MTH Triplex in large scale ?

I have seen it run on a friends outdoor layout. He really likes it allot. It runs and sounds great.

All of the MTH large scale steamers will run on 4' radius curves. I know for a fact that the MTH 4-6-6-4 will handle LGB R2 curves.

Jeff C

Holy Cow... that thing is fantastic... I love the Triplex and that is one of the best I have ever seen. Please Please Please... Lionel. Make a Vision Line Erie Triplex. I have every Vision Line steamer you have made... but the Triplex is missing and would be a great addition. ahhhhh... That's it I'm writing a letter to Mr. Hitchcock tonight.

Dear Howard,

While your company makes the greatest trains on the planet something is missing!

Excellent large scale engine.  I think MTH had one running at York a number of years ago.  It also has a "steam" whistle and smoke coming from the rear of the tender.

At one time they were on sale from the MTH website at a very reasonable price.

I have been tempted to pull the trigger on this for some time and may do so.

A 8' dia curve is large enough; it ran my Accucraft K-28 without a problem on a friends 8' curve.

MTH recommends R3 (48" radius) curves for their Triplex.  That would be 8' diameter, so you should be good to go.

We picked up one at York a year or so ago and it certainly is a handsome locomotive. Haven't had a chance to operate it yet but there is a large scale group forming in the area so perhaps this year.

At present, it dominates my shelf in my home office!

 There are a couple BN in box still left still around. I think Sidetrack has them and Brady's??

 I believe MTH will have more coming out soon with PS3?

Oh, that would be good running around your back yard.  Yes!!!!

Not too long ago, a friend was able to purchase one at a big discount directly from MTH. They had a few left and were heavily discounting direct to end users.

Call MTH at 410-381-2580 and get sales. They should be able to sell you one, if they have any left.

Triplex One Gauge was poor seller for MTH and they were blowing them out for $799 on shptron. I purchased one direct from MTH and it arrived badly damaged despite steel frame support. They are very fragile and finicky for G and I would never have one shipped. Beautiful MTH product but other steam engines would have sold better.

Check Raymon's site for more Triplex details.

http://www.rayman4449.com/MTH_Triplex.htm

Alan

Thanks to all who responded.  I checked with MTH and all the other dealers suggested here but no one had inventory.  It seems those shops that used to cary MTH Gauge One products are no longer stocking any.  I also noticed that the last MTH catalog is 2013 so maybe even MTH is cutting back on their large scale offerings.

In my initial post, I mentioned that I had seen that more Triplexes  were arriving this month from MTH but evidently, I was confused with the MTH numbering system and it is an HO version that is being shipped.  In talking with MTH, they did not expect any more at this time.

There is one listed on ebay but it had more issues than I wanted to deal with.

Maybe I will look for an O gauge one.

Happy railroading,

Don

Happy

Don,

Alan D. is correct. Shipping was a big issue. I had three. Two were damaged severely in shipment and needed many replacement parts, especially the fronts of the engines. One engine was split almost in two.

I have two left. When they run they run great and are great pullers. The weak spot, in my opinion, is the way the power pickup sliders are mounted. Easily snapped if track is not perfect or turnout frogs like Aristocraft's are somewhat deep or irregular. If you can find one at the blowout sale price, buy it.

Joe   TCA #70-2968,   LCCA #521

Don, I also got confused with the MTH numbering and didn't notice it was the HO Triplex.  I have been waiting for the Imperial version - 25 drivers in 25.5 inches!  That has to be something spectacular to see.  A big garden one would be something to see on your layout - hope one ops up somewhere for you.

Lee

Would be interesting if someone could post a photo of the RK version alongside a Premiere  model. To me, the beauty lies in the proportions and the length of the beast with all those drivers, The few shots I've seen of the RK model look quite awkward...

I know Sam, but that's the price we RK guys are willing to pay to address the limited real estate on our layouts.