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Title: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Mark5 on January 31, 2019, 10:41:27 PM: https://www.micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit1902.html

Or

https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?_route_=n-scale/new-releases

Not much for me, but I gotta check out the SOUTHERN #22: https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?_route_=n-scale/new-releases&product_id=3181

The real one is a survivor from 1903 (originally wood sides I think): http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3518745

Might be a reasonable stand-in for me.

Mark
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: asarge on January 31, 2019, 10:45:47 PM: This month is another goose egg here too. The Southern HW's are popular down here. Now they'll need some more Southern passenger steam.
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: reinhardtjh on January 31, 2019, 11:12:27 PM: Since when does MT have a SD40-2 in N scale?

Also @Shipsure there is a big typo in the media kit release page. (https://www.micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit1902.html) The text blurb under the Auto-Train cars is a duplicate of the SD40-2 text.

Now I see it's worse. The SD40-2 and Auto-Train are both labeled as "N" but are "Z".
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: SP-Wolf on February 01, 2019, 01:03:31 PM: I may go for the ATSF impact car -- other then that -- nothing to see here - move along

Wolf
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: jagged ben on February 01, 2019, 01:45:10 PM: CH Robinson is a great container choice for the present day guys. The Husky Stack weathered pack needs some trash containers to go with it.
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: High Hood on February 01, 2019, 03:05:18 PM: Think I'll have to pick up the Southern 22.
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Tom Todd on February 02, 2019, 01:45:35 PM: I've ordered the NP obs - Madison.

Tom Todd
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: tom mann on February 02, 2019, 02:42:30 PM: That 50th anniversary car looks like a great candidate for a massive weathering job. :)
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Cajonpassfan on February 03, 2019, 11:28:28 AM: Well, I'd buy the WP Automobile car, If it didn't ride so damn high...
( ...and already have too many other cars that need lowering).
Otto K.
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Point353 on February 03, 2019, 12:23:42 PM: Quote from: tom mann on February 02, 2019, 02:42:30 PM
That 50th anniversary car looks like a great candidate for a massive weathering job. :)
Skip it and go straight to weathering a solar eclipse car:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MTL-038-00-550-MICRO-TRAINS-SOLAR-ECLIPSE-2017-CAR-ROAD-MTLX82117-/153283196336?nma=true&orig_cvip=true (https://www.ebay.com/itm/MTL-038-00-550-MICRO-TRAINS-SOLAR-ECLIPSE-2017-CAR-ROAD-MTLX82117-/153283196336?nma=true&orig_cvip=true)
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: southern837 on February 03, 2019, 01:03:29 PM: I wonder how many Southern heavyweight cars are planned currently? These are very popular down here in the Southern territory. I know beggars cant be choosers but a perhaps there is enough interest to do a run in Southern Crescent paint in the future
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Mark5 on February 03, 2019, 01:28:30 PM: Quote from: southern837 on February 03, 2019, 01:03:29 PM
I wonder how many Southern heavyweight cars are planned currently? These are very popular down here in the Southern territory. I know beggars cant be choosers but a perhaps there is enough interest to do a run in Southern Crescent paint in the future

Do you mean the Crescent Limited two tone green that ran from 1929-1939? Probably a good idea for MTL - just needs a Heavy USRA Pacific. :D
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: southern837 on February 03, 2019, 04:25:56 PM: Thats exactly what I meant. I have Model Power/MRC 4-6-2 that would look good pulling a string of 2 tone green heavyweights.
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Mark5 on February 03, 2019, 04:40:16 PM: Apparently Pullman made the cars, so might be a natural!

1929 consist all pullman
      Ps4 power, Green w/ gold lettering all cars
      Two-tone green w/gold lettering.
      1-Club car "William Moultrie"
      1-8s,2c,dbr "William Rufus King"
      1-14s "Henry W. Grundy"
      4-10s,2dr "Robert F. Hoke"
        "Francis Xavier Martin"
        " "
        " "
      1-3c,2dr, obs "L.Q.C. Lamar"
      1-postal car "RPO"
      1-diner "Dining Car"

From: http://www.hosam.com/srr/clhist.html

I'd be tempted!

Mark
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Albert in N on February 03, 2019, 09:42:04 PM: :) Another Rock Island offering (heavy flat with load) and probably another purchase. Just thinking that it might look good behind my Kato Rock Island F-2s or Atlas Rock Island U-25Bs. I own MTL's recent The Rock gondola with scrap lumber load, hopper with coal load, UP patch of weathered The Rock grain covered hopper, plus other The Rock and Rock Island (CRI&P) freight cars. Glad to see that Rock Island is not forgotten, even though it died in 1980.
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Mark5 on February 03, 2019, 09:58:51 PM: Rock Island will never be forgotten! ;)
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: unittrain on February 03, 2019, 10:38:09 PM: I wish MT would redo the tooling on the 60' Hy cubes, or another mfg fill the large void. ER is doing another Hy cube in HO but none in N yet. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Mark5 on February 03, 2019, 11:40:48 PM: Quote from: unittrain on February 03, 2019, 10:38:09 PM
I wish MT would redo the tooling on the 60' Hy cubes, or another mfg fill the large void. ER is doing another Hy cube in HO but none in N yet. :facepalm:

Yup. 60' hy Cubes major hole in N scale. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: unittrain on February 04, 2019, 10:44:21 AM: I just emailed a suggestion to Exactrail for 60' Hy cubes let's see if they offer hope in their response if they respond :D
Title: Re: Micro-Trains February 2019 Monthly
Post by: Mark5 on February 04, 2019, 03:06:39 PM: Quote from: unittrain on February 04, 2019, 10:44:21 AM
I just emailed a suggestion to Exactrail for 60' Hy cubes let's see if they offer hope in their response if they respond :D

I did the same a few years back. :facepalm: