non sched:
One thing the classic 200F's can do the MD can't; We brought to Goteborg a couple years back a sailboat mast that was 170 feet long, in addtion to a lot of pallets...The nose load door IS a plus.
Lufthansa loved it, pull right up to their warehouse in JFK, pallets fly out the front!
No other Western civil birds are capable of that, but yes, the MD is a fine freighter as well. I sure liked flying on them as a deadheader.
TT