Monthly 2018 Vol. 2 Catalog Premier Spotlight

July 18, 2018 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2018 O Gauge Volume 2 catalog.  This month's feature will focus on the Premier O Scale Alco PA Diesel Passenger Sets in Santa Fe, Freedom Train, Union Pacific, Pennsylvania and General Electric liveries; and select Premier Freight Cars including the O Scale 60' Flat Car with Pipe Loads; 50' Flat Car with Military Loads; 40' Box Car; 50' PS-1 Box Car; and the Schnabel Car.  Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in September 2018.

Santa Fe Alco PA Passenger Set - The PA was Alco's glamour girl. While Electro-Motive's E-units easily beat Alco's passenger engine in terms of popularity, the PA is widely regarded as the most beautiful first-generation diesel - period.          continue reading		Freedom Train Alco PA Passenger Set - Perhaps no other locomotive looked so right at the head of the streamlined trains of the late forties and fifties that were the last hurrah of American long-distance passenger service.                                     continue reading

Union Pacific Alco PA Passenger Set - The 294 PA's and cabless PB's built between 1946 and 1953 powered some of America's most famous name trains, from the Pennsylvania's Broadway Limited to the New Haven's Merchants' Limited.          continue reading		Pennsylvania Alco PA Passenger Set - The muscular PA profile and its elegant nose, with the characteristic grille around the headlight, were designed by Ray Patten, General Electric's head of industrial design.                           continue reading

General Electric Alco PA Diesel - Patten's design was described as "a locomotive so distinctive and so powerful looking that it actually helps railroads sell their services to passengers and shippers."          continue reading		60' Flat Car w/Pipe Load - MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any manufacturer’s scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives. Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you.          continue reading

50' Flat Car w/Military Loads - The flat car is perhaps the oldest of railroad cars, predating even the steam locomotive. From the very beginning, it was useful for commodities that could not have fit into a covered car.           continue reading		40' Box Car - With see-through roof walks, grab irons, and other separately added parts, this model is a detailed replica of the Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar. Pullman had been making freight cars for more than half a century when it hit a home run with the PS-1.                                                              continue reading

50' PS-1 Box Car - Introduced in 1947, it set the standard for post-WWII American freight cars. What made the PS-1 a landmark was its welded construction — an area in which Pullman-Standard led the industry.          continue reading		Schnabel Car -  the largest of which has 30 axles and is over 300 feet long when loaded — were developed in the 1960s and 1970s to transport components of electrical power plants, such as transformers, boilers, turbine generators, and nuclear reactor vessels.                                       continue reading

Each of the above Premier Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. To see the entire 2018 Volume 2 Premier Lineup, click here.

O Gauge Items Just Released During The Week Of July 8, 2018

July 18, 2018 - To review last week's list of the O Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of July 8, 2018 click HERE. You'll find these at your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

As always, you can stay apprised of the latest shipping dates by checking the M.T.H. Shipping Schedule. Once items have shipped, use the M.T.H. Product Locator to find a retailer reporting the item in stock.

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Turn Your Favorite Paint Scheme into Reality in the 2018 M.T.H. Freight Car Deco Contest

Dig into your files, archives or library — or your desk drawer — and send us the prototype paint schemes you’ve always wanted to see on a Premier or RailKing freight car.

This is your chance to show us The Cars You’ve Always Thought We Should Make and have them become reality — and have your fellow hobbyists know it was your idea that got them made! Click HERE for contest rules.

Deadline for submissions is midnight Saturday July 31, 2018.

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

July 18, 2018 - 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