Bidspirit auction | A Collection of M.T.H. and


A Collection of M.T.H. and Atlas O-Gauge Model Railroad Freight Cars - An assortment of O-gauge model railroad freight cars featuring plastic bodies with metal wheels, axles, and die-cast metal couplers. The collection includes the following pieces: A blue Conrail boxcar with white double doors, printed with ”CONRAIL” and the ”Q” Quality logo. It is numbered ”28 38 33”. The underside is embossed with ”M.T.H. ®”. A silver and grey MTH Auto Transport boxcar with three panels. Printed marks include ”Serving The World”, an ”MTH” logo, and ”CLASSIC AUTO TRANSPORT”. It is numbered ”74016” and the underside is embossed with ”M.T.H.”. A white SOO Line boxcar with black lettering reading ”SOO LINE” and numbered ”172978”. The underside is plain black plastic with visible screws. A red Lehigh Valley boxcar with a grey roof, featuring ”LEHIGH VALLEY” in yellow lettering and a ”LV” diamond logo. It is numbered ”66520”. The underside is embossed with ”M.T.H. ®”. This car is equipped with a white end-of-train device (ETD) attached to one coupler. A brown Pennsylvania Railroad boxcar printed with ”PENNSYLVANIA” and the ”PRR” keystone logo. It is numbered ”6464 2001”. The underside is embossed with ”M.T.H. ®”. A brown Union Pacific gondola with yellow lettering reading ”UNION PACIFIC” and numbered ”30 294”. The car contains a load of black plastic pipe segments secured by blue tape. The underside is embossed with ”MADE IN CHINA” and ”ATLAS O TRAIN”. , The cars are in good, used condition with visible surface dust, particularly on the roofs of the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania cars (Photo 1). The Lehigh Valley car exhibits a slight outward bow to the lower side sill near the door (Photo 10). One wheelset on the Union Pacific gondola appears slightly askew (Photo 26). The pipe load in the gondola is held together with non-original blue painter's tape (Photo 25). All couplers appear to be present (Photo 1). There is some minor oxidation visible on the metal axles and wheels of several cars, including the SOO Line boxcar (Photo 9).