Monthly 2017 Vol. 1 Catalog RailKing Spotlight

March 29, 2017 - Each month throughout the coming months, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2017 O Gauge Volume 1 catalog. This week's feature will focus on select RailKing O Gauge offerings including the Pennsylvania 4-6-2 Torpedo steam locomotive, Metropolitan Transportation Q Type Subway Sets and select RailKing rolling stock items and accessory items including the 4-Bay Hopper Car, Modern Reefer and Country Barn. Each of these items are currently slated to begin delivering in May 2017.

4-6-2 Torpedo Steam Locomotive - For decades, the greatest railroad rivalry in the East was between the New York Central and the Pennsylvania Railroad — and the most intense expression of that rivalry was in their overnight New York – Chicago passenger service. The standard bearer for the Central was the 20th Century Limited, which took the easy way west, up the Hudson River valley and along the Great Lakes, advertised as "the Water Level Route, so you can sleep." The Pennsy's flagship, the Broadway Limited, fought its way westward over the Allegheny Mountains via Horseshoe Curve, one of railroading's greatest engineering achievements.continue reading

Q-Type Subway Sets - In the late 1930s, the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation rebuilt 90 turn-of-the-century wooden elevated cars for service to the 1939-40 World's Fair. Steel ends replaced the original open wood platforms and the BMT shops installed new doors and control systems. The cars were semi-permanently coupled into three-car sets, with two motorized units flanking an unpowered trailer. The Q (for "Queens") cars served on the Flushing Line until 1949 and the following year began a new career on the Third Avenue Elevated.  continue reading		4-Bay Hopper Car - Unlike equipment that carried a variety of loads, like boxcars, flatcars, and gondolas, this four-bay hopper was designed specifically for one cargo: bituminous coal. Its capacity matched the volume of coal that a pair of typical 70-ton freight trucks could carry. And its slope sheets — the angled floors at either end of the car — were set at precisely the angle at which coal would flow easily from its bottom doors. (Covered grain hoppers, for example, require much steeper slope sheets.)  continue reading

Modern Reefer - The coming of the railroad changed the way America ate and drank. Before the iron horse connected every town of any importance to the outside world, most food was grown or produced locally. The arrival of cheap, fast, refrigerated transport — in the form of the woodsided reefer with ice bunkers at each end — enabled local brewers, dairies, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale. Among other things, the reefer enabled Chicago to become "Hog Butcher for the World"; in pre-reefer days, livestock had been transported to local markets and butchered as close as possible to the final consumer.     continue reading		O Gauge Barn - M.T.H. Electric Trains offers a variety of RailTown™ buildings to help you create whatever kind of atmosphere you desire; rural or urban, nostalgic or modern. Operating buildings transfer your layout's action from trains to structures adding fun and excitement to the entire pike. RailTown buildings are a perfect addition on any O Gauge layout, as each is sized for use with all O Gauge locomotives and rolling stock regardless of manufacturer. Fully assembled and ready-to-use, M.T.H. accessories will transform your layout into a world of action in just minutes.   continue reading

Each of the above RailKing items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

To see the entire 2017 Volume 1 RailKing Lineup, click here.

Uncataloged O Gauge SW-1 Switcher Now Shipping

March 29, 2017 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has released a RailKing O Gauge SW-1 Switcher featuring Wilmington & Western livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Nicholas Smith Trains in Broomall, Pennsylvania.

The building is limited in production but can be purchased for $44.99 (plus freight) exclusively through M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Nicholas Smith Trains.

Item No. 30-20403-1 Wilmington & Western SW-1 Switcher Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0
MSRP: $299.99 (plus freight)

Nicholas Smith Trains
2343 W. Chester Pike
Broomall, PA 19008
610-353-8585
www.nstrains.com
mth@nstrains.com

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

March 29, 2017 - 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

Lionel Corporation Tinplate

Premier O Scale 2-Rail

Premier O Scale 3-Rail

RailKing O Gauge

M.T.H. S Gauge

Tinplate Traditions

Check Out The MTH Smart Phone App

M.T.H. Electric Trains has published its first smartphone and tablet app for controlling a DCS layout wirelessly to the Apple App Store and Google Play stores.

The App provides access to the M.T.H. website allowing visitors to quickly find the latest news, search for products, watch product videos and much, much more.

The app can also control a DCS layout from any smartphone or tablet when paired with a DCS Wi-Fi Interface Unit and DCS Track Interface Unit. Both iOS and Android versions are FREE with an option for in-app purchase upgrades.