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RailKing O Gauge Alco C-630/628 Diesel Locomotives Now In Stock

Check It Out In Action In All-New Video

May 13, 2020 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has released its 2019 Volume 2 RailKing O Gauge Alco C-630 and C-628 diesel locomotives in four different roadnames. In addition to the Reading scheme featured in the above image, three other railroads are represented in the 2019 Volume 2 catalog including Chesapeake & Ohio, Monon, and Lehigh Valley. Each of these locomotives is in-stock and available for immediate delivery.

About the Alco C-630 Diesel

The Century series was Alco’s last stand. Like Baldwin’s Shark-nose diesels a decade before, the Century lineup, introduced in 1963, was a final attempt by one of America’s big three steam builders to stay relevant in the diesel market. Just three years earlier, former Alco partner General Electric had inaugurated the second generation of diesel power with its innovative U25B, and would soon usurp Alco as the number two firm in the locomotive business — a business dominated by an automaker. With its back against the wall, Alco resorted to sheer muscle to try to win new orders.

In the early 1960s, the generation of engines that had dieselized America was beginning to wear out. As manufacturers marketed second-generation replacement power, one of their key selling points was "unit reduction" — replacement of lower-power first-generation units with a smaller number of new, higher-power units. When it introduced the Century series with the C-628 ("Century series, 6-axle, 2800 hp"), Alco’s salesmen could rightfully boast they were selling "the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive ever built in the United States."

In an attempt to address dependability issues that had dogged earlier Alco diesels, Alco’s designers incorporated numerous reliability improvements into the Century series — including pressurized air circulation in the engine room to keep out dirt (an idea pioneered on GE’s U-boats) and a claimed 8 years between major engine overhauls. Alco’s salesmen boasted the C-series would cut operating costs by a whopping 44% versus a 10-year-old engine.

Bring the brute strength of the C-630 to your layout with this first-ever RailKing Scale model. Listen to the chant of an Alco prime mover, haul heavy tonnage like the prototype at speeds from a crawl to full throttle, and even double- or triple-head with any combination of M.T.H. diesels — all thanks to Proto-Sound 3.0.

You can see the locomotive in action on video by clicking HERE.

These locomotives are still available from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. They can also be ordered from the M.T.H. online store by clicking on the item number when you go to the following link.

To see the entire 2019 Volume 2 Premier lineup, click here.

HO GEVO ES44 Diesel Locomotives Now In Stock

May 13, 2020 - At the heart of General Electric's 21st-century Evolution Series is a brand new prime mover, the turbocharged four-cycle, 12-cylinder GEVO-12. While producing the same 4400 horsepower as its 16-cylinder FDL-series predecessor, the GEVO-12 uses less fuel and spits out 40% fewer emissions.

GE claims the EVOs are "the most fuel-efficient, most environmentally friendly diesel locomotives in history… If every freight train in North America were pulled by an Evolution Series Locomotive, the reduction of smog-producing pollutants would be like removing 48 million cars from the road each year." Everything about these locomotives has been examined, questioned, and re-thought, generating 25 new U.S. patents in the process. Before they went on sale in 2005, 52 preproduction units were tested in revenue service across the continent for more than a year. Every Big Six railroad has ponied up to buy the ES44, with the BNSF currently rostering the largest EVO fleet. Around the world, over 3,700 Evolution Series diesels are operating in 10 countries.

Like all M.T.H. locomotives, our new ES44AC offers HO scale’s finest combination of detail, realism, and performance. Listen to the chant of an authentic GEVO-12 motor in the Proto-Sound 3 versions, and throttle down as low as three scale miles per hour so you can admire the details as the Evolution Series glides by: see-through fans and grilles, walkways with safety tread, flashing ditch lights, windshield wipers, body and truck air brake piping, and a host of other separately applied details. Activate the couplers from anywhere on the layout using any DCC controller or the DCS Digital Command System. For the ultimate in power and sound, operate these diesels in multiple-unit lashups under DCC, or DCS digital command control. If you’re running under the M.T.H. DCS system, you can double- or even triple-head the ES44AC with virtually any combination of 3.0 locomotives.

You can see the locomotive in action on video by clicking HERE. Check out all the roadname offerings by going HERE.

These locomotives are still available from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. They can also be ordered from the M.T.H. online store by clicking on the item number when you go HERE.

Monthly 2019 S Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

May 13, 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 Reading 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

Check Out The Quick Start Video

May 13, 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.

You can see the locomotives in action on video by clicking HERE.

Click HERE to learn more about these latest releases.

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

May 12, 2020 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has published its 2020 Volume 2 O Gauge catalog to the M.T.H. website and can be viewed by going HERE.

Printed catalogs should begin mailing to M.T.H. Authorized Retailer locations and M.T.H. mailing lists subscribers the week of May 24th.

Items may be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or by calling the M.T.H. Sales Department at 410-381-2580

2020 Ready-to-Run Train Set Catalog Now Online

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Order items through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

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

May 13, 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