MTH Premier Line passenger coaches have the best value in my opinion not only for the inclusion of figures but overall durability. I have a set of 4 20th Century Limited heavyweights from Lionel and they all had truck problems.
your scenery is fantastic! Have you considered doing an overview video on how you made the different rock formations and the pond? Products used, molds or hand sculpted? Really top notch; thanks so much for sharing!
John Ebert hi John, thanks for the nice compliments! Yes, I am definitely going to make how to videos in the future. I’m just so busy with my jobs and especially my building flats business that I haven’t had time to do more videos like that. But keep an eye out for the future, I do plan on it! Thanks! Nick-
K4 Metropolitan set is very nice! MTH did a good job on the set. It seems like Lionel has cheapened on the details on their 21 inch passenger cars. No passengers, blah interiors and not even lighted drumheads. Maybe they should go back to using Silhouettes...shhh, I better not give them any ideas!
Beautiful set. I must ask, though, what type of valve gear does the locomotive have? For some reason I keep thinking it’s Caprotti, but I don’t think any of the K4s were fitted with that.
I checked a couple of sources and it turns out that the caprotti valve gear was only applied to the K 5 and Pennsy wasn't really impressed with it. I knew that walschaerts valve gear was pretty much the standard on most Pennsy locomotives. Pennsy did try several versions of the Franklin poppet valves and while they did enhance the performance of the test engines they were never applied to the fleet however they were applied to the T 1. Thanks for the video Nick while I like the K 4 overall I thought the prewar version was the sharpest looking of the two I only wish they had a more accurate Pennsy passenger whistle. Two great sources are Many faces of the Pennsy K 4 and Pennsy power both are out of print but easly found on eBay.
I love the olive green color on the trucks! Nice looking set.
Yeah I completely agree, the olive green trucks are cool, and the chocolate brown colored roofs too!
MTH Premier Line passenger coaches have the best value in my opinion not only for the inclusion of figures but overall durability. I have a set of 4 20th Century Limited heavyweights from Lionel and they all had truck problems.
Great looking set, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! I agree, very nice set! Thanks for watching. 👀
Nice running session Nick. Hopefully you can get to see it on the curve.
Firehawk1218 thank you Darren! I really liked this set but it had to go to make room for a bigger toy in the garage. Lol
That engine and passenger cars look really good running around your layout. Thanks for sharing!
John Stup thank you! This is one of mth’s nicer sets if you ask me
A beauty, Really like the sounds and the incredible detail on the locomotive.
shnimmuc thank you! It’s a very nice example of a detailed engine. The gold wheels and all the extra stripes and colors really make this set special.
Beautiful engine Nick I love them Pennsy passenger cars with the olive green trucks.
Kevin Kuff thanks so much Kevin, it’s a great set!
Love the semaphore signal
Very classy set there buddy! Looks right at home on your fantastic layout! I hope all is well.
mjc6184 thanks Michael! Everything has been good. Just busy allot of the time.
Very nice Nick! Thanks loads!!
Thank you nick!
Very nice! Thanks loads Nick!
Thanks bunches! Happy 4 leaf clover day! ☘️ 😀
Very nice train set Nick. The engine has a lot of detail and sounds great. The passenger cars are a nice size and have passengers. MTH at their best.
ajmayowskijr thanks so much Al, this set is crazy nice. One of mth’s lesser known gems!
your scenery is fantastic! Have you considered doing an overview video on how you made the different rock formations and the pond? Products used, molds or hand sculpted? Really top notch; thanks so much for sharing!
John Ebert hi John, thanks for the nice compliments! Yes, I am definitely going to make how to videos in the future. I’m just so busy with my jobs and especially my building flats business that I haven’t had time to do more videos like that. But keep an eye out for the future, I do plan on it! Thanks!
Nick-
Nice set Nick!!!!
Thank you very much Jeff!
Your welcome!!!
K4 Metropolitan set is very nice! MTH did a good job on the set. It seems like Lionel has cheapened on the details on their 21 inch passenger cars. No passengers, blah interiors and not even lighted drumheads. Maybe they should go back to using Silhouettes...shhh, I better not give them any ideas!
kstrains thanks for the nice comments buddy! This mth set is very nice, and yeah no don’t give Lionel any bad ideas. Jeez! Lol
Very,Very nice!
Thank you much Tristan! 😊
Love this set a lot!
Thanks Matt! In my opinion, it’s one of the nicest sets that MTH has made. Easily the nicest one I ever owned by MTH.
You're welcome! Mth makes really nice stuff!
It’s great
Love set review
Thanks so much! It’s a great set!
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Dude can we switch lives? And by that I mean I want your layout....and trains...lol!
Nice!!!
Gold Standard thank you!
Who made the semaphore signal? Really cool
NorthEast Penn Productions it’s a z stuff signal. Infrared censored...thank you!
Beautiful set. I must ask, though, what type of valve gear does the locomotive have? For some reason I keep thinking it’s Caprotti, but I don’t think any of the K4s were fitted with that.
I’m not sure, I’m not the most mechanically knowable train collector. Maybe someone else can chime in? or google?
I checked a couple of sources and it turns out that the caprotti valve gear was only applied to the K 5 and Pennsy wasn't really impressed with it. I knew that walschaerts valve gear was pretty much the standard on most Pennsy locomotives. Pennsy did try several versions of the Franklin poppet valves and while they did enhance the performance of the test engines they were never applied to the fleet however they were applied to the T 1. Thanks for the video Nick while I like the K 4 overall I thought the prewar version was the sharpest looking of the two I only wish they had a more accurate Pennsy passenger whistle. Two great sources are Many faces of the Pennsy K 4 and Pennsy power both are out of print but easly found on eBay.
How about the red arrow?
I have this set with the red arrow announcements. A really nice set!