MTH Reading Northern 425 Can we get it right?

I totally agree with you JIM.  Hope MTH does do this right, I have my pre order in along with the passenger cars.  Been looking forward to this engine for some time.

How bout it MTH.

I'm hoping they make her in her new "midnight blue" color and paint scheme. She looks much sharper in that than the previous faded blue. 

Also hope they come out with the Auxiliary tender.

Was not the real 425 patterned after a USRA light pacific and not a heavy USRA pacific? Also MTH is offering an ACL heavy 4-6-2 where as the ACL only purchased light USRA  4-6-2's. The only railroad to purchase the heavy USRA pacific was Erie although the B&O president series P7's and the Southern Ps4's were based on the heavy pacific.

Doesn't the catalog show the previous position of the headlight? There is nothing "incorrect" about modeling the engine at a different time period. I believe someone from MTH stated in the catalog thread they would be making both headlight placements in time. Mike Wolf also stated they would find an appropriate tender to use a the auxiliary tender while being interviewed by trainworld.

Also, why is the MTH 425 model nickpicked but the passenger coaches ordered without criticism? MTH is using their standard passenger cars with 6-axel trucks and partly round roofs. The R&N cars they use on their excisions all have 4 wheel trucks except for their first class/executive cars.

I was just speaking with a sales rep at MTH, and the 425 will have the headlight in the center of the boiler, with the bell on the front center.  The engine is supposed to ship around September, but I'm not sure what paint scheme it will have.  The pictured one is prior to 2015, I believe (medium blue).

Hello WB Trainman,

Thanks you for this information.

Sincerely,

Jim 

Jim, I pushed Mike to come out with this engine during the fall York show and he agreed to, but stated it won't be exact. When I spoke to him at the spring York show, I brought the head light issue up and he said he will look into relocating the headlight and bell. He is also considering doing both paint schemes. Myself, I prefer the early style. I liked the detailed gold trim it had and the full name on the tender. The new emblem on the tender just doesn't do it for me.

The Lionchief 425 looks good.  

MGA2307 posted:

The Lionchief 425 looks good.  

It looks nothing like the real 425. 

There is an uncataloged version that looks just like the 425 looks now.

http://mthtrains.com/20-3760-1

Not my pic

There ya go. 

MJ, have to laugh, you got my dad in the Jim Thorpe crowd. He's the guy holding the camera up above his head in the blue shirt. LOL

The headlight also has a covered headlight bill cap. I am glad I ordered one. I am sure MTH will make the changes.