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Chuck

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  1. Both red & green versions for each car style! If anything put them on a piece of powered track in your house!! https://www.mthtrains.com/news/846
  2. After reading thru the Lee Lines/ G Action Models history these cars are 40+ years old and very probably the only Hiawatha set made as they were in business only from 1975 thru 1982. And shows they only produced 50 SP Daylight GS-4 Streamlined Standard gauge locomotives were produced by Dana Barlow's Lee Lines. And roughly half as many streamlined passenger cars were made. Cars were sold as 3-car sets.
  3. Yes, In the MTH 2019/2020 Catalog thread.... Try again... Scroll down a bit... http://www.gscaletrainforum.com/index.php?/topic/1612-mth-20192020-one-gauge-catalog/page/4/
  4. I've often thought about getting into standard gauge but always think of them as bigger than "G" stuff...guess I always think of that Brute engine. Everytime I head west to Iowa with another load I travel thru the Mississippi river town of Savannah, IL. and pass by this Milwaukee Road Hiawatha car. It's from the last run that the Milwaukee shops made and one of only 16 left in existence.
  5. Hi Jim, Thanks much for replying and I figured that if anybody knew about these cars it would be you! Seems a few years ago (or quite a few) that I watched you on a live stream showing the cars and engines that you make in standard gauge...seems you showed a Hiawatha set you made or were making for a client?...nice work! I would like to add-on to this set by at least 3 cars and it is good to know that you have the parts, tooling etc. But that won't happen until next fall...at the earliest! Joe; You were right about them being standard gauge cars!
  6. I thought about them being standard gauge cars but I think that they're too "small" as measure out to 1:32...but maybe? The trucks look and are made same as Great Trains passenger trucks...then again I may be wrong.
  7. Oh here's the book cover.... Just messing with you as it's the same book that you show!
  8. None of the above as my cars have no underbody detail. I have thought that maybe they were made using the DeHanes extrusion dies? That line is all part of the J. E. Harmon/ Roberts/ Bob Thon line. http://www.tcawestern.org/dehanes.htm http://www.tcawestern.org/harmon.htm http://www.tcawestern.org/roberts.htm Lionel made the Hiawatha Train in Standard Gauge but those cars have removable roofs with detailed interiors. Far as engine to pull them I'll use the new MTH F units in Milwaukee Road grey/ orange paint!
  9. Think I figured out who made the trucks as I've seen that design and construction method before on Great Trains/ American Standard passenger cars which I believe were made by NWSL. The bottom black sideframe is a USA Trains design. I would like to compare the brown frame to a MTH design but all the trains are 150 miles west of me in a storage unit as I'm in the middle of moving to another state.
  10. I agree as this stuff is stashed away in closets and attics all over the country or countries! Here's a book that I have and one of the fold-outs is the Hiawatha. Matches up pretty good and even the car names!
  11. I came across these cars recently! I never seen any made in "G" scale before. I believe that they're made in 1:32 scale as they measure under 4" wide x 30" long. Anybody have any idea who made them? They're basically 3 piece extruded aluminum construction with sheet aluminum floor and cast resin ends. I'd say made in the late 80's to early 90's as the combine car had a PH Hobbies steam sounds system in it. Professionally made as windows appeared to be punched out and drilled along with pad lettering...not decals.
  12. Welcome and now that's a unique build!
  13. John, I have that same truck and yours will look great on a MTH UP flatcar!
  14. I have mine on pre-order with Ray along with some of the new F units!
  15. Trainworld added another.... https://www.trainworld.com/mth-70-2181-1-g-f-3-a-unit-diesel-with-proto-sound-3-0-christmas-trainworld-cab-no-25.html
  16. I sent a message to Andy on his Prime Mover website asking whether these will be a F3 or F7 version and never received a reply.
  17. Chuck

    AML Gp 60

    That's about when it was first announced...back in 2010 So for $650 get a locomotive with plastic gears, handrails not fully bent, non-painted interior, no figures...NO Thanks!
  18. I'm with you on the updated Challenger die-cast frames! Toss that captive driver design which is about impossible to work on and use sprung drop in Big Boy die-cast drivers! And make another run of passenger cars along with the baggage car! Some new paint schemes that go along with the "new" F Units that are in production! I watched new old stock 3-car sets sell in a few days for at or over $1,000.00 and the add-on cars sell for $400 each.
  19. MTH announced new items for 2024 so maybe more to come later this year? https://www.mthtrains.com/news/834 I also heard rumor about some new MTH One-Gauge tooling in the works?
  20. Outstanding! Great work! I especially like using golf tees for the horns!
  21. I don't know but I don't think that Revolution board will do all that the MTH electronics is capable of. A better option would be to send your Hudson to Ray and have him swap out the older MTH PS2 electronic boards with the new PS3 boards. PS3 is DCC compatible then you could wire in this Revolution Board.... https://www.rldhobbies.com/dcc5acommand-boosterstationonboardrx.aspx I'd think that would open up most all the MTH PS3 features to the Revolution like in sync smoke chuffing, all sounds including the passenger station sounds, light controls etc. The older PS2 electronics are not DCC compatible. Will it work? I don't know as have never read of anybody doing it but in theory all should be fine. I've thought about doing the same via Airwire and their Adapta board which is just a small DCC command station.
  22. I just looked thru your Jeep page and that's remarkable as it looks like real!
  23. Those are kinda cool! Interesting as they show a ship date of 5/1/2024 while the original MTH F Units had a ship date of 12/31/2023 but now no date. I predict maybe 12/2024 as they're still shipping some SD70's.
 
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