The Ore car thread

Nice looking cars CHARLIE.  DON does a great job on the ore loads and coal loads too.  After all he is a “coalcracker”, from the coal region, just up the road from me.

Those are great looking cars. I like the DSS&A the best. I purchased a number of K-Line ore cars. I like them because the have the corner stirrups. I painted a few and have some with factory paint…

Tom

The only ore cars I have were made for the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ as a custom run of 300 (SKU: 6-22207). I have 4 and want to pick up a few more to make a nice zinc ore train.

Bryce

My custom ore car.

But the same, [or very similar] molds are being used for O gauge ore cars. Only major differences sre die cast or plastic bodies and the paint schemes.  Anyone have anything different - bodywise?

      LI SAND SERVICE in progress, 2 more to decorate. I might add extensions.

                             10 -15 dollar BIG RED K-LINE TRUE O ebay cars...

MichRR714..."I really like the the old Atlas tooling that went to K-Line, then RMT".

To set the record straight...RMT is NOT using old Atlas (or K-line) tooling. The RMT 967xx series Ore Cars are being produced from totally new tooling owned and designed by RMT. These RMT ore cars feature many details (including stirrups on each end) that will indeed make the RMT cars a great addition to any 3-rail O-gauge model railroad. Suggested retail is $29.95 for each ore car and includes diecast trucks/metal wheels/operating couplers with separate air hose detail. Artwork - painting design and reference details are researched and created in the USA by Walter M. Matuch using prototype references and include unique additional information for each RR name offered.

Currently RMT will be producing over 30 different RR name ore cars including Custom Runs. You can pre-order them now at many local hobby stores, or try an OGR Forum sponsor dealer because RMT does not sell online through the RMT information-only website... www.readymadetoys.com

Thanks.

I have one at the moment but will get more. They are well detailed and I like the short size for my small layout.

@RMT - Ready Made Trains posted:

MichRR714..."I really like the the old Atlas tooling that went to K-Line, then RMT".

To set the record straight...RMT is NOT using old Atlas (or K-line) tooling. The RMT 967xx series Ore Cars are being produced from totally new tooling owned and designed by RMT. These RMT ore cars feature many details (including stirrups on each end) that will indeed make the RMT cars a great addition to any 3-rail O-gauge model railroad. Suggested retail is $29.95 for each ore car and includes diecast trucks/metal wheels/operating couplers with separate air hose detail. Artwork - painting design and reference details are researched and created in the USA by Walter M. Matuch using prototype references and include unique additional information for each RR name offered.

Currently RMT will be producing over 30 different RR name ore cars including Custom Runs. You can pre-order them now at many local hobby stores, or try an OGR Forum sponsor dealer because RMT does not sell online through the RMT information-only website... www.readymadetoys.com

Thanks.

Good info. Walter! Another question, will the trucks be Bettendorf or R.B.? Or both depending on the era?

I originally thought you were going to offer LI ore's but I decided to make my own set since they were cancelled. I would consider adding 2 more RMT's if they were in the red L.I. as shown above. Hope you will still consider doing them.

S.

Classic Postwar ore dump cars being pulled by an LC+ Erie Camelback:

Arnold

Walter, very much looking forward to seeing a car from your new tooling!  I guess we'll have to call out this new tooling separately.  👍

@Krieglok posted:

Those are great looking cars. I like the DSS&A the best. I purchased a number of K-Line ore cars. I like them because the have the corner stirrups. I painted a few and have some with factory paint…

Tom

Like yours better then the factory job, very nice job. Mark

@SIRT posted:

      LI SAND SERVICE in progress, 2 more to decorate. I might add extensions.

                             10 -15 dollar BIG RED K-LINE TRUE O ebay cars...

nice job, looking good

@RMT - Ready Made Trains posted:

MichRR714..."I really like the the old Atlas tooling that went to K-Line, then RMT".

