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Recent reviews of newly arrived RMT freight cars have been posted online by these OGR readers and I would like to share them with all.

https://youtu.be/pvJSjS_tCWM?si=_cyFpVyIA_vvJHDW

New RMT Rolling Stock - Are They a Good Value? (youtube.com)

Thanks to Sean and Nick for creating these reviews.

Walter/RMT

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RSJB18...More ore cars, box cars, woodside reefer cars and tank cars  arriving soon. Due to the earlier concern about USA Ports Strike October 1st, these cars arriving now were flown in. Remainder of RMT cars on order will start arriving by sea container starting late November/December.

I think they will certainly be worth the wait.

All cars will have newly designed freight car trucks/couplers. Replacements will also be arriving then.

Walter/RMT

RSJB18...More ore cars, box cars, woodside reefer cars and tank cars  arriving soon. Due to the earlier concern about USA Ports Strike October 1st, these cars arriving now were flown in. Remainder of RMT cars on order will start arriving by sea container starting late November/December.

I think they will certainly be worth the wait.

All cars will have newly designed freight car trucks/couplers. Replacements will also be arriving then.

Walter/RMT

Hangin' in there Walter. I have a pair of the L&NE on the way too.

Bob

o_scale_trains_lover...Those RMT-86131 Army woodside reefers are currently on production schedule but no firm delivery date yet.

By the way, the description text on RMT website is actually depicting a true story.

Walter/RMT

Walter,

I was referring to the Picatinny Arsenal ore cars (96731), my apologies if I wrote my original post incorrectly.

Good to know about the reefers! I have that on order too, thank you for the info

Best,
Bryce

These are my thought on Walt's new PS1 boxcars:

I see in a picture one of the NEW ALL NEW TOOLING PS-1 boxcars from RMT!  Let me tell you, Lionel won't sell any more PS-1 boxcars after you see the RMT!

I put them (the new RMT) next to a Lionel on the layout.  I could not detect any size difference above the frame (or below).  The brake has a few links of real chain, and a "perforated" deck for the brakeman to stand on.  I MEAN no visible difference from a Lionel.  ATLAS Premier has some difference in ladder construction below the frame, MTH identical to ATLAS.  Lionel's and RMT are better.  The lower rung on ATLAS Premier breaks of very easily.!  The door has plastic wrapped around the whole car to protect it from shipping damage. The door is operable just like a Lionel.  There is a load inside the box car, and a "wooden" plank floor.  The underside has air lines, brake lines, and some thingamajigs on the underside.  The painting was flawless!  The roof walk is photo etched brass, just like Lionel's.  The car is a rivet counters delight.

And all of this for only $35.00 or maybe less at a big dealer like RO or TrainWorld.

This car is simply a must buy!  Walter was autographing cars with your name and his on the box at Hennings Trains.  Hennings trains took quite a few of my dollars :-)  The RMT train box may be the best on the market.  It is light cardboard, like Lionel's engines are.  All the other boxes on the market for rolling stock are pretty crappy and tear very easily.

I bought one of the Denver and Rio Grande Western engines from METCA.  It has a superb paint job on the engine and really swell emblems/logos on the tender.  My other buys were more RMT stuff, Hennings paint, and a fair number of Lionel rolling stock pieces.  I'm still thinking of buying a Lionel Cab forward from Trainz.

Don - Happy Railroading

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Just ordered a couple of each of the YOUNGSTOWN STEEL & TUBE ore cars are only available as a CUSTOM RUN from Pat's Trains. My luck I will wait and miss them!!! Can not wait to see these. I managed to collect all of the different plant names on the first run of the Bethlehem Steel ore cars which was quite a chore after their release.

Walter/RMT, I see there is a second round of the Bethlehem cars heading our way soon, can you provide any info as to if these are the same as the original batch of cars or different?

Thanks, Jeff

36’ reefers are always nice! I would really like to see a 36’ wood truss rod boxcar. Almost any railroad name could be done, along with many private “billboard” schemes. Currently, I don’t know of anyone doing one. The MTH car is an earlier 34’ car and oversized, and a little crude in the detail department. Not that hard to scratch build, but decals can be difficult to come by. An off the shelf car would be nice!

Received my New Hope and Ivyland ore car 2 pack from Hennings trains today.  Very fast shipping.

Must point out that the individual road number on each car is a decal.  Unfortunately mine are off centered and the font color doesn’t match the lettering in the car.  I noticed this on numerous other ore cars of various road names for sale at York.  

Don’t see and truck issues.  

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