Just curious, as I have recently acquired a seven-piece set of RailKing 60-foot passenger cars from an MTH warehouse auction that I believe are engineering samples (including both a round-end _and_ flat-end observation car, the latter of which I don't recall seeing in the RK lineup). Oh, and they're chrome plated to boot. Owing to that mirror finish I'm kinda leery of letting them sit around without boxes so I plan to make some that are close as possible to the size of the factory boxes (I've got a hot-wire styrofoam cutter and a supply of cardboard). Only thing is since these are the first RK 60' coaches in my collection, I don't have any measurements of them for reference. Any chance you could measure the single and two-car boxes length, height and depth?
the single boxes are 6x20 inches and the double boxes are 12x20.. there is a company called east coast train parts that sell boxes for trains. They are at york in the orange hall and allentown train shows. their boxes are lionel or boxes that look like lionel with no writing on them. here is a link to their website. www.eastcoasttrainparts.com/
@@ganrailroad Thanks for the dimension info. I believe I have ECTP's boxes for some other cars in my collection, they're postwar style with a prominent "Reproduction" notation inside one of the flaps. I'm pretty sure I've also seen them at York. While I imagine ECTP has boxes suitable for postwar aluminum coaches, I still think I'll go the extra step and provide these cars with styrofoam trays and cushioned inserts mimicking the size of MTH's packaging, being I have both materials on-hand and one of the Hot Wire Foam Factory's scroll-table cutters. I've had success building templates for a variety of MPC-style boxes for a number of my traditional-size freight cars, so building these should be only a modest challenge :)
What a beautiful Christmas train! I would definitely own for my collection. Merry Christmas Gary!
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas to you too 🎄🎄🎄🚂
Now that's one really cool train with rolling stock !
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I got all the cars as well. With the preorder pricing I find them to be a great value in today's market.
They are a great value with pre order pricing. Thanks for watching 🚂
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY, SOUTH AMÉRICA!!!
Merry Christmas to you too. Thanks for watching 🚂🎄
Happy Hoildays and Happy Railroading 😊
And the same to you. Thanks for watching 🚂🎄
Merry Christmas 🎄
merry christmas to you too
Just curious, as I have recently acquired a seven-piece set of RailKing 60-foot passenger cars from an MTH warehouse auction that I believe are engineering samples (including both a round-end _and_ flat-end observation car, the latter of which I don't recall seeing in the RK lineup). Oh, and they're chrome plated to boot.
Owing to that mirror finish I'm kinda leery of letting them sit around without boxes so I plan to make some that are close as possible to the size of the factory boxes (I've got a hot-wire styrofoam cutter and a supply of cardboard). Only thing is since these are the first RK 60' coaches in my collection, I don't have any measurements of them for reference. Any chance you could measure the single and two-car boxes length, height and depth?
the single boxes are 6x20 inches and the double boxes are 12x20.. there is a company called east coast train parts that sell boxes for trains. They are at york in the orange hall and allentown train shows. their boxes are lionel or boxes that look like lionel with no writing on them. here is a link to their website.
www.eastcoasttrainparts.com/
@@ganrailroad Thanks for the dimension info. I believe I have ECTP's boxes for some other cars in my collection, they're postwar style with a prominent "Reproduction" notation inside one of the flaps. I'm pretty sure I've also seen them at York.
While I imagine ECTP has boxes suitable for postwar aluminum coaches, I still think I'll go the extra step and provide these cars with styrofoam trays and cushioned inserts mimicking the size of MTH's packaging, being I have both materials on-hand and one of the Hot Wire Foam Factory's scroll-table cutters.
I've had success building templates for a variety of MPC-style boxes for a number of my traditional-size freight cars, so building these should be only a modest challenge :)
Wow roughly $850 for the whole set.
That's actually a deal compared to other passenger car prices. Thanks for watching 🚂
What size curve track are you running those on in your outer track? Thanks
072 and it's Atlas track. Thanks for watching 🚂