MTH 44 ton on layout with rail king diesels?

A 44 tonner is about 8” long, not 18. 

Even in scale it’ll be the smallest thing you’ve got. 

The MTH 44 tonner is 9 inches long - Coupler face to coupler face.

Many "44 Tonners" are not scale size. Compare images on line. I have a WbB New Haven that is not true to scale.

The MTH 44-tonner is true scale.  The Williams wasn't even close.

RJR posted:

The MTH 44-tonner is true scale.  The Williams wasn't even close.

Wish I realized that before I bought it. Still a nice loco though.

Eric,

Here's the WM 44-tonner with a Premier GP40 and behind them is the Railking SD70ACe.

Charlie

RSJB18 posted:

Many "44 Tonners" are not scale size. Compare images on line. I have a WbB New Haven that is not true to scale.

But fun to operate.

RJR posted:

The MTH 44-tonner is true scale.  The Williams wasn't even close.

Actually, you have to specify which Williams you're talking about.  The scale Williams and the MTH are quite close in size.  The MTH has a more realistic hood width and top detail, but both are scale sized in length.

You have a point, John. I was thinking of the origianl by Williams, not the recent Bachman.

The original Bachman was a copy of the Lionel "44" ton diesel. I was on a GP7 frame so was not close at all. I use the Williams scale 44 ton for my electric refits. Don

All trains are fun to operate Dan!

Yes the WbB is built on a GP frame.

Don, that's a very nice looking steeple-cab.

Thanks RIR, I'm working on a Westinghouse Box Cab right now. Waiting for the Williams 70 ton to come out and use it for the base. I love electric locomotives. One of the member took first place in the Scale O National Convention with one of my kits. He did a wonderful job of super detailing it. Don

cpowell posted:

Eric,

Here's the WM 44-tonner with a Premier GP40 and behind them is the Railking SD70ACe.

Charlie

Thank you for the pic. I misread the length. 

Operating these 44 tonners prototypically would be very limited. Especially since the majority were seen in the 1950’s and 60’s with some exceptions in private industrial situations later on. So running them against HUGH modern diesels or other model non-scale toys wouldn’t serve them well, thus the post confusion on size. They mostly operated by themselves.

Let’s stick with the MTH scale unit as the title indicates. So many threads on here seem to stray off into the apples & oranges category.

The pre order MTH Staten Island 8800 scale unit is not really a 44 but a 65 in real life as Ed Bommer pointed out. I feel lucky just to have another S.I. piece anyway. I’m finalizing the MP3 sound script for it by Tues. If anyone has real operational (S.I) experience please email me. Remember, no radios back then either.

Here’s a better look at the MTH I weathered for a customer below.

Ed, email me at Yahoo. Last ATT email  RECV. was Oct. ??? 

My MTH 44-ton switcher pulling short freight on the club layout. I can’t offer a better size comparison than this.