Uncataloged O Scale Premier FM Erie Built Locomotives Announced

April 14, 2025 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale FM Erie Built Locomotive in New York Central livery for exclusive distribution by M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Jr Junction Train & Hobby. The locomotives will be sold as an AB set and individually as an A Unit. Each sports a unique cab number and will be available beginning in June 2025.

Item No. 20-21963-1 New York Central FM Erie Built AB Diesel Set w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 5003 (A-Unit), 5101 (B-Unit)
Early Order Price: $949.99 (Plus Freight)
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Item No. 20-21980-1 New York Central FM Erie Built A Unit w/Proto-Sound 3.0
Cab No. 5004
Early Order Price: $503.99 (Plus Freight)
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ABOUT THE O SCALE ERIE BUILT DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE

One of railroading's most famous diesel locomotive manufacturers, Fairbanks, Morse and Co., actually began life as an engine builder for the U.S. Navy thanks to its revolutionary opposed-piston diesel power plants first developed in the early 1930s. By 1944, the company entered the locomotive business when its first H10-44 diesel switcher rolled out of the FM shops destined for the Milwaukee Road railroad.

Fairbanks Morse officials knew that real success in the locomotive business would only come if the company could produce a road cab engine and elected to use a Raymond Loewy carbody design to make that goal a reality. Unfortunately, FM did not have the shop capacity to produce the engine themselves so it was contracted out to General Electric's nearby Erie, Pennsylvania plant. Thus, FM's first road cab engine was dubbed the "Erie-Built" and made its debut in 1945. A total of 111 of the 8,000 horsepower haulers were produced with the last retired from the Kansas City Southern in 1966.

The Erie-Built marks M.T.H.'s fourth recreation of a Fairbanks Morse locomotive following the Trainmaster, H10-44 Switcher and the C-Liner. Like its Premier line predecessors, the Erie-Built, last produced in 2004, offers the O Scale model railroad enthusiast unmatched value thanks to the awesome sounds and features of Proto-Sound 3.0, intricate body detail, crisp decoration and incredible pulling power.

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THRU:

Jr Junction Train & Hobby
2716 Erie Boulevard East
Syracuse, NY 13224
315-451-6551
www.jrjunction.com
junction@twcny.rr.com

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.