Monthly RailKing 2020 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

May 27, 2020 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our RailKing 2020 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog.  This week's feature will focus on the RailKing E-8 Diesel Passenger Sets in New York Central, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rock Island liveries; and the FM H10-44 Diesel Locomotive. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in July 2020.

NYC E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - In the mid-1930s, as the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was trying to interest railroads in diesel passenger power, it experimented a lot with exterior design. Looking at EMD’s worm-like yellow and brown Union Pacific M-10000, its gleaming stainless steel Burlington Zephyr, or the boxy, just-plain-ugly early Santa Fe units, it’s apparent that there was a new function looking for its form.  continue reading

C&O E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - The first generation of road diesels found its form in 1937 when the initial E-units, built for the B&O, inaugurated the classic "covered wagon" cab unit design that would last for decades on both freight and passenger diesels.   continue reading		Pennsylvania E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - The earliest E-units were each virtually custom-made, with less than 20 units produced of models EA through E5. The prewar E6 was the first mass-produced passenger diesel and the last to sport the rakish, streamlined EMD nose.  continue reading

Rock Island E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - After the war, the new E7 adopted the "bulldog" nose introduced earlier on the FT freight diesel. With the rollout of the E8 in 1949, the E-unit, America’s most popular passenger diesel, reached its final visual form — just in time for the last hurrah of the American passenger train.   continue reading		FM H10-44 Diesel - Fairbanks Morse got into the locomotive business through submarine engines. FM's unique opposed-piston diesel engine powered about half the U.S. Navy's World War II submarine fleet and developed a great reputation for reliability; the adaptation to railroad equipment during and after the war seemed like a natural transition.   continue reading

Each of the above RailKing Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. To see the entire 2020 Volume 1 RailKing Lineup, click here.

Monthly 2019 S Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

May 27, 2020 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2019-2020 S Gauge Catalog.  This week's feature will focus on the S Gauge Extended Vision Caboose in Missouri Kansas & Texas livery. Each of these cabooses featured in the 2019-2020 S Gauge Catalog is currently slated to begin delivering in June 2020.

Extended Vision Caboose - Before railroads, "caboose" referred to a small cookhouse on the deck of a sailing ship. Nobody knows for sure, but it was likely the 1850s before the first railroad caboose gave a train crew shelter from the weather. The Civil War-era marked the emergence of boxcar like cabin cars or conductor’s cars with side and perhaps end doors, windows, a heating and cooking stove, bunks, and roof lanterns to mark the end of the train.   continue reading

Each of these items is available for order now from any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or by contacting the M.T.H. Sales Department at 410-381-2580.

To see the entire 2019-2020 S Gauge Catalog lineup, click here.

RailKing One Gauge G Scale Dash-8 Diesel Engines Now In-Stock

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May 27, 2020 - In the late 1980s, as General Electric and General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division engaged in heated competition (that continues today) for market share in the high horsepower category, GE announced its Dash 8 line of diesel locomotives.

Although the first demonstrator version had only 3,200 hp, most of the Dash 8s had 4,000 hp when delivered and were therefore designated Dash 8-40. Because GE builds its diesel locomotives in five modules, it was able to customize its Dash 8s for each buyer to an unusual degree.

Some railroads ordered their Dash 8s with conventional cabs, while others opted for the wider North American or comfort cabs, identified by a "W" in the engine name. Some Dash 8s have 4-wheel trucks — denoted with a "B" — while a Dash 8-40C has 6-wheel trucks. This variety meant that these diesels, which were designed for fast freight duty, also found a home in Amtrak passenger service. Despite their many differences, all Dash 8s share microprocessor control. The microprocessor, a small computer, regulates rpm, fuel injection volume, generator excitation, and many other operational features to make the Dash 8s run more efficiently than any diesels before them.

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These limited production locomotives can be ordered for immediate delivery through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. Online Store.

2020 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog Now Online

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2019 - 2020 S Gauge Catalog Now Online

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Hurry Before They're Gone, Just Five Or Fewer Of These Items Remain In Stock

May 27, 2020 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer items that are remaining in our onhand inventory. In many cases, these items will NOT be re-run in the future and these lists could be your last chance for ordering them before they're GONE FOR GOOD. Don't miss out on these items! Click on the appropriate product line link below and then any item number in the corresponding list to purchase that item from the M.T.H. Online Store or order directly from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

RailKing One Gauge

M.T.H. HO Scale

Premier O Scale 2-Rail

Premier O Scale 3-Rail

RailKing O Gauge

M.T.H. S Gauge

Tinplate Traditions

2019 - 2020 RailKing One Gauge G Scale Catalog Now Online

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2019 - 2020 HO Scale Catalog Now Online

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It's Easy To Add WiFi To Your DCS Layout

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