December 3, 2025 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2026 O Gauge RailKing Flat Car with 40' Trailer in FIVE popular roadnames next Spring. Each of these offerings will be available in limited quantities and feature unique trailer graphics. All are expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in March 2026.

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

ABOUT THE RAILKING O GAUGE FLAT CAR WITH TRAILER

The trailer-on-flat-car, or TOFC, concept actually predates the trucking industry. From 1885-1893, Long Island farmers could ship their loaded wagons to Manhattan markets on Long Island Rail Road flatcars. Teamsters rode in their own coach on the farmers’ specials, while their horses traveled in stable cars.

The modern use of railroads to ship loaded trailers began on the Chicago Great Western Railroad (the "Corn Belt Route") in 1935 and became widespread in the 1950s, under the leadership of a former GM executive named Eugene Ryan and early supporters that included the Pennsy, New Haven, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Burlington, and Southern Pacific railroads.

Originally a large number of trailers were railroad-owned, and loading and unloading was done "circus-style" by driving the trailers onto a string of flatcars from one end. A major advance came in the 1960s with the advent of the first side-lift cranes, dramatically speeding up loading and unloading. Today the combination of trailer and container shipments, known collectively as intermodal, constitutes the largest class of freight on American railroads

• Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• (2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
• Detailed Brake Wheel
• ABS Detailed Trailer
• Near-Scale Proportions
• Unit Measures: 11 5/8" x 2 1/4" x 3 3/4"
• Operates On O-27 Curves

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Scheduled Arrivals Thru December 15, 2025

December 3, 2025 - To review a list of items scheduled for arrival between December 1, 2025, and December 15, 2025, click HERE. Upon the completion of quality assurance inspections, the items will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers and Distributors.

As always, you can stay apprised of the latest shipping dates by using the M.T.H. Product Search tool. Once items have shipped, their individual pages will show the month the item has shipped and a list of retailers reporting the item in stock.

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing a slew of limited-edition Christmas releases beginning this Fall. With 30 different offerings, these colorful locomotives, cars and accessories are a great way to add to your own holiday collection of past cars, sets and buildings. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in October 2025.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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