VIDEO — The Making of the Micro-Trains TBOX

[CSXBaltimore]

Totally bummed that I missed out on these.  Should have gotten into the hobby earlier

J

[nscalbitz]

Should be annexed to a Best-of' grouping ...

[thomasjmdavis]

Totally bummed that I missed out on these.  Should have gotten into the hobby earlier

J

One major upside to Micro-Trains---- when something sells, they make more.

Micro Trains could probably design injection-mold a similar (smaller, geared for the hobby market) fixture out of Delrin.  Your cost would be much cheaper than the custom-machined metal one they use.  But I suspect the market for unassembled couplers is so small that producing and marketing such assembly fixture would not be very profitable.

You are probably right about the market for unassembled couplers.  I would not do it myself, but with the number I have needed over the years, I think the cost saving vs buying assembled couplers has probably paid for most of my Kato F units.

[mu26aeh]

Totally bummed that I missed out on these.  Should have gotten into the hobby earlier

J

The more modern TTX scheme, CN and CSX are already announced and in the pipeline.  See if you can still pre-order somewhere, or stalk MTS 24/7 anytime there is word about them hitting the street

[Point353]

Totally bummed that I missed out on these.  Should have gotten into the hobby earlier

J

Maybe not: https://www.texnrails.com/product/new-60-rib-side-double-plug-door-high-cube-3-car-set/

[jpwisc]

These cars should sell well. The pad printing looks really nice.

[basementcalling]

eBay gonna be interesting in a month or so. I'm curious to see how fast the prices on these escalate there.

[mu26aeh]

eBay gonna be interesting in a month or so. I'm curious to see how fast the prices on these escalate there.

I'm also interested to see what happens to the pricing of the LBF models.  Esp the TTX versions, they go for $40-60 a piece sometimes

[Mark5]

Cool vid, impressive model! 

[jagged ben]

Maybe not: https://www.texnrails.com/product/new-60-rib-side-double-plug-door-high-cube-3-car-set/

Better grab that one if you want it!   
If you miss it keep looking on eBay and googling for smaller hobby shops online.  I ordered mine from House of Trains in Omaha (still waiting for it to arrive) but I probably got the last one, they say they're sold out now.

[jagged ben]

I'm also interested to see what happens to the pricing of the LBF models.  Esp the TTX versions, they go for $40-60 a piece sometimes

They'll probably drop to about $30, is my guess.  I mean, with the MT street price at over $30, and still plenty of demand, they won't become worthless.

[reinhardtjh]

Better grab that one if you want it!   
If you miss it keep looking on eBay and googling for smaller hobby shops online.  I ordered mine from House of Trains in Omaha (still waiting for it to arrive) but I probably got the last one, they say they're sold out now.

I just got the last set at Fifer. I was surprised they still had one.

[CSXBaltimore]

Maybe not: https://www.texnrails.com/product/new-60-rib-side-double-plug-door-high-cube-3-car-set/

Wow, 3 days later and I was able to order. Thanx! I looked around and kept striking out. Thanx for the link!

J

[CSXBaltimore]

And .... It looks like Modeltrain Stuff just got in another truckload.  They currently have 32 listed.

https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Micro-Trains-N-99301840-60-High-Cube-Box-Car-TTX/

I actually ordered this and the older run from Tex, so, guess I went from 0 to 6 of them instantly.

Woot. Hope wifey doesn't intercept the packages...

J

[CSXBaltimore]

Or, maybe I have ordered 2 of the same sets. Confusing ... LOL

j