MTH Custom Run for MrMuffin'sTrains arrives.....

Very nice set. I am sure they will not last long. The paint scheme on the RS 3 looks great, I can understand why it did not last long on the prototype - it must have been time consuming to apply and costly to maintain.

Richard

Those sets look fantastic!!

Great.  A work train! And not by Marx. Is there any Monon freight steam that would go with that?

Thank you - actually, we are also doing the MTH Premier Mikado in Monon. The were used for both freight and passenger service, and they ran just blocks from my house through Indianapolis. The Monon had lots of them. We are doing a nodel of the first one the Monon received. MTH even got the builders' plate correct.

I only had MTH make 24 pieces, and they have just shipped to us with the rest of the Premier Mikados. No pictures yet, but the MTH artwork is shown below. Next year, I want to do the Monon Pacifics. As I type this, I have one of the 24 Mikados left to sell.

Steve.............

Steve what type of Passenger car is this, do not recall this type before.

John Pignatelli

Nice colors on the RS3.  

As a Purdue Boilermaker grad, the colors remind me that Purdue's football team had its origins (late 1800's) from the Lafayette, IN Monon shops.  Back then it was common practice to recruit the team from the community, rather than from students.  The burly guys at the railroad shops were prime candidates for this rough and tumble game.

I know Purdue's colors are Gold and Black, but the RS's are close enough.......IMHO, of course.  (Of course the Iowa Hawkeyes might disagree......)

Nice set, too.

KD

dkdkrd posted:

Nice colors on the RS3.  

As a Purdue Boilermaker grad, the colors remind me that Purdue's football team had its origins (late 1800's) from the Lafayette, IN Monon shops.  Back then it was common practice to recruit the team from the community, rather than from students.  The burly guys at the railroad shops were prime candidates for this rough and tumble game.

I know Purdue's colors are Gold and Black, but the RS's are close enough.......IMHO, of course.  (Of course the Iowa Hawkeyes might disagree......)

Nice set, too.

KD

That's what the Monon changed to, Old Gold and Black, in honor of Purdue. And the passenger stuff, starting with the F3s were painted in Wabash's colors. 

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

Steve what type of Passenger car is this, do not recall this type before.

John Pignatelli

It's a diner, John. 

Nothing better than doing a custom run of a car or set to make money and promote sales. Mr. Muffin, you chose a beautiful set. There's no way, they are going to stay in your store. Time to start working on another idea.

MrMuffin'sTrains posted:

dkdkrd posted:

Nice colors on the RS3.  

As a Purdue Boilermaker grad, the colors remind me that Purdue's football team had its origins (late 1800's) from the Lafayette, IN Monon shops.  Back then it was common practice to recruit the team from the community, rather than from students.  The burly guys at the railroad shops were prime candidates for this rough and tumble game.

I know Purdue's colors are Gold and Black, but the RS's are close enough.......IMHO, of course.  (Of course the Iowa Hawkeyes might disagree......)

Nice set, too.

KD

That's what the Monon changed to, Old Gold and Black, in honor of Purdue. And the passenger stuff, starting with the F3s were painted in Wabash's colors. 

Wabash units were red and gray?

Rusty

Rusty Traque posted:

MrMuffin'sTrains posted:

dkdkrd posted:

Nice colors on the RS3.  

As a Purdue Boilermaker grad, the colors remind me that Purdue's football team had its origins (late 1800's) from the Lafayette, IN Monon shops.  Back then it was common practice to recruit the team from the community, rather than from students.  The burly guys at the railroad shops were prime candidates for this rough and tumble game.

I know Purdue's colors are Gold and Black, but the RS's are close enough.......IMHO, of course.  (Of course the Iowa Hawkeyes might disagree......)

Nice set, too.

KD

That's what the Monon changed to, Old Gold and Black, in honor of Purdue. And the passenger stuff, starting with the F3s were painted in Wabash's colors. 

Wabash units were red and gray?

Rusty

Wabash College in Indiana

Steve, great looking set !!!

Thanks, Alex

Perhaps we will be seeing a Monon BL2 from MTH in the near  future?

The 'covered wagon's look great!

Harold

MR-150 posted:

Perhaps we will be seeing a Monon BL2 from MTH in the near  future?

MTH did one in 2006: http://mthtrains.com/20-2687-1

Plus, a Proto-1 version in1996.

Rusty

Congratulations...................great looking set!

Best Regards,

Frank