To set the record straight...RMT is NOT using old Atlas (or K-line) tooling. The RMT 967xx series Ore Cars are being produced from totally new tooling owned and designed by RMT. These RMT ore cars feature many details (including stirrups on each end) that will indeed make the RMT cars a great addition to any 3-rail O-gauge model railroad. Suggested retail is $29.95 for each ore car and includes diecast trucks/metal wheels/operating couplers with separate air hose detail. Artwork - painting design and reference details are researched and created in the USA by Walter M. Matuch using prototype references and include unique additional information for each RR name offered.

Currently RMT will be producing over 30 different RR name ore cars including Custom Runs. You can pre-order them now at many local hobby stores, or try an OGR Forum sponsor dealer because RMT does not sell online through the RMT information-only website... www.readymadetoys.com

Thanks.

Hi Walter,

Question:  Why are some vendors (Example Hennings) limiting us to an order of only 4?

Does that limit come from you guys?

Thanks,

John

Craftech...

"Question:  Why are some vendors (Example Hennings) limiting us to an order of only 4?

Does that limit come from you guys?"

Do not understand your comment as do not seem to be any such restrictions that I can see on Henning's website. The only 'number' I can view is that Henning's is selling certain ore cars as a 2-car set but no minimum order of sets or other individual cars is visible.

Pat's Trains is selling WEST VIRGINIA woodchip cars in a 4 car set  but that is for 1 each of 4 different Lumber Company names. Other roadnames like CHESSIE woodchip 3-car set as C&O-B&O-WM. But again, no restriction as to quantity.

I do not think any dealer is limiting how many cars you can buy as long as it is in a selection that they offer. RMT is not limiting purchases, only that up to 300 cars of each RR name will be produced.

Have you personally talked with these dealers to confirm/explain your question about quantity?

Thanks

@RMT - Ready Made Trains posted:

Craftech...

"Question:  Why are some vendors (Example Hennings) limiting us to an order of only 4?

Does that limit come from you guys?"

Do not understand your comment as do not seem to be any such restrictions that I can see on Henning's website. The only 'number' I can view is that Henning's is selling certain ore cars as a 2-car set but no minimum order of sets or other individual cars is visible.

Pat's Trains is selling WEST VIRGINIA woodchip cars in a 4 car set  but that is for 1 each of 4 different Lumber Company names. Other roadnames like CHESSIE woodchip 3-car set as C&O-B&O-WM. But again, no restriction as to quantity.

I do not think any dealer is limiting how many cars you can buy as long as it is in a selection that they offer. RMT is not limiting purchases, only that up to 300 cars of each RR name will be produced.

Have you personally talked with these dealers to confirm/explain your question about quantity?

Thanks

No.  I probably should call.  I tried to put six Strasburg in the shopping basket and it consistently was automatically changed to four.  Would not allow a larger number.  I tried emailing, but they never responded.  Maybe a glitch.  I'll just call.

EDIT:  Actually Pat's Trains just allowed six in the basket.

Thanks,

John

Craftech...Henning's Trains is closed Sunday-Monday. Call them when open at 215.362.2442. I am sure they will help you out.

@RMT - Ready Made Trains posted:

Craftech...Henning's Trains is closed Sunday-Monday. Call them when open at 215.362.2442. I am sure they will help you out.

I am sure you are right Walter.

Thanks

John

I have 3, one MTH Jersey Central, without trucks, One K Line Lehigh Valley and one Lionel, and I can't remember the road name of Lionel car. I did have a larger collection, but sold them at a meet several years ago. 

I see RMT ore cars will be selling for $29.95. I'm sure MTH's and Lionel's is much higher.

I ended up ordering the six Strasburg Ore Cars from Pat's Trains.

Thanks Walter.  I can't wait to see them.

Regards,

John

@jim sutter posted:

I see RMT ore cars will be selling for $29.95. I'm sure MTH's and Lionel's is much higher.

The one Lionel car I bought at York several years ago was $30 something, which I thought was quite high. The MTH car I got at no cost as it was just a shell.

I bought 14 Lionel Bessemer & Lake Erie ore jennies 20 some years ago  from Trainworld and put in Blue Mountain ore loads.    Now THAT'S a haul !!   Still have em  and they look brand new.

