Fox Valley streamlined cars

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 Most modelers that like the MTH cars should thank Brian Marsh of Overland Models.
A friend of mine in Culpepper Va. sold his set of OMI cars to MTH which in turn were then copied
down to the different color window blinds. MTH did not design the cars.
Stephen Rineair


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Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 8:08 AM
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Subject: RE: Fox Valley streamlined cars

Regarding coupler spacing, the MTH models have two sets of holes for the couplers, so the cars can be closer together for the diaphragms or farther apart for sharper model curved track. 
I’ve put couplers on my train closer in on one end of each car to split the difference which looks better and still performs well on 30” radius track. 
Phil Miller

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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 8:22 PM
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Subject: Re: Fox Valley streamlined cars

Hi,
I have an MTH Arrow set, they are great. I am a bit of a passenger train enthusiast, I have at least one from Walthers, Rapido, Con-Cor, MTH, and hopefully soon BLI’s combine. I have nothing bad to say about the MTH at all. The only thing you can even consider is changing the length of the couplers to bring the diaphragms together closer, but that’s just if you have the layout space for them.
David

On Apr 23, 2024, at 4:06 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Jeff,

They're the first run of them by Scale Trains, so nobody knows yet. But they're ex-MTH tooling. There's a few reviews of them on Youtube. Here's Jlwii2000's review https://www.youtubecom/watch?v=0Z2gIlJfBe8

But, to make a long story short, they're basically the best passenger cars ever made in HO scale. They're incredibly free-rolling, never flicker and have great detail. I have no need for any more, but am considering buying them anyway because the "new red" color MTH used for the first run (which I have) was a bit too purple.

Scale Trains has indicated that they will be using brighter LEDs than the MTH ones, and that the rear marker lights will be more visible.

I hope this helps.
Drew

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
Scale Trains is taking preorders on what seems to be a reissue of Powhatan Arrow streamlined cars. Can anyone point me to a review of these models? I need a couple of 501/511 cars for use on trains 1/2 in their last years.

Jeff Cornelius
Modeling the Shenandoah Valley
in North Texas
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