Monthly 2019 Vol. 2 Catalog Premier Spotlight
September 17, 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 Alco S-2 Diesel; the P42 Genesis Diesel Passenger Train in Amtrak Wave, 40th Anniversary and 40th Anniversary Phase III paint schemes; EMD SD70Mac Diesel; VO 1000 Diesel Switchers; and select Premier Freight Cars including the O Scale Center Cupola Steel Caboose; 50' Flat Car with Military
Loads; R50B Reefer Cars; and Funnel Flow Tank Car. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in November 2019.
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Alco S-2 Diesel - Alco’s early diesel switchers, in the 1930s, were characterized by a high engine hood that reached almost to the cab roof. This was necessitated by the height of the McIntosh & Seymour inline 6-cylinder diesels that powered the new engines.
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Amtrak Wave Genesis Passenger Train - Amtrak’s Genesis was the first newly designed American passenger diesel in nearly four decades. Beginning in 1993, it replaced Amtrak’s fleet of EMD F40PH diesels, which were really modified freight engines — designed to be resellable in case Amtrak went out of business.
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Amtrak 40th Anniversary Genesis Passenger Train - Amtrak’s president at the time was Graham Claytor, a lover of trains who had previously headed the Southern Railway and been Secretary of the Navy. Cesar Vergara, a young industrial designer who was Amtrak’s Manager of Car Design, asked Claytor for the chance to give the new engine a bold new look.
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Amtrak Phase III Genesis Passenger Train - The result was unlike anything else on American rails. It launched Vergara into a career of designing new passenger equipment for railroads across North America and around the world, from Talgo trains in the Pacific Northwest to the newest engines today in Boston area commuter service.
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SD70Mac Diesel - From the dawn of dieselization to the early 1990s, every diesel electric was powered by DC traction motors. Today, however, virtually all new road diesels have AC traction motors, which are more reliable, simpler to build and maintain and can start a heavier train with the same horsepower. That revolution began in earnest with the SD70MAC.
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VO 1000 Diesel - The Baldwin Locomotive Works had been building steam engines for a century before it sold its first production diesel in 1937. While most of Baldwin’s diesels were ultimately disappointments to its customers, the engines’ unique looks won the hearts of American railfans and modelers.
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Steel Caboose - Like most pieces of railroad equipment, this caboose was shaped in part by regulatory requirements — in this case, a proposed Pennsylvania law requiring cabooses on through freights to be 8-wheeled and at least 24’ long. Based on a wood-sheathed 1920 USRA design, this steel caboose was a 1924 Reading Company design that became so widespread in the mid-Atlantic region that railfans dubbed it the Northeastern Caboose.
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Flat Cars 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. As far back as 1834, the horse-drawn Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts ganged four of its four-wheel flatcars together to ship 60-ton granite blocks destined to be made into columns for the new Boston Court House.
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R50B Reefer - 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 in a variety of car types and paint schemes.
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Funnel Flow Tank Car - Until the 1950s, the typical railroad tank car consisted of a tank strapped to a full underframe, similar to the frames of most other cars, and the maximum capacity was about 12,000 gallons. But in the second half of the century, tank cars underwent a fundamental change as the tank itself took on the dual role of carrying the load and supporting the car.
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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 September 1, 2019
September 18, 2019 - To review last week's list of the O Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of September 1, 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
September 18, 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
2019 Ready-to-Run Train Set Catalog Now Online
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