Taconite Hauler:

    That's exactly what I did. I bought a 6-pack of Lionel Pa. ore cars plus some other ore cars and Blue Mountain "iron ore" loads and I had an incredible ore train. Around the same time frame, too!

    John

@RMT - Ready Made Trains posted

Walter, did you manufacture the ore cars for Menards a couple of years ago?

John23...Walter, did you manufacture the ore cars for Menards a couple of years ago?

NO they were not made by RMT.

I really like the original Atlas Jennys.  Once you remove the coupler and replace them with Kadees, they sit very nicely on the trucks.  None of the other offerings seem to get this right.

@David Minarik posted:

I really like the original Atlas Jennys.  Once you remove the coupler and replace them with Kadees, they sit very nicely on the trucks.  None of the other offerings seem to get this right.

Dave, what did you use for your loads? They look good.

I like to run these once in a while.

John

Have 4 Lionel and a K-Line ore car that is a little bigger, The Lionel cars I bought down south at Toys R Us cost $8.97 take that price again.

@rail posted:

Dave, what did you use for your loads? They look good.

Thank you!  They are a foam base with fine steel blast media glued to the top.

I really like the RMT jennies as the detail is really nice and price is unbeatable.  I have several of the MTH offerings too.  From what I can tell, the RailKing and Premier versions are identical and only differ (maybe) in the couplers/trucks, but I'm not positive.

This is probably my favorite car in my entire collection, a gift from my father.

Looking forward to my first ore cars. I didn't know that RMT made such nice ones. These 3-car sets are a special run for Patrick's. I live in the town where Picatinny Arsenal is ... cool car for me.

@Oscale_Trains_Lover_ posted:

... These were made for the Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ as a custom run of 300 (SKU: 6-22207). I have 4 and want to pick up a few more to make a nice zinc ore train.



Bryce

Very cool, Bryce! Wouldn't mind having one. I just quickly looked around .... one just sold for $125 at eBay. Wow ... are these things that valuable/rare?

Jim

@CNJ Jim posted:

Looking forward to my first ore cars. I didn't know that RMT made such nice ones. These 3-car sets are a special run for Patrick's. I live in the town where Picatinny Arsenal is ... cool car for me.

Very cool, Bryce! Wouldn't mind having one. I just quickly looked around .... one just sold for $125 at eBay. Wow ... are these things that valuable/rare?

Jim

Jim,

We live in a small world, my grandmother whom I visited all the time as a kid lived in a nearby town where I remember dishes rattling every time Picatinny or Tilcon blew things up.
Thank you for being a bad influence, I Just purchased 3 sets from Pat...

According to the museum, Lionel only made 300 the "Horse Head Products" ore cars. I guess they are rare. Dang! I didn't know there was one on eBay, I would have bid on it.

Bryce

My only O scale ore cars are some of the original Atlas ones when they came in all plastic and in kit form.  Nice looking cars, but I still have to build them!  I also enjoyed the Varney HO ones that came as pairs in a kit.  They were before my time, but very nice cars and easy builds.

Here in Arizona, the Gadsden & Pacific Railroad Museum in Tucson has done something in the ballpark of 30 custom runs for local mines here in AZ.  To those that collect ore cars, finding them all is considered desirable.     

Also in HO, MDC Roundhouse made a nice PRR specific ore car that I need to dig out and photograph.  Finally don't forget about the 3rd Rail battleship gondolas that are in production.  I saw the prototype version in person and they are very cool with their six wheel trucks.

I would be interested in a comparison of the inside of the new RMT ore cars to the Atlas K Line cars.

@David Minarik posted:

I really like the original Atlas Jennys.  Once you remove the coupler and replace them with Kadees, they sit very nicely on the trucks.  None of the other offerings seem to get this right.

I agree, I once had a string of thirty or so of them modified with the Atlas two-rail wheelsets and (originally) the Atlas scale couplers. That made a nice train. I did weigh each car with some taconite pellets found when railfanning the Port Road just north of Perryville.

I really wish someone would do a run of PRR G39s.

Just customized this mpc era ore car. This whole project cost me $11.