Micro Train Heavyweight Passenger Car update

[up1950s]

And a brass model

http://www.uncledavesbrass.com/CY-ATSF-0452-HW-RPO60-GRN70-F13.jpg

[Chris333]

Nice car, but I can't use it...

[up1950s]

Nice car, but I can't use it...

With your talent I am surprised you don't see a Camelback as its future .

[Chris333]

I already have some cars started to go behind the camelback, just need to finish them...

[TrainCat2]

WWWWooooooWWWW!      $495 for the brass RPO.

Ouch!

[up1950s]

I already have some cars started to go behind the camelback, just need to finish them...

No , I mean converting the RPO INTO a camelback .

[FrankCampagna]

I was hoping for the more common RPO/baggage. Can't use a full RPO. Like Puddington, I'm looking to run trains. Not going to measure the wheels.

Frank

[up1950s]

Everybody could turn the RPO into their roads Payroll Car .

[Puddington]

Everybody could turn the RPO into their roads Payroll Car .

Richie; "you" could turn the "box" into a payroll car...or an RPO...or anything else it would seem..... ;D ;D

I'm not knocking the car selection; it's just not very useful for my era and road.... but I see the appeal; Head end equipment is needed.

[POVC]

Here's to hoping they're not as crappy as the Z scale passenger cars.  Being lots more complicated than smoothside passenger cars, I'm not getting my hopes up...

They'll look good in Pepsi though....

Micro-Trains no longer has licensing agreements with either Pepsi or Hershey's, so if you want it in those schemes you'll have to do them yourself.

You might be able to get it in a Presidents or States series paint scheme though...

Tim

[POVC]

I was hoping for the more common RPO/baggage. Can't use a full RPO. Like Puddington, I'm looking to run trains. Not going to measure the wheels.

Frank

I'm a little surprised they decided to do the RPO instead of the baggage car.  Another guy from my club and I talked to Eric Smith at Louisville and he mentioned doing one or the other as the 4th car in the set; both of us suggested the baggage car because we could use multiples per train, while RPO's were usually one per train, if the train had them at all.  I thought we had him convinced to do baggage; guess somebody else changed his mind the other way.

Tim

[Bob Bufkin]

Baggage car would have been the better choice.  RPO's were generally keep on home rails on established routes.  Baggage cars could be used on different roads.  Wasn't unusual to see a PRR B60 in LA or San Diego or a AT&SF or UP car in New York City.

[Walkercolt]

Well, the Z-scale passenger cars are soooooo bad, they're sold-out. We doubled our normal standing order on z-scale cars and they were all gone in two days. MT's HW passenger cars will almost have to be better than the 40-year-old RivaRossi tooling. RR has no plans to make any N-scale equiptment for sale in the US, so if you ain't got some old Con-Cor stuff, MT will be the only game in town(does the Model Power stuff count?). If 33" wheelsets are such a big deal on passenger cars, how come 99% of people use them? Oh, I know! From 3" you can't tell the difference! It seems so amazing to me, the number of complaints about non-existant products. Also, if you are so proto-type accurate, why didn't you buy Pecos River Brass HW cars when John was making and selling them. Oh! I know that too! You're a bunch of whiney-*ss cheap-skates. I don't recall seeing Micro-Trains putting guns to people's head to buy their products either, or anyone else. If you don't like it, don't buy it! Do better yourself. A quick Google search will turn-up three companies in Japan that will make any brass model of anything you want for a price. I know of two people who have had that done, but they don't post on forums.

[wm3798]

I'll second Chris' wish for a full baggage and a coach with non-paired windows.

Then I can retire the old Lima set.
Lee

[wcfn100]

Well, the Z-scale passenger cars are soooooo bad, they're sold-out. We doubled our normal standing order on z-scale cars and they were all gone in two days. MT's HW passenger cars will almost have to be better than the 40-year-old RivaRossi tooling. RR has no plans to make any N-scale equiptment for sale in the US, so if you ain't got some old Con-Cor stuff, MT will be the only game in town(does the Model Power stuff count?). If 33" wheelsets are such a big deal on passenger cars, how come 99% of people use them? Oh, I know! From 3" you can't tell the difference! It seems so amazing to me, the number of complaints about non-existant products. Also, if you are so proto-type accurate, why didn't you buy Pecos River Brass HW cars when John was making and selling them. Oh! I know that too! You're a bunch of whiney-*ss cheap-skates. I don't recall seeing Micro-Trains putting guns to people's head to buy their products either, or anyone else. If you don't like it, don't buy it! Do better yourself. A quick Google search will turn-up three companies in Japan that will make any brass model of anything you want for a price. I know of two people who have had that done, but they don't post on forums.

WOW. You shoulda set aside one of those football valiums.  Nice rant.   

Jason