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July 11, 2018 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has produced an exclusive, very limited production of an uncataloged O Gauge 263E steam locomotive in two paint schemes available for immediate delivery for MTHRRC members at a super price of $399.95 each!

The limited production run 263E - a total of just 80 have been built - comes in MTHRRC livery for both the Lionel Corporation Tinplate and Tinplate Traditions memberships. As with all tinplate steam locomotives, both versions come outfitted with operating smoke, LED lighting and the incredible sounds and performance of Proto-Sound 3.0.

Item No. 10-3050-1 Tinplate Traditions 263E Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0

Item No. 11-6072-1 Lionel Corporation 263E Steam Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0

Don't miss this opportunity to obtain one of these exciting locomotives. To reserve your copy today, call the M.T.H. MTHRRC Department at 410-381-2580 (option 4).


Monthly 2018 RailKing Ready-to-Run O Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

July 11, 2018 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2018 RailKing O Gauge Ready-to-Run Catalog.  This week's feature will focus on the RailKing Canadian Pacific Dash-8 Christmas Train; Ready-to-Run Dash-8 Diesel Sets in BNSF and CSX liveries; 3-Story O Gauge Buildings; Bump-n-Go Trolleys; and RailKing 40' Double Door Box Cars. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in September 2018.

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Canadian Pacific Christmas Train - Every year since 1999, the Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train has plied CP rails between Montreal and the Pacific coast, helping over a hundred towns and cities celebrate the season by supporting their local food bank. At each stop, a boxcar opens up to become the stage for a traveling band. continue reading BNSF Dash-8 Diesel R-T-R Freight Train - From the Mississippi to the Pacific and from the Canadian to the Mexican borders, the BNSF Railway covers all the grandeur of the American West. Its 32,000 miles of track and fleet of 8,000 locomotives are the product of 160 years of empire building, mergers and acquisitions.               continue reading
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CSX Dash-8 Diesel R-T-R Freight Train - CSX Transportation is one of two Class 1 railroads that dominate freight railroading east of the Mississippi (the other being Norfolk Southern). With the bold slogan "How Tomorrow Moves," CSX trains carry everything from Florida orange juice to new cars to containerized toys and clothing from halfway around the world. continue reading 3-Story City Building w/Fire Escape - M.T.H. Electric Trains offers a variety of RailTown™ buildings to help you create whatever kind of atmosphere you desire; rural or urban, nostalgic or modern. Operating buildings transfer your layout’s action from trains to structures adding fun and excitement to the entire pike.                      continue reading
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Bump-n-Go Trolley - The colorful trolley features a lighted interior, metal wheels and gears and a long-lasting motor. The unit operates on any O Gauge track system and features an Automatic Bumper Reversing Mechansim (ABRM) that changes the car’s direction when it hits a track bumper. continue reading 40’ Double Door Box Car - While usually referred to as an insulated boxcar, the prototype for this car, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), is technically a bunkerless refrigerator car, class RBL.                          continue reading



Each of the above RailKing Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. To see the entire 2018 RailKing Ready To Run Lineup, click here.


2018 HO R40-2 Reefer Cars Now In-Stock

Check Out It Out In Action In All-New Video

July 11, 2018 - The coming of the railroad changed the way America ate and drank. Before the iron horse connected every town of any importance to the outside world, most food was grown or produced locally. The arrival of cheap, fast, refrigerated transport — in the form of the wood-sided reefer with ice bunkers at each end — enabled local brewers, dairies, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale.

Until 1934, shippers could advertise their wares on leased billboard reefers, each a hand-painted traveling work of art. That year, the Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the flamboyant paint schemes because the cars often hauled shipments from other companies — whose freight bills thus unfairly paid to advertise the lessee’s products.

M.T.H. Electric Trains' HO premium rolling stock like this R40-2 reefer car are true 1/87 scale models of North American freight cars. Abundantly detailed with separate grab irons, steps, hatches and brake wheels ensure that these models will hold up to even the most discriminating eye. Outfitted with smooth rolling trucks and Kadee couplers make them a favorite of operators who enjoy long consists of colorful liveries, each available in multiple car numbers.

FEATURES

  • Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
  • Colorful, Attractive Paint Scheme
  • Detailed Undercarriage
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • RP25 Metal Wheels
  • Detailed 4-Wheel Trucks
  • (2) #158 Scale Kadee Whisker Couplers
  • Detailed Brake Wheel
  • Separate Metal Handrails
  • 1:87 Scale Dimensions
  • Unit Measures:6 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 2 1/8"
  • Operates On 18" Radius Curves

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

Click HERE to learn more about these latest releases.

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

You Should Really Make…

Turn Your Favorite Paint Scheme into Reality in the 2018 M.T.H. Freight Car Deco Contest

Dig into your files, archives or library — or your desk drawer — and send us the prototype paint schemes you’ve always wanted to see on a Premier or RailKing freight car.

This is your chance to show us The Cars You’ve Always Thought We Should Make and have them become reality — and have your fellow hobbyists know it was your idea that got them made! Click HERE for contest rules.

Deadline for submissions is midnight Saturday July 31, 2018.


RailKing O Gauge SW9 Diesel Switcher Now In-Stock

Check Out It Out In Action In All-New Video


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


July 11, 2018 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has begun releasing all-new RailKing One Gauge G Scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boys in previously unreleased cab numbers.

The new cab numbers are part of the Preservation Series M.T.H. has been producing in our O Gauge RailKing and O Scale Premier lineups the past few years. The featured cab numbers are from existing Big Boys currently on display in Museums around the United States. Cab Number 4014 models the real-life Big Boy currently being restored for a return to excursion service in 2020 and features an oil tender as that is the way the restored locomotive will be configured. The other models feature the standard coal tender pulled by the Big Boys during their in-service years.

The offerings can be viewed online by clicking the following link:

2018 RailKing One Gauge Big Boy Announcement

Any of these new Big Boys can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. Online Store.

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