MTH 20th Century Limited - drumhead says Commodore Vanderbilt

Actually the cars correct and predates the streamlined 20th Century though it appears MTH mislabeled it. All the reason for two NYC streamline sets.

Pete

This is the link to the set however - which states it is supposed to be the 20th Century Limited from 1938 http://mthtrains.com/20-3525-1

Not sure if I read your link wrong, but it seemed to just say that both the Vanderbilt and the 20th Century Limited were pulled by the Dreyfuss Hudson

The link implies the streamlined version of the CV predates the streamlined version of the 20th Century by 3 years. To be honest I wasn't aware of that myself. That said the catalog says 20th Century. Not the first time the catalog description differs from the delivered product. 

Hang on to your CV drumhead. I may be interested if I can't find separate sale CV cars.

What train does it refer to when you hit the announcements?

Pete

I need to give the passenger announcements a try - haven't played them yet.

I will happily hang on to the drumhead - let me know if you have a need!

Only 16 months later, but I have the issue.  The announcements are for the 20th Century Limited.

Or - the cars are fine, but your locomotive is wrong - time to buy another scale Hudson (non-streamlined for the modern CV).

See - a simple, if pricey, solution. 

You're welcome.

mikeowen17 posted:

Curious quirk in my new MTH 20th Century Limited passenger set (20-3525-1) - the drumhead on the observation car says Commodore Vanderbilt 

Anyone else had this issue? I assume it's a mistake??

I purchased a Tomar 20th Century drumhead to replace, but thought this was odd...

A little history on the subject:

http://www.american-rails.com/commodore.html

Bogie