No G Catalog?

I keep getting tempted by large scale trains.  (Un)fortunately we don't have the room.

We DO have a Santa Fe SD70 on the wall however.

Gee, I can't even remember the last time they had a One-Gauge catalog, and I sure don't know anything about this one.  If they had released some smaller motive power way back when, I would have gobbled the bait for sure.

 C Sam, That's what your backyard is for!!

or your basement.

Allan, they have made some smaller ones like F3s,F7s, VO1000s, Hudsons. So come on in!!

True, but I'm kind of waiting for an SW switcher or perhaps an 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 and in a road name I would like.  I would have sprung for a VO1000, but it wasn't offered in a road I particularly wanted.

 I had hoped for a G scale version of their MP15 switchers like this one

http://mthtrains.com/content/30-2813-1

I think they've left the building and are too into HO now. You probably won't get a G scale Army or Alaska switcher.

 I'm still hoping the ship didn't totaly sink.

 

Aw, gee, Joe...well, one can always hope, I guess. 

 

Actually, I already have 1:29 scale versions of U.S. Army and Alaska RR units (USA Trains), including one Army steam switcher (also USA Trains), so I guess there's always hope.

At October York they were pretty down in G. Not that they didn't like it, but it had been hit the worse of all scales by the recession.

My guess is that may indeed be true.  However, part of the fault rests with the manufacturers themselves for not keeping up with their market (or potential market) and, in some cases, cutting out their dealer network and going direct to consumer.

 

Garden railroading with Large Scale trains is a truly great pastime...and a healthy one, too!  LGB popularized that niche of the hobby in the U.S., with most everyone else riding on their coat tails.  As soon as LGB went bankrupt (it is now back in more limited form and owned by Marklin), things took a rapid downhill slide.

 

The big players in the U.S. today are Bachmann (1:20.3 scale), USA Trains (1:29), Aristo-Craft (1:29), Accucraft (1:20.3 and 1:32), and Hartland Locomotive Works (1:24), and to a lesser extent LGB (1:22.5 and others) and Pico (?).  MTH and its 1:32 scale trains were generally very well received in the world of Large Scale, and it would be great to see them make a comeback.

Now MTH will be able to offer DCC and batteryless operation, also the PS3 better sounds and maybe Wireless Drawbars..

I have the One Gauge Big Boy and VO1000 and would love to purchase more.

 

The PS2 sync smoke is recognized as best available in G steam market.

 

MTH is missing a golden opportunity with Aristo and USA trains being down.

 

Alan

The East Coast Large Scale Train Show is this weekend at York.  I'll be there.  I'm going to hit up Charlie Ro for an inexpensive big boy in ABS.  I asked him for Amtrak Superliner cars a few years ago.  That was just when the 60' box cars came out and then the auto racks were announced.  Maybe now that they're finished he'll do something else.

 

Joe, did you photoshop that catalog cover?

 

Rick

 The pic was in the inside (front) of the O gauge catalog.

Well, I did talk with someone at MTH a month or 2 ago about the G catalog.  She said it was going to be online.  So,  maybe they are still working on it.  I hope.

 

Rick

The Hudson has always been a favorite and I'm curious as to how obvious or apparent is the size difference between USA's 1:29 Hudson and MTH's 1:32.   Have any of you seen them side by side?

I've seen both but it was individually at different shows  and a year apart!

 On Ray's site he has photos comparing the two manu. bigboys. Maybe that would help you gauge the size difference?

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

 

 That is good news.