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Update: Uncataloged Limited Edition Premier Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotives Announced

January 15, 2021 - Interest in the M.T.H. Electric Train special limited-edition release of the Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Steam Locomotive in the Premier O Scale product line announced this past Wednesday is exceeding expectations. An order deadline has been slated for Friday, January 22, 2021, for these unique releases - part of a series of products representing the last M.T.H. production runs as the company concludes its 40-year history this Spring.

Each of these locomotives can be ordered from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

INCLUDES AUTHENTICITY CERTIFICATES

Each locomotive will include a signed Certificate of Authenticity by M.T.H. President Mike Wolf and are available in two different versions - No. 4014 Oil Burner in current Union Pacific gloss Restoration livery and No. 4014 Original Coal Burner. Models outfitted with the Restoration livery include the "Big Boy" chalk lettering on the boiler front, tender water level markings, and a sound set celebrating the excursion runs of 2019.

Writer Henry Comstock beautifully described the Big Boy's place at the apex of steam engine history: "A Union Pacific 'Big Boy' was 604 tons and 19,000 cubic feet of steel and coal and water, poised upon 36 wheels spaced no wider apart than those of an automobile. That it could thunder safely over undulating and curved track at speeds in excess of 70 miles an hour was due in large measure to the efforts of two long-forgotten pioneers. As early as 1836, the basic system that held its wheels in equalized contact with the rails was patented by a Philadelphian named Joseph Harrison; and a French technical writer, Anatole Mallet, first thought to couple two driving units heel to toe below one boiler in 1874."

This enduring symbol of American railroading returns to the rails for the last time from M.T.H. Electric Trains in 2021, complete with quillable, variable intensity steaming whistle. Blow the whistle from your DCS handheld controller, smartphone or tablet, and watch the whistle steam output vary as you "play" the whistle like a prototype engineer.

All models include a powerful motor for pulling power and speed that rival the original Big Boy, as well as authentic articulated chuffing sounds simulating the two drive trains drifting in and out of synch.

2021 BIG BOY LOCOMOTIVE OFFERINGS

Item No. 20-3807-1 Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Steam Engine (Oil Burner) With Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
Car No. 4014
MSRP