HO GP38-2 Diesels Now In Stock

June 24, 2020 - The M.T.H. HO Pittsburgh & Lake Erie and Indiana Southern GP38-2 diesels have arrived and are now shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers. The locomotives are available in limited quantities at your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. website.

About the HO GP38-2 Diesel

Produced from 1972 to 1986, the GP38-2 helped inaugurate Electro-Motive’s "Dash-2" series of locomotives and became one of EMD’s all-time best sellers. With over 2200 engines sold throughout North America, rare was the railroad that did not roster these reliable, second-generation EMD workhorses.

Building on the success of the GP38 introduced in 1966, the Dash-2 model looked almost identical on the outside but incorporated a host of internal upgrades that lowered exhaust emissions and improved reliability, ease of maintenance, and tractive effort. Most significant was the replacement of the maze of hard-wired circuits, switches, interlocks, and relays — which had characterized first-generation diesels and had been the source of many of their service issues — with modular, solid-state electronics. Other improvements toughened the pistons, rings, and bearings of the 2000-horsepower, non-turbocharged model 645 prime mover.

The result was an engine so hard working and dependable that it became as common on American railroads as the F-unit was in the 1950s and ‘60s. Trains magazine recognized this in 1982 by designating B&O GP38 #3802 (a pre-Dash-2 model) as the All American Diesel; the engine resides today in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, repainted in its 1982 Chessie System colors. Many GP38-2s have soldiered on for more than three decades and remain in service today on short lines and regional railroads.

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

These locomotives are still available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. They can also be ordered directly from M.T.H.

2020-21 HO Gauge Catalog To Be Released Online on Friday, June 26, 2020

June 24, 2020 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will publish its 2020-21 HO catalog to the M.T.H. website beginning Friday morning, June 26th.

When the catalog goes live next week, it can be viewed online by clicking the following links:

2020-21 HO Scale Catalog

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

June 24, 2020 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer HO Scale 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 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.

M.T.H. HO Scale