March 30, 2022 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the RailKing O Gauge Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive in its restoration paint scheme with an oil tender as well as three coal burner models and auxiliary tenders in three select liveries in 2022. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in August 2022.

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

ABOUT BIG BOY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

Just months before Pearl Harbor, the American Locomotive Company delivered the first Big Boy to the Union Pacific Railroad. The UP's Department of Research and Mechanical Standards had designed the locomotive for a specific task: to pull a 3600-ton train unassisted over the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. While the Big Boy is often cited as the biggest steam locomotive ever built, in fact, it is not. The Norfolk & Western's Y6 and A, the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range's Yellowstones, and the Chesapeake and Ohio's Alleghenys were all in the same league, and some exceeded the Big Boy's weight and power.

But in the battle for hearts and minds, the Big Boy won. Perhaps it was the name, simple and direct, scrawled on a locomotive under construction by an ALCo shop worker. Maybe it was timing, as the Big Boys hit the road just when America needed symbols to rally around. Maybe the UP's publicity department just did a better job of telling the world what great equipment they had. Whatever the reason, the Big Boy captured the imagination of railfans and the American public over the ensuing years, perhaps more than any other steam engine. In many ways, it is the symbolic locomotive of the American West, as big and powerful as the country it sped through.

Writer Henry Comstock beautifully described the Big Boy's place at the apex of steam engine history: "A Union Pacific 'Big Boy' was 604 tons and 19,000 cubic feet of steel and coal and water, poised upon 36 wheels spaced no wider apart than those of an automobile. That it could thunder safely over the undulating and curved track at speeds in excess of 70 miles an hour was due in large measure to the efforts of two long-forgotten pioneers. As early as 1836, the basic system that held its wheels in equalized contact with the rails was patented by a Philadelphian named Joseph Harrison; and a French technical writer, Anatole Mallet, first thought to couple two driving units heel to toe below one boiler in 1874."

This enduring symbol of American railroading returns to the RailKing line for 2022, complete with the industry-leading speed control, smoke output, and range of accurate sounds that characterize all MTH Proto-Sound 3.0 locomotives. Both engine and tender are constructed of die-cast metal and adorned with detail. Our model features two motors and four traction tires for pulling power and speed that rival the original Big Boy. Imperial features that set this model apart include legible builders plates, crew figures, cab interior light, painted backhead gauges, and a real coal load in the coal burner model tenders.

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

Scheduled Arrivals Thru April 15, 2022

March 30, 2022 - To review a list of items scheduled for an arrival between April 1, 2022, and April 15, 2022 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.

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

March 30, 2022 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer 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.

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2022 Premier O Scale Union Pacific Auxiliary Water Tenders Announced

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the Premier O Scale Union Pacific Auxiliary Water Tender in three different paint schemes in 2022. Each of these unique schemes makes an excellent complement to the 2021 Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive arriving this Spring. Each will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in July 2022.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing several limited-edition Halloween releases beginning this Fall including an ES44 Diesel/Caboose Set, a Bump-n-Go Trolley, and several boxcars. The Halloween-themed items continue a trend M.T.H. began back in 2008 and these 2022 releases are a great way to add to your own spooky collection of past cars, sets, and buildings. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in September 2022.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing several limited-edition Christmas releases beginning this Fall including an ES44 Diesel/Caboose Set, a Bump-n-Go Trolley, and several boxcars. The Christmas-themed items continue a trend M.T.H. began back in 1996 and these 2022 releases 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 September 2022.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

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