i am sad to see that Roundhouse went out of business after i fell in love with their products and was wondering if Bachmann would ever consider buying the molds to their products before they are lost. heck i bet bachmann could make the 2 truck shay 5 times better. i would also love it if they included the road names that roundhouse had. also could bachmann at least make a product line of ho trains based on short line railroads like mining and logging railroads and include oddball engines like the climax roundhouse had and boxcabs and the shays. i am sad to say that i didn't get into model railroading untill all the smaller companies are gone.
Athearn owns MDC sadly, and they're mostly only looking to sell modern equipment and ready to run. They're making a huge mistake not having more offerings in steam either kit or rtr. They're only offering early early moguls and consolidations and that's it. I for one own quite a few MDC locomotives and grew up with them in HO and HOn3.
Is anybody else out their who agrees with me? ???
Quote from: ryeguyisme on September 25, 2011, 06:07:59 PM
Athearn owns MDC sadly, and they're mostly only looking to sell modern equipment and ready to run. They're making a huge mistake not having more offerings in steam either kit or rtr. They're only offering early early moguls and consolidations and that's it. I for one own quite a few MDC locomotives and grew up with them in HO and HOn3.
is athearn even in buisness? i think horizon is trying to destroy all my favorite lines.
Since this is a Bachmann forum, I suggest you get some knowledge by doing Google searches for other brands.
I have these products and they are still being made and sold. That is all I can say. What you are talking about was done some years ago. Molds wear out.
You do not have to put the whole message in the subject line and you do not have to yell, All Upper case text.
Your school teacher should be able to tell you that.
Rich
Sent you a PM all about this issue with many links.
Rich
Quote from: richg on September 26, 2011, 11:10:13 AM
Sent you a PM all about this issue with many links.
Rich
thank you now i at least have a sorce of their products besides ebay.
sorry after i typed in bachmann i left the rome breifly and came back and my brother was playing with the key board and he had activated caps lock but i did not check the typing untill after i typed bacause i watch my fingures when i type... (bad habbit) :-\
sorry forgot too spell check.
Quote from: mr shay on September 25, 2011, 06:09:05 PM
Is anybody else out their who agrees with me? ???
I most certainly do, see my blog post here.
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/moel-die-casting-roundhouse.html (http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/moel-die-casting-roundhouse.html)
yes , Horizon owns ROUNDHOUSE, They still produce the kits as RTR under the Athearn name@ a MUCH higher price. They are "upgraded" w/ metal wheels & knuckle couplers. Really liked the old kits & have many of them. Pick them up whenever I see them....My grandchildren will enjoy them, I hope.
Quote from: Geared Steam on September 26, 2011, 07:26:09 PM
Quote from: mr shay on September 25, 2011, 06:09:05 PM
Is anybody else out their who agrees with me? ???
I most certainly do, see my blog post here.
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/moel-die-casting-roundhouse.html (http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/moel-die-casting-roundhouse.html)
its a great blog i have already visited a few times. i already have 2 bachmann 3 truck shays and attempting to get a 2 truck or climax
Quote from: jerryl on September 26, 2011, 07:30:25 PM
yes , Horizon owns ROUNDHOUSE, They still produce the kits as RTR under the Athearn name@ a MUCH higher price. They are "upgraded" w/ metal wheels & knuckle couplers. Really liked the old kits & have many of them. Pick them up whenever I see them....My grandchildren will enjoy them, I hope.
i didn't know they were still in buisness because my sites i usually use listed they were on backorder or out of production.
They are in business, but are produced under the Athearn name. Not everything is available, only what Athearn releases. The Athearn American Loco was an upgraded Roundhouse.
Quote from: jerryl on September 27, 2011, 08:49:33 AM
They are in business, but are produced under the Athearn name. Not everything is available, only what Athearn releases. The Athearn American Loco was an upgraded Roundhouse.
Actually Roundhouse was purchased by Horizon Hobby, and is still around as RTR cars and locos in Roundhouse boxes. The manufacturer code to search what's available and order directly from Horizon is "RND". A few Roundhouse pieces ended up in the Athearn line, and some of the "old time" Athearn cars ended up in Roundhouse boxes. But, in general, both lines are still marketed seperately by Horizon.
