December 18, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2025 RailKing O Gauge Galloping Goose Diesel Locomotive in six unique liveries next Spring. Each item will be limited in production and expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in May 2025.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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

ABOUT THE RAILKING GALLOPING GOOSE

Like the doodlebugs before them and the RDC (Rail Diesel Car) after them, the Rio Grande Southern's Galloping Geese were a cheap way to provide passenger service. Cobbled together in the early 1930s by a railroad on the verge of bankruptcy, the Geese replaced steam-powered passenger trains and enabled the RGS to provide passenger and tourist service in the Colorado Rockies until it closed in 1952. The poor condition of RGS track gave the Motors, as they were officially called, the galloping gait that prompted their nickname. Goose No. 7, the last Goose built, was constructed in 1936 with a 1926 Pierce-Arrow body for passengers, a Ford V-8 engine, and a homebuilt box in the back for mail and express freight. Like Geese 3, 4, and 5, after World War II her freight body was converted to provide additional tourist seating. No 7 continued in tourist work until the RGS ceased operations. She survives today in operational condition at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

The Galloping Goose returns to the RailKing line in a variety of liveries. With the extraordinary sounds and slow-speed capabilities of Proto-Sound 3.0, you can recreate the honk of the Goose's horn and its daily struggle to lift a train that weighed 10 tons, fully loaded, over the Rockies with only an ancient, clattering automobile engine.

OPERATING FEATURES

• Intricately Detailed ABS Body
• Die-Cast Truck Sides
• Metal Chassis
• Colorful Paint Scheme
• Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
• Prototypical Rule 17 Lighting
• Directionally Controlled Constant voltage LED Headlights
• Precision Flywheel Equipped Motor
• Onboard DCC Receiver
• Near Scale Sizing
• Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Increments
• Proto-Sound 3.0 With The Digital Command System Featuring Station Stop Proto-Effects
• Unit Measures: 11" x 2" x 2 1/2"
• Operates On O-27 Curves

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

M.T.H. DCS Demo Show Schedule For the Week of December 15, 2024

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be visiting M.T.H. Authorized Retailers this coming weekend to deomonstrate the all-new and just released DCS WTIU WiFi Track Interface Unit. Check out the demonstrations at Ready-to-Roll this Saturday, December 21.

For all the details go HERE.

Scheduled Arrivals Thru December 31, 2024

December 18, 2024 - To review a list of items scheduled for arrival between December 17, 2024, and December 31, 2024, 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 checking the M.T.H. Shipping Schedule.

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2025 RailKing O Scale SW-8 Diesel Locomotive in six unique liveries next Spring. These locomotives will feature authentic cab numbers and will be limited in production and expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in March 2025.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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