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Order The Spring 2019 Special TCA York Car Before They Sell Out

March 27, 2019 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced its 33rd TCA York Show collector box car to be sold at the TCA York Show in York, Pennsylvania on April 11, 12, and 13, 2019.

Like the previous 32 cars sold in the York Car series, the latest edition will again be a Premier Line model and the 31st in our "Catalog Series" - this time featuring the cover of our 2019 Volume 2 Premier & RailKing Catalog which will be released in April 2019.

As in the past, a very limited number of these cars will be produced and will be sold on a first-come, first served basis for $40.00. MTHRRC Members attending the York show can purchase the car for $35.00. The car can be purchased at the M.T.H. booth in the Orange Hall.

Interested, MTHRRC and non-MTHRRC Members can speed up the time spent waiting to pick up your car by pre-ordering it from the M.T.H. Sales Department. NOTE If ordering the car in advance, you MUST attend the York show and personally pick up your car. Cars will NOT BE SHIPPED to show attendees who fail to pick them up at York.

Orders can be placed by calling 410-381-2580 and connecting to the Sales Department.

Monthly RailKing 2019 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

March 27, 2019 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our RailKing 2019 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog. This week's feature will focus on the RailKing New York Central Hudson Steam Locomotive and steam locomotive passenger sets in NYC, Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac, Western Maryland, Boston & Maine, and Great Northern liveries; the Union Pacific FEF Northern Steam locomotive and passenger sets; the EMD F40 Diesel and Superliner passenger sets in Amtrak, Metra and Tri-Rail liveries; Amtrak F59 Superliner Passenger sets in Amtrak, Amtrak Surfliner, Surfliner 10th Anniversary and Sounder liveries; and select RailKing rolling stock including the Flat Car with Military Loads; Ps-2 Discharge Hopper; 4-Bay Hopper; and the Center I-Beam Flat Car. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in May 2019.



NYC Hudson Steam Passenger Set - In Thoroughbreds, Alvin Staufer and Edward May’s definitive book on the New York Central Hudsons, Al summarizes the attraction of this engine in a few perhaps-biased but nonetheless eloquent words: "The Hudsons had it all: looks, performance, timing and speed.continue reading



RF&P Hudson Steam Passenger Set - That the NYC Hudson was the first of her wheel arrangement in the United States matters not nearly as much as what she hauled and how she hauled it. continue reading		Western Maryland Hudson Steam Passenger Set - The Hudsons were designed to haul the Great Steel Fleet on the Water Level Route, home of the 20th Century Limited and the Empire State Express. continue reading



Boston & Maine Hudson Steam Passenger Set - The Hudsons were a New York Central phenomenon. They were a special machine for that special road. They were synonymous with the best. They were the best. continue reading		Great Northern Hudson Steam Passenger Set - Built mainly in Alco’s Schenectady shops in the late 1920s and 1930s, the NYC Hudsons were part of the "super-power" era of steam technology that began with Lima’s A1 Berkshire in 1924. continue reading



Union Pacific FEF Northern Steam Passenger Set - Delivered in 1944, the Union Pacific's ten FEF-3 ("FEF" for "Four Eight Four") Northerns were the apex of super-power steam: modern, handsome, and designed to cruise at over 100 mph. continue reading		Union Pacific FEF Northern Steam Passenger Set - In their early years, dressed in two-tone grey, they pulled the Overland Limited, Portland Rose, Challenger and other crack UP passenger trains. Diesels later bumped them to freight service in plain black livery. continue reading



Amtrak F40 Superliner Passenger Set - The F40PH was designed for Amtrak as a commuter and medium-haul engine, to complement its long-haul fleet of SDP40F diesels. continue reading		Metra F40 Superliner Passenger Set - But when the SDP40Fs fell from grace due to poor reliability, a rough ride and derailment issues, the F40PH became the backbone of Amtrak’s locomotive fleet. continue reading



Florida Tri-Rail F40 Superliner Passenger Set - Introduced in 1976, the F40PH was essentially a passenger version of the mid-1960s GP40 freight diesel. continue reading		F40 Diesel Locomotive - It shared the earlier engine’s turbocharged V-16 3000 hp (later uprated to 3200 hp) model 645 motor, and added an HEP (head-end power) generator for passenger lights, heat and air conditioning. continue reading



Amtrak F59 Superliner Passenger Set - In 1988 Toronto-area commuter operator GO transit commissioned EMD to design a new commuter locomotive to replace the aging F40PH - which had been North America's standard passenger engine for more than a decade. continue reading		Amtrak Surfliner F59 Superliner Passenger Set - The new F59PH design incorporated a 3000 horsepower prime mover and a separate head end power (HEP) motor/generator set for car lighting, heat, and air conditioning. continue reading



Amtrak F59 Surfliner Anniversary Superliner Passenger Set - The new engine used 12 cylinders instead of 16 to produce the same horsepower as the seventies-era F40PH, and with lower emissions. continue reading		Sounder Surfliner F59 Superliner Passenger Set - On the exterior, however, the F59new locomotive [didn't look like a new passenger engine; it ] had the boxy, muscular look of a freight hauler. continue reading



Flat Car with Military Loads - On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes flat cars as available "in a variety of lengths, tonnage and capacities for specialized commodities that are not subject to damage from the elements." continue reading		Ps-2 Discharge Hopper - Although covered hoppers had achieved widespread use by the 1950s, it wasn’t until the following decade that they began to carry North America’s grain harvest. continue reading



4-Bay Hopper - Unlike equipment that carried a variety of loads, like boxcars, flatcars, and gondolas, this four-bay hopper was designed specifically for one cargo: bituminous coal. continue reading		Center I-Beam Flat Car - Introduced in the late 1960s, the centerbeam flat car was a logical evolution of the bulkhead flat, which had been developed to prevent loads like pipe and poles from shifting in transit. continue reading

Each of the above RailKing Line items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. To see the entire 2019 Volume 1 RailKing Lineup, click here.

2019 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog York TCA Meet Pickup

March 27, 2019 - M.T.H. mailing list subscribers, M.T.H. Railroaders Club members (MTHRRC) and any others attending the 2019 Spring TCA York Meet in York, Pennsylvania can avoid the wait for the U.S. Postal Service by picking up the 2019 Volume 2 Premier & RailKing catalog and a selection of other M.T.H. previously printed materials beginning Thursday, April 11th 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 April 21, 2019.

O Gauge Items Just Released During The Week Of March 17, 2019

March 27, 2019 - To review last week's list of the O Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of March 17, 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.

HO Items Just Released During The Week Of March 17, 2019

March 27, 2019 - To review last week's list of the HO items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of March 17, 2019, click HERE. You'll find these at your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

S Gauge Items Just Released During The Week Of March 17, 2019

March 27, 2019 - To review last week's list of the S Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of July 8, 2018 click HERE. You'll find these at your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer or directly from the M.T.H. online store.

2019 Ready-to-Run Train Set Catalog Now Online

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Order items through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

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

March 27, 2019 - 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

2018-19 Lionel Corporation Tinplate Catalog Released Online

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order items through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.