Monthly RailKing 2020 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight
May 27, 2020 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our RailKing 2020 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog. This week's feature will focus on the RailKing E-8 Diesel Passenger Sets in New York Central, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rock Island liveries; and the FM H10-44 Diesel Locomotive. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering
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| NYC E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - In the mid-1930s, as the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was trying to interest railroads in diesel passenger power, it experimented a lot with exterior design. Looking at EMD’s worm-like yellow and brown Union Pacific M-10000, its gleaming stainless steel Burlington Zephyr, or the boxy, just-plain-ugly early Santa Fe units, it’s apparent that there was a new function looking for its form. continue reading |
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| C&O E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - The first generation of road diesels found its form in 1937 when the initial E-units, built for the B&O, inaugurated the classic "covered wagon" cab unit design that would last for decades on both freight and passenger diesels. continue reading |
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Pennsylvania E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - The earliest E-units were each virtually custom-made, with less than 20 units produced of models EA through E5. The prewar E6 was the first mass-produced passenger diesel and the last to sport the rakish, streamlined EMD nose. continue reading |
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| Rock Island E-8 Diesel Passenger Set - After the war, the new E7 adopted the "bulldog" nose introduced earlier on the FT freight diesel. With the rollout of the E8 in 1949, the E-unit, America’s most popular passenger diesel, reached its final visual form — just in time for the last hurrah of the American passenger train. continue reading |
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FM H10-44 Diesel - Fairbanks Morse got into the locomotive business through submarine engines. FM's unique opposed-piston diesel engine powered about half the U.S. Navy's World War II submarine fleet and developed a great reputation for reliability; the adaptation to railroad equipment during and after the war seemed like a natural transition. continue reading |
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Each of the above RailKing Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. To see the entire 2020 Volume 1 RailKing Lineup, click here.
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2020 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog Now Online
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Order items through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or by contacting the M.T.H. Sales Dept. at 410-381-2580.
Hurry Before They're Gone, Just Five Or Fewer Of These O Gauge Items Remain In Stock
May 27, 2020 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer Premier and RailKing 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.
Premier O Scale 2-Rail
Premier O Scale 3-Rail
RailKing O Gauge
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