Monthly 2019 Vol. 2 Catalog Premier Spotlight
July 23, 2019 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2019 O Gauge Volume 2 catalogs. This month's feature will focus on the Premier O Scale F-7 Diesel in select roadnames; the Santa Fe F-7 Passenger Train; Europe's Swiss Crocodile Electric; and select Premier Freight Cars including the O Scale Extended Vision Caboose; O Scale Coalporter Hopper; 40' Box Car; select Christmas Rolling Stock; and the 50' Flat Car with 40' Trailer. Each of these items is currently slated to begin
delivering in September 2019.
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F-7 Diesel - Electro-Motive Division's F7 was the zenith of the "covered wagon," or carbody-style diesel. With 3,849 units built between 1949 and 1953, the F7 was both the most popular carbody diesel and its last hurrah. By 1954 U.S. railroads had virtually stopped ordering F-units in favor of hood units like EMD’s GP9 and Alco’s RS-3.
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Santa Fe F-7 Passenger Train - Externally, the F7 was very similar to the earlier F3. The key spotting features that distinguished an F7 were its stainless steel upper body grilles that replaced the "chicken wire" worn by most F3s, and the rooftop dynamic brake fan that replaced the F3’s rectangular roof vents just behind the cab.
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Swiss Crocodile Electric - In the 33 first-generation Crocodile engines built in 1919–21, the powered jackshaft drove the main rod that was connected to both the first set of drivers and a second idler jackshaft. The 18 second-generation crocodiles, built in 1925–26, used a simpler arrangement with the powered jackshaft driving the main rod connected to the third set of drivers.
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Extended Vision Caboose - Before railroads, "caboose" referred to a small cookhouse on the deck of a sailing ship. Nobody knows for sure, but it was likely the 1850s before the first railroad caboose gave a train crew shelter from the weather. The Civil War-era marked the emergence of boxcar like cabin cars or conductor’s cars with side and perhaps end doors.
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Coalporter Hopper - The Coalporter is one of the latest evolutions in the more-than-150-year history of the American coal hopper. But technically speaking, it’s not a hopper. It’s a high-sided gondola because it lacks the bottom-opening doors that characterize a true hopper.
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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.
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Premier Christmas Cars - If you've been a fan of our traditionally themed RailKing Christmas cars over the past ten years, then these exciting Christmas Premier O Scale offerings are a great way to bring Christmas to your Premier railroad this holiday season.
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Flat Car w/40' Trailer - The trailer-on-flat-car, or TOFC, concept actually predates the trucking industry. For a brief period in the 1800s, Long Island farmers could ship their loaded wagons to market on a local railroad.
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Each of the above Premier Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. To see the entire 2019 Volume 2 Premier Lineup, click here.
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O Gauge Items Just Released During The Week Of July 14, 2019
July 24, 2019 - To review last week's list of the O Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of July 14, 2019 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.
2019 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog Now Online
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Hurry Before They're Gone, Just Five Or Fewer Of These O Gauge Items Remain In Stock
July 24, 2019 - 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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