New run of MTH 70ton 3 bay hopper cars, plus our special run

MTH just announced that they are going to run the 70 ton 3 bay hopper cars again. These are MTH late tooling, which means they are far more detailed than the early MTH Premier freight cars. They have wire handrails, separately applied hadders, intricate air brake system details, opening hopper bottoms, and more. They are REALLY nice cars.

If you've never looked at the MTH Premier AAR 40' box cars, or the fishbelly hoppers, or the wood sided box cars...these are similar in detail, and far nicer that the early MTH premier cars.

The nicest cars that MTH made, were the N6b and CA-1 cabooses, and the 64' wood side passenger cars. Lionel bought the tooling to these, and immediately DOUBLED the price on them.

As you probably have noticed, I dont do special runs on everything that comes down the pike. I try to stay with the late tooling, best detailed of the MTH premier items, Atlas master line, and the better of the Atlas trainman, which in some cases is almost as detailed as the master line.

Its very frustrating for me, that some ppl think that all Premier is the same quality, and the same for Railking, or Atlas master or trainman. Quality and detail is all over the place, and as much as i try to educate ppl on what is "good" and what is not (IMHO), some ppl just are stuck in their ways.

SO ANYWAY....

MTH just announced that they are going to be making the 70 ton 3 bay hopper cars again. Their road names will be Chessie (C&O), PRR (black, plain keystone), BN, and P&LE. Our special run will be Erie Lackawanna. The EL had hundreds of these cars, and Im thrilled that we will be able to do a special run.

Here's some pix....