Doing the same things in the last catalog selling F unit separate and now with the E units. Nothing I really need. UPSET that they keep selling UP passenger cars, NO RFP, no SP caboose for Railking,( just the caboose from the Can forward set, not gonna buy the set).
I think the J with the excursion cars is a great idea; You could add in a NYC car since it was part of the consist as well. Would be nice to have a model of that Unique Seaboard observation with the solarium windows .
Good to see the Premier subway back in the lineup.
WOW, the premier line E and F units have gone up around 25% this year, from a year ago for an ABA set.
From $799.00 to $1069.00, that is one heck of price increase! I guess three boxes rather than one really kicks up the cost.
What a shame, they are pricing even those of us with a strong desire and good income out of the picture. I can not imagine being my 8 year old and asking for a $2,000+ passenger train for Christmas, I know there is always Railking, but the new prices increases are shocking to me.
Very disappointing.
I have an older Shawmut Russian decapod with with the large deck on the rear of the tender. It looks like the new one will have a shorter deck I wonder if they will offer the parts to convert the old one to scale sized. I will ask them when I get to York.
Ok, I looked, although there were a few things I would like to have, I think I can get away with just the Premier BNSF GP40. I'll try to remain strong, but my LHS has a Premier BNSF SD45 from a catalog or two ago that they have been tempting me with for the last few weeks. They placed it where I can't help but see it when I walk into the store...
Oh, almost forgot, then there is the wifi and the app, so I will probably now need to get a smart phone too...
Interested in the LIRR S2 and E6.
Decisions, decisions.
Originally Posted by RootBeerRail:
There's a set of British passenger cars in the European section with new tooling.
And offered with scale wheels only; this is quite surprising, considering the number of tinplate non-MTH British-prototype locomotives and operators out there.
It would be interesting to know the reasoning behind this.*
Best, SZ
*Edited to add: Perhaps the 3R versions are an exclusive through a British hobby shop or similar commercial venture.
I'm excited the 2016 O gauge LCT club car is going to be a caboose!!! Great news considering the last two years the club cars have been a re-release.
No EJ&E but I guess that's good considering Lionel is putting out the SD38s.
I love the the railking line for buying my nephews Christmas presents.
I'm in on the R32's and a New Haven
F7AA set. 
The price increases most likely have a lot to do with demand. They're probably not making as many of each model as they did in the past and need to up the price to recover the cost and make a profit.
The tooling is probably paid for by now on many of these models, but the paint masks alone are 10s of thousands of dollars.
Smaller runs. Higher prices.
- RICH
Originally Posted by superwarp1:
Originally Posted by RootBeerRail:
Originally Posted by Martin H:
No no tooling, as far as I could tell. (Except for the sd60e)
Pretty boring catalog.
There's a set of British passenger cars in the European section with new tooling.
A NYC express car I've never seen before. Other than that I don't see new tooling from anyone these days.
If you are referring to the "R50B" express cars this is a Pennsy design and built car. To the best of my recall only one or two got painted for another road which were use in through service between the PRR and other road. So again to the best of my recall a NYC R50B is fantasy.
Ron
Still no Two-Face CNJ Baldwin diesels. Distinctive, and they operated in hardcore rail fan and model RR country. What's up?
I'll bet if they were offered in a Warbonnet scheme...yeah, that's the ticket.
Originally Posted by Steinzeit:
Originally Posted by RootBeerRail:
There's a set of British passenger cars in the European section with new tooling.
And offered with scale wheels only; this is quite surprising, considering the number of tinplate non-MTH British-prototype locomotives and operators out there.
It would be interesting to know the reasoning behind this.*
Best, SZ
*Edited to add: Perhaps the 3R versions are an exclusive through a British hobby shop or similar commercial venture.
I noticed the scale wheels only thing too. I would be buying some of these if they were hi-rail.
I was a little excited at the cover, thinking they'd dig up a wide variety of tooling to offer a good selection of engines that were featured at the Spencer Streamliners event. However now that I see the catalog, they "fudged" a bunch of them. I would be interested in the Pan Am F-units, although the real ones are FP9's and the MTH one uses F7 tooling. But, the way they set it up, both of the prototypes are offered as powered units, while all the non-powered units use made up numbers. $900 for a pair of incorrect F units? No thanks
The SD60E is still tempting but so far computer generated catalog pictures aren't enough
Trevor
Great catalog for me. There are 5 steam locomotives I want! No way I can afford them all. I sold my PS2 USRA Mikado ten months ago. I got the money in the bank to pay for a new one which will cover half of it. I may order a second locomotive. I would love to get the ESE Hudson or the PRR Atlantic. I swore I would never again buy a Pennsy engine but I just might go back on that promise.
Thankfully, no "must-have" items. My train budget is blown as it is & still several big things on the wish list. I am in need of N&W 2-bay coal hoppers, though....
