October 8, 2025 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2026 Premier O Scale Gondola Car with Track Rails Load in FOUR different schemes next Spring. The cars will be available with 10 Track Rails, each in extremely limited quantities. The cars 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 O SCALE GONDOLA WITH TRACK RAILS

On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes a gondola as an "extremely sturdy open design" for carrying "rugged unfinished commodities"; its "large flat interior design with side walls" is described as "more flexible than a flat car." These qualities make the modern gondola particularly popular with the steel industry, for transportation of loose materials like scrap metal, waste, coke, and slag as well as finished products like iron or steel plate, pipe, structural steel, and rails for railroad track. Our car replicates a 52’ mill gondola, so-called for its popularity with steel mills, and carries a removable load of scrap metal that might be recycled and used to stamp parts for autos, appliances, and a variety of other products.

Other commodities commonly shipped in gondolas include mineral ores, granite slabs, gravel, logs, lumber, railroad ties, and even prefabricated railroad track, also known as "panel track."

The name for these cars actually predates railroads. In the early 1800s, utilitarian flat-bottomed boats with low sides, used to transport coal down the Potomac River to the Washington D.C. area, were called gondolas as a spoof on the much fancier Venetian gondolas. Similarly shaped coal-carrying cars on early railroads earned the same moniker. As more specialized cars were invented for coal service, the gondola evolved into the general-purpose car it is today.

FEATURES

• Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
• Metal Wheels and Axles
• Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
• Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
• Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• 1:48 Scale Dimensions
• (8) 10" Lengths of Track Rail
• O Scale Kadee-Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
• Unit Measures: 14 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 9/16"
• Operates On O-31 Curves

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M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing more than two dozen limited-edition RailKing O Gauge Halloween releases beginning this Fall, including an ES44 Diesel locomotive and matching caboose, an Alco PA with matching streamlined passenger cars, a Galloping Goose with LED lights, a Bump-n-Go Trolley, and more than a dozen complementing pieces of rolling stock. The Halloween-themed items continue a trend M.T.H. began back in 2008, and these 2025 releases are a great way to add to your own spooky collection of past cars, set,s and buildings. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in August 2025.

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

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the Premier O Scale Steel Caboose in SEVEN different roadnames next Spring. Each item will be limited in production, available in two car numbers, and expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in April 2026.

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