produced???   If you want a lit EOT, I remember seeing one at Trainfest sold by Richmond Controls.   Downside was, you needed to solder it to the trip pin.  To make it removable (and a dummy) there would be a bit of modelers engineering needed1    To your comments about the MTH one, well there was nothing from MTH that I ever considered true scale!!!   

Richard, I get your point.  However, consider the height of these above the coupler is about 2 scale feet.  Which isn't bad and super close to actual height, the width and depth is where I feel these are a little oversized.  It would seem like the width and depth are right around 1 scale foot vs maybe 6-9 inches?  Though I don't mind because it makes it easier for operators to install and remove the device.   I think a fixed device might lend itself to a further reduced size, such as what Ring has done in HO scale.  Overall, I am super happy with these products.

@CBQer posted:

Ordered last week on Tuesday, got. it yesterday.

Dick

Dick, How do you like them? Send some photos

@Mike DeBerg posted:

Dick, How do you like them? Send some photos

Fit the KayDee 804s well. I found them a bit tight but then the should not fall off. Also got a set of flags.

Dick

Anyone tried adapting these to a claw coupler?

(I know not the correct forum to ask this...)