i just got my invoice from MTH. The GE 44 tonners have shipped.
I will have a review as soon as I get one in my hands.
Dave
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I'm not one to use the forum as a sales device but I do have some for shop inventory if anybody is interested. They will be up on mercerjunction.com in a day or two.
Thanks for the update! Hopefully, I will hear from my LHS soon.
- Greg
Hello Dave
What catalogue are these in ?
Clem k
FINALLY!!!
I'm curious how hard they are convert to Kadee couplers. Mike Wolf told me at York there was no room, thats why they didn't make them compatible. Everything is compatible.... it's just a matter of doing it.
Laidoffsick posted:I'm curious how hard they are convert to Kadee couplers. Mike Wolf told me at York there was no room, thats why they didn't make them compatible. Everything is compatible.... it's just a matter of doing it.
The catalog stated the 44 tonners would have Kadee mounting pads. Against my better judgement, I ordered one despite it not having the usual "Premier" 3/2 rail option. These manufacturers (both MTH and Lionel) want pre-orders for unseen merchandise, yet they seem to feel no obligation to produce items that are actually as described in their catalogs. So far, four out of five of the locos I have pre-ordered in the past few years from both Lionel and MTH have arrived lacking features that were advertised in their catalogs. I can't say five out of five only because the last loco still has yet to arrive (it is three years overdue). Safe to say I will not be placing any more pre-orders for items sight unseen.
Bill in FtL
Great news regarding these little critters. Looking forward to seeing new road names in the catalog tomorrow.
Paul
Great season to release this item for our LHS. Oh well, that's another $400+ going by-bye!
I hope to see a real production sample at York, I didn't want to buy this one sight unseen.
gunrunnerjohn posted:I hope to see a real production sample at York, I didn't want to buy this one sight unseen.
John - I have one on pre-order from Hennings. I won't be running it right away as it's a Christmas gift to myself for the missus to put under the tree.
That being said, you are welcome to open mine up and put it through it's paces before I take it home. 
-Greg
I have been looking forward to seeing one of these little buggers produced--with command control capability--for a long time. The first releases from MTH do not not include any of my favorite roadnames, but I have one on order with Dave that will be a candidate for a repaint. Looks like a trip over to Mercer Junction will be on the schedule soon after I return from York.
Also anxious to see Dave's review. I have a whole lot of trust in his observations and recommendations.