Which is a 'good thing', and there are some nice cars in both lines to go with our Bachmann locos.
Len
Quote from: Len on September 27, 2011, 11:53:42 AM
Quote from: jerryl on September 27, 2011, 08:49:33 AM
They are in business, but are produced under the Athearn name. Not everything is available, only what Athearn releases. The Athearn American Loco was an upgraded Roundhouse.
Actually Roundhouse was purchased by Horizon Hobby, and is still around as RTR cars and locos in Roundhouse boxes. The manufacturer code to search what's available and order directly from Horizon is "RND". A few Roundhouse pieces ended up in the Athearn line, and some of the "old time" Athearn cars ended up in Roundhouse boxes. But, in general, both lines are still marketed seperately by Horizon.
Which is a 'good thing', and there are some nice cars in both lines to go with our Bachmann locos.
Len
they need to make more of the roundhouse classics like the boxcab shays and high boiler climax
There have been no updates to the Roundhouse web site for nearly six months. Athearn has announced a few Roundhouse products since April, but there is no trace of those models on the web site. It certainly looks like Athearn/Horizon are loosing, if not have already completely lost, interest in pre-WWII prototypes. Don't be surprised if you see the Roundhouse line scrapped within the next year or two.
Quote from: TwinZephyr on September 27, 2011, 06:53:24 PM
There have been no updates to the Roundhouse web site for nearly six months. Athearn has announced a few Roundhouse products since April, but there is no trace of those models on the web site. It certainly looks like Athearn/Horizon are loosing, if not have already completely lost, interest in pre-WWII prototypes. Don't be surprised if you see the Roundhouse line scrapped within the next year or two.
Go the the Athearn web page and click the "New Products" link, you'll find the new Roundhouse items listed there after the Athearn items. Or you can sign up for the Athearn Newsletter on the Roundhouse web page, and receive new product notifications there. It costs money to maintain multiple web pages, so the Roundhouse web page is slowley being phased out, not the products.
Len
I agree. Athearn still produces the Roundhouse line as I think they use it as their line of pre-WWII engines and rolling stock while Athearn is more WWII and later. As far as the web site thing, They will most likely merge the two pages together under the Athearn name since what would be Roundhouse in HO Scale, for example the old-time 2-6-0's and 2-8-0's and various pieces of old-time rolling stock, are sold as Athearn products in N scale. Some of the new Athearn releases like the arched roof coaches and 24' ore cars are based off of the old MDC/Roundhouse molds of the same cars. So even if the Roundhouse name dissapears, the products will still live on under the Athearn name. Either way, both lines of engines and rolling stock are good quality, well made products.
Quote from: MilwaukeeRoadfan261 on September 28, 2011, 02:14:22 PM
I agree. Athearn still produces the Roundhouse line as I think they use it as their line of pre-WWII engines and rolling stock while Athearn is more WWII and later. As far as the web site thing, They will most likely merge the two pages together under the Athearn name since what would be Roundhouse in HO Scale, for example the old-time 2-6-0's and 2-8-0's and various pieces of old-time rolling stock, are sold as Athearn products in N scale. Some of the new Athearn releases like the arched roof coaches and 24' ore cars are based off of the old MDC/Roundhouse molds of the same cars. So even if the Roundhouse name dissapears, the products will still live on under the Athearn name. Either way, both lines of engines and rolling stock are good quality, well made products.
i just viewed it and it made me sad because if they are to do that they should do it in ho and n but at least their they're still around.
I wish they'd come out with their 3-in-1 series I have all but a few buildings they made, would like to get another HOn3 2-8-0t because my other one is midbash for a 2-4-4-0t
Reminds me I gotta start working on my steam shovel kit >.<
I loved the harriman steam locomotives and their HON3 outside frame 2-8-0's(i have one but would like another for the mountain route)
i am getting my first roundhouse engine a battle mtn mining co climax... i really hope it runs