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October 17, 2018 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has published its 2019 Volume 1 O Gauge catalog to the M.T.H. website.

The catalog can be viewed online by clicking the following links:

2019 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog

M.T.H. mailing list subscribers and MTHRRC Railroad Club Members will receive the catalog in the mail when they begin shipping during the final week of October. Non-subscribers can request printed catalogs by clicking HERE.

Items featured in the catalog can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.


This exciting car features a backlighted moving animation strip visible through each of the car’s four large viewing windows. Utilizing a quiet and efficient motorized player and bright LED lighting, the animated action really shines bright!

High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.

FEATURES

  • Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
  • Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
  • Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
  • Decorative Brake Wheels
  • Separate Metal Handrails
  • Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
  • Needle-Point Axles
  • Moving Backlit Scenes
  • Unit Measures: 11 1/2" x 2 3/8" x 2 5/16"
  • Operates On O-27 Curves

The Halloween Action Car is available through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. Website.

To see the entire 2018 Halloween Lineup, click HERE.


2018 HO Scale GP38-2 Diesel With Proto-Sound 3.0 Now In-Stock

Check Out The Quick Start Video

October 3, 2018 - 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.

New for 2018, this accurately modeled GP38-2 joins our economically priced Ready2Rail lineup in four 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.

Click HERE To Learn More About These exciting new releases.

These limited production locomotives can be ordered for immediate delivery through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. Online Store.


Lionel Corporation O Gauge 263E Tinplate Locomotives Released

Check Them Out In This All-New Video

September 19, 2018 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has released a Lionel Corporation Tinplate O Gauge 263E steam locomotive passenger set in stunning Two-Tone Blue livery livery available for immediate delivery from any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. Online Store

Cataloged from 1936-1939, the O gauge 263E steamer was part of the last hurrah of tinplate — Lionel’s final attempt to convince the boys of America that real steam engines had chrome-plated domes, smokestacks and piping. The 263E was the successor to — and looked very much like — Lionel’s first O gauge steamer, the 260E introduced in 1930 with great fanfare: "Boys — here is the most remarkable "O" Gauge Steam Type Locomotive that has ever been produced. Dozens of blue prints and photographs of famous new locomotives from railroads all over the country were examined, and the best features of each were utilized by Lionel’s Engineering Department in designing this locomotive. It represents a miracle of model railroad engineering."

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

Click HERE to learn more about these latest releases.


York TCA Meet Seminar Schedule - October 2018

September 26, 2018 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be including seminars covering the DCS Digital Command System for WiFi control as part of our exhibit at the Fall York TCA Meet in York, Pennsylvania during this October's event.

The seminars will be held in the conference room of the Orange Hall (located down the right hallway when entering from the lobby doors). There will be seating for approximately 30 people for each seminar. Each session will last approximately one hour including a Q and A session with the seminar presenter. If you are interested in attending any of these FREE sessions, you must sign up for them by clicking on the links below.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Seminar 1: An Introduction To The DCS Digital Command System - Hosted by Barry Broskowitz

Seminar 2: Transitioning To The DCS WiFi System - Hosted by Jason Wenzel

Seminar 3: Advanced DCS Features & Functions Using DCS WiFi - Hosted by Barry Broskowitz

You can find more information about joining the TCA or registering for York by visiting www.traincollectors.org

O Gauge Items Just Released During The Week Of October 7, 2018

October 17, 2018 - To review last week's list of the O Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of October 7, 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.


2019 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog York TCA Meet Pickup

October 17, 2018 - M.T.H. mailing list subscribers, M.T.H. Railroaders Club members (MTHRRC) and any others attending the 2018 Fall TCA York Meet in York, Pennsylvania can avoid the wait for the U.S. Postal Service by picking up the 2019 Volume 1 Premier & RailKing catalog and a selection of other M.T.H. previously printed materials beginning Thursday, October 18th at 12:00 noon.

To simplify the pickup process for any of our catalogs at the show, we've included an online form that readers can print out and fill out prior to coming to the show. Bring the completed form and we will be able to process you faster through our catalog pickup line.

CLICK HERE for the CATALOG PICKUP FORM

Those mailing list subscribers not attending the York TCA show will begin receiving their copies when the mailing begins the week of October 28, 2018.


Cast Your Vote In The People's Choice Awards

October 17, 2018 - Youtube vlogger James Wright is again running his People's Choice Awards for the best HO products of 2018. Now is your chance to cast your vote on James' Youtube Channel for your favorite HO Diesel and Steam locomotives. Hopefully one of the 2017-18 M.T.H. releases will be your choice.

Click HERE to reach James' channel and cast your vote!


It's Easy To Add WiFi To Your DCS Layout

Check Out The Quick Start Video

Click HERE To Learn More About DCS and WiFi Control


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

October 17, 2018 - Each week, M.T.H. releases product lists spotlighting quantities of Five Or Fewer 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.

RailKing One Gauge

M.T.H. HO Scale

Lionel Corporation Tinplate

Premier O Scale 2-Rail

Premier O Scale 3-Rail

RailKing O Gauge

M.T.H. S Gauge

Tinplate Traditions

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