Monthly Archives: June 2010

This True HD 1080p video highlights my MTH Premier Pennsylvania RR Baldwin Shark (A-B) diesel locomotives, which came out in October of 2001 and which haul my Pennsy work train.  Both a slow speed and a higher speed video segment … Continue reading →

In August of 2006, MTH delivered their Premier line model of a PRR A5.  This is a very small four-coupled (0-4-0) steam locomotive that was used as a yard switcher to move around cars and make up trains.  As a … Continue reading →

When it's die-cast painted to look like tinplate!  🙂  In early 2002, I got a special train set from MTH.  They called it "American Legacy #768W" and it was a reproduction of a train set originally brought out by Lionel … Continue reading →

In November of 2003, MTH released a Protosound 2 version of their Premier model of the C&O Allegheny, a hulking 2-6-6-6 articulated behemoth.  This locomotive was the tallest, widest, heaviest, and most powerful steam locomotive ever produced and was used … Continue reading →

In early March of 2006, MTH brought out a Premier model of the New York Central (NYC) #999, a small American-type (4-4-0) locomotive with enormous 86" driving wheels.  When the prototype was put into service in 1893 hauling the Empire … Continue reading →

The New York Central (NYC) Hudson is probably one of the most recognizable of all steam locomotives.  The Hudsons were the backbone of the great steel fleet that plied the iron between New York and Chicago.  It was capable of … Continue reading →

In August of 2008, MTH brought out a Premier model of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) P5a boxcab electric locomotive.  This was a workhorse on the Pennsy and ran on the Pennsy mainline (now the Amtrak Northeast Corridor) not far from … Continue reading →

Back in 1998, MTH brought out a Premier model of the Jersey Central (CNJ) Blue Comet, a heavy Pacific (4-6-2) locomotive, painted in two tones of blue, which hauled a special train from the CNJ terminal in Jersey City to … Continue reading →

In June of 2003, MTH brought out a Premier model of the Pennsylvania RR (PRR) S1, which was a one-of-a-kind 6-4-4-6 duplex steam locomotive. Unlike the big articulated locomotives, this one had a solid frame.  The prototype locomotive spent the … Continue reading →

Yes, though I am an unabashed fan of steam locomotives, I do have a few select diesels.  This video is of my MTH Premier models of the PRR Alco PA-1 diesel locomotives, in an A-B-A set, hauling a string of … Continue reading →

The steam locomotive, not the national park!  LOL  Although, the locomotive type WAS named after the park, through which the Northern Pacific, which had quite a few of this locomotive type, traveled to.  This is a video of my MTH … Continue reading →