Monthly 2016 Vol. 1 Catalog Premier Spotlight
May 18, 2016 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2016 O Gauge Volume 1 catalog. This week's feature will focus on the Premier O Scale 2-8-2 USRA Mikado Steam Locomotive, New York Central Empire State Express Steam Locomotive, 4-6-6-4 Z6 Challenger Steam Locomotive, EMD F-7 Diesel Locomotive, R32 Subway sets, and select Premier Freight Cars including the Flat Car w/R33 Subway Car, Double Door 50' Box Car, 2-Car Spine Car Sets, Husky Stack Car and Center Cupola Steel Caboose. Each of these items are currently slated to begin delivering in July 2016.
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| USRA Mikado, Constructed with dozens of added-on detail parts, the USRA Mikado returns to the Premier line in new road names and numbers for the first time since 2007. While other manufacturers have offered fine models of this classic engine, we believe none matches the detail level, sound quality, slow speed performance, and synchronized puffing smoke of this MTH Premier model. continue reading |
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Empire State Express Hudson, Relive the brief but glorious era of streamlined steam on the Water Level Route with these superbly detailed locomotives. With their fully featured sound systems, Empire State Express passenger station announcements, and ability to start your train so smoothly you won't spill a drop of water in the diner, we believe these are surely the best O scale models of these Hudsons ever built. continue reading |
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| 4-6-6-4 Challenger, Perhaps the zenith of the fast freight engine was the 4-6-6-4 Challenger, first conceived by the Union Pacific Railroad and American Locomotive Works in the mid-1930s. The Northern Pacific liked what it saw taking shape at Alco and ordered its own, even bigger Challengers. continue reading |
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EMD F7 Dieseles, Externally, the F7 was very similar to the earlier F3. The key spotting features that distinguished an F7 were its stainless steel upper body grilles that replaced the "chicken wire" worn by most F3s, and the rooftop dynamic brake fan that replaced the F3's rectangular roof vents just behind the cab. continue reading |
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| R32 Subway, was the New York's first mass-produced, stainless steel subway car. After years of trying and two sets of experimental prototypes, the Budd Company, which had pioneered stainless steel trains in the 1930s, won a bid to deliver 600 all-stainless cars in 1964-65. continue reading. |
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Flat Cars w/Subway Loads, MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any manufacturer's scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives. Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety of car types and paint schemes. continue reading. |
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| O Scale Box Cars, Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers which makes it even easier than ever to combine them into a mult-car consist. Many of MTH's Premier Rolling Stock offerings can also operate on the tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more added versatility to your layout. continue reading. |
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2-Car Spine Sets, are available in four different roadnames, each in two different car numbers for a prototypical experience. Even the removable containers feature separate, prototypical numbers allowing modelers to build their very own multi-car consist. continue reading. |
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| Husky Stack Cars, a revolution in shipping began when the first container ship, a converted oil tanker named Ideal X, left Port Newark, NJ headed for Houston. The brainchild of truck-driver-turned-shipping-magnate Malcolm Purcell McLean, containerization was a giant step forward in shipping efficiency, security and cost. continue reading. |
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Center Cupola Steel Caboose, this caboose was shaped in part by regulatory requirements — in this case, a proposed Pennsylvania law requiring cabooses on through freights to be 8-wheeled and at least 24' long. Based on a wood-sheathed 1924 Reading Company design that became so widespread in the mid-Atlantic region that railfans dubbed it the Northeastern Caboose. continue reading. |
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Each of the above Premier Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.
To see the entire 2016 Volume 1 Premier Lineup, click here.
Uncataloged O Gauge Bump-n-Go Trolley Announced
May 18, 2016 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be producing a RailKing O Gauge Bump-n-Go Trolley in Five Mile Beach Electric Railway Co. livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Holly Beach Train Depot in Wildwood, New Jersey. Each trolley features graphics from an open air trolley used on the Wildwood trolley line in 1895!
The trolley is limited in production but can be purchased for $79.95 (plus freight) exclusively through M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Holly Beach Train Depot. M.T.H. subscribers can save $10.00 off the retail price by pre-ordering today from Holly Beach Train Depot for $69.95.
Item No. 30-5157 Five Mile Beach Electric Railway Co. Bump-n-Go Trolley
MSRP: $79.95 (plus freight)
Holly Beach Train Depot 4712 Pacific Avenue
Wildwood, NJ 08260
609-522-2379
www.hollybeachtraindepot.com
hollybeach.trains@verizon.net
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Tinplate Items Just Released During The Week Of May 8, 2016
May 18, 2016 - To review last week's list of the Tinplate items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of May 8, 2016, click HERE. You'll find these at your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.
As always, you can stay apprised of the latest shipping dates by checking the M.T.H. Shipping Schedule. Once items have shipped, use the M.T.H. Product Locator to find a retailer reporting the item in stock.
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