FINALLY!!!! Railking Southern E-8's in the Green Livery. Been asking for these ever since they came out with the Black Livery yrs. ago. Going to order them tomorrow. YEA BUDDY!!!
Just like the Lionel catalog.... NOTHING for me! 
their selections....oh boy
It looks like MTH just took pages from several older catalogs,glued them together and slapped a new cover on it. Mostly re-runs,ho-hum.....Zzzzzzzzzzzz
Being a younger model railroader I missed out on several engines in the catalog when they first came out years ago and so far my list looks like this -
ABC Railway SW1500 (Always saw the real one in Kent, OH during my time at KSU)
NKP Gondola
DT&I 2-10-0
NKP 2-8-2
NYC Empire State Express 5429
All 8 NS/N&W Excursion Cars
NS GP40 Safety Train Set
NS SD40-2
2 NKP Double Door Boxcars
2 Ohio Central Coil Cars
NS Extended Vision Caboose (Lake Division)
NYC 5-Car Empire State Express Set
Originally Posted by Steinzeit:
Originally Posted by RootBeerRail:
There's a set of British passenger cars in the European section with new tooling.
And offered with scale wheels only; this is quite surprising, considering the number of tinplate non-MTH British-prototype locomotives and operators out there.
It would be interesting to know the reasoning behind this.*
Best, SZ
*Edited to add: Perhaps the 3R versions are an exclusive through a British hobby shop or similar commercial venture.
I think it's unsold stock. They've appeared in previous catalogs.
Rusty
Originally Posted by Rusty Traque:
Originally Posted by Steinzeit:
Originally Posted by RootBeerRail:
There's a set of British passenger cars in the European section with new tooling.
And offered with scale wheels only; this is quite surprising, considering the number of tinplate non-MTH British-prototype locomotives and operators out there.
It would be interesting to know the reasoning behind this.*
Best, SZ
*Edited to add: Perhaps the 3R versions are an exclusive through a British hobby shop or similar commercial venture.
I think it's unsold stock. They've appeared in previous catalogs.
Rusty
The are definitely unsold stock. The British offerings were and are the least popular of the European line up. For example I got my Duchess of Atholl 4 years after it was first cataloged for half the original price along with the matching coaches.
I'm getting s DD40 baby
They are finally doing individual A-Units in the Premier line up. That is good news.
Originally Posted by Matt Makens:
I'm getting s DD40 baby
OK, just what is a "DD40"?
Really Jack, can you just let some things go? It's pretty tiring with your silly rivet counting semantics
I will be getting the 4501 in black and a couple freight cars.
Richard E. As others own that Russian Decapod with the goofy tender, that
I thought about taking a hacksaw to, let us know what MTH says about getting parts?
Trying to get tenders for separate sale, like three different lengths of
Vanderbilts....coal for me and oil for whomever wants it...is like all the other
unfilled wishes above. And as for the Russian one running at the Ill. Rwy.
Mus.?, how about the Baldwin one running at Strasburg, with a lot of riders, and millions of miles from MTH HQ and unknown to them(not).
Possibly one of the Norfolk Southern SD60's .....
Nothing for me this time around... thank goodness! The ole train fund needed a break.
Originally Posted by cmscanuck:
Nothing for me this time around... thank goodness! The ole train fund needed a break.
I echo those sentiments. Train slush fund gets a chance to replenish.
What is the reason for not offering the E8's in a AA set? Does anyone have an idea?
I like the Union Pacific 4-12-2 and the SP&S Z-6. Also glad to see diesels offered as individual units rather than in three locomotive sets.
The SOO LINE ACF Center Flow 3-bay covered hoppers are in the first scheme from 1972-1973 which is what I have needed to put into my freight trains.
Andrew
The GRAND TRUNK WESTERN wood sided 36' reefer is the right car to run with the upcoming GTW GP9 diesel locos in the 1960's paint scheme.
Andrew
WEAK!
All that they're doing by offering re-runs at higher prices is driving people the second hand market where there are much better deals.
How about an SD45-2????
They've been doing SD45s for quite awhile now.
Close enough.
Originally Posted by bbsfdl60:
What is the reason for not offering the E8's in a AA set? Does anyone have an idea?
Many Passenger trains were just a single E or F unit and a few coaches. It makes sense for MTH to offer it like that.
I think the biggest surprise in this catalog is the Mikados.
I'm glad to see them back with PS3.
I was surprised we got not only two versions of the Southern 4501, but also the NKP 587 (albeit without the Berkshire tender)!
They were all a pleasant surprise.
I would agree with the idea of offering separate As and B's , particularly if one was interested in the passenger trains of the 1960s. Still some railroads had long trains with multiple units. Offering each unit individually does allow the modeler to choose what is appropriate for the train of interest . Now if they sold the cars that way instead of making you buy a dome in a set for railroads that did not have them.
