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The Last Of . . . HO Scale GP38-2 Diesels

Canadian National Livery

January 27, 2021 - The last of the M.T.H. HO Canadian National GP38-2 Diesel locomotives are still available for order from M.T.H. Authorized Retailers or directly from the M.T.H. website.

ABOUT THE GP38-2 DIESEL

Produced from 1972 to 1986, the GP38-2 helped inaugurate Electro-Motive’s "Dash-2" series of locomotives and became one of EMD’s all-time best sellers. With over 2200 engines sold throughout North America, rare was the railroad that did not roster these reliable, second-generation EMD workhorses.

Building on the success of the GP38 introduced in 1966, the Dash-2 model looked almost identical on the outside but incorporated a host of internal upgrades that lowered exhaust emissions and improved reliability, ease of maintenance, and tractive effort. Most significant was the replacement of the maze of hard-wired circuits, switches, interlocks, and relays — which had characterized first-generation diesels and had been the source of many of their service issues — with modular, solid-state electronics. Other improvements toughened the pistons, rings, and bearings of the 2000-horsepower, non-turbocharged model 645 prime mover.

The result was an engine so hard working and dependable that it became as common on American railroads as the F-unit was in the 1950s and ‘60s. Trains magazine recognized this in 1982 by designating B&O GP38 #3802 (a pre-Dash-2 model) as the All American Diesel; the engine resides today in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, repainted in its 1982 Chessie System colors. Many GP38-2s have soldiered on for more than three decades and remain in service today on short lines and regional railroads.

This accurately modeled GP38-2 joins our economically priced Ready2Rail lineup in eight prototypical paint schemes. While Ready2Rail locomotives have fewer added-on details than standard M.T.H. motive power, Proto-Sound 3.0 versions feature the same versatile electronics and prototypical sounds found in every Proto-Sound 3.0 engine. In command mode, you can operate this second-generation stalwart with any other DCC- or M.T.H. DCS-equipped models. With the DCS system, you can create a lashup with just a few keystrokes, combining one or more GP38-2s with other Proto-Sound 3.0 first-, second-, or third-generation diesels — and run them all from a single throttle just like the prototype.

You can see the locomotive in action on video by clicking HERE.

These locomotives are still available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. They can also be ordered directly from M.T.H. by calling the M.T.H. Sales Department at 410-381-2580 or by visiting the M.T.H. website.


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

January 27, 2021 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer HO Scale 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 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.

M.T.H. HO Scale

Live Manufacturer's Virtual Train Show Coming January 27

January 19, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be participating in a live broadcast with M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Trainworld on their Facebook and Youtube channels on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at 6:00 PM EST. Trainworld has invited a slew of manufacturers to participate in this huge three-day event in place of the canceled Amherst Historical Society annual train show usually held in Springfield, Massachusetts. Participants include ESU, Soundtraxx, White River Productions, Model Railroader, LGB, PIKO, Bachmann, Rapido, Walthers, Atlas, Athearn, Broadway Limited, Lionel, and More! Tune in and get the skinny on the latest about current and upcoming M.T.H. releases.

You don't have to join Facebook or subscribe to Youtube to watch the broadcast. And, if you can't catch the broadcast live, we'll upload the video to the M.T.H. website and our Youtube Channel on Friday.

To watch the event live on Wednesday, January 27, at 6:00 PM. click on the following links:

FACEBOOK

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Fifth Archive Auction Scheduled

Cabin Fever Auctions will be conducting the fifth of a series of auctions of the official M.T.H. Archive Collection from M.T.H.'s 124,000 sq. ft. Maryland warehouse.

The fifth auction is January 30, 2021, and can be previewed online by visiting the auction preview listing.

www.CabinFeverAuctions.com

or call 800-789-5068 or 610-587-8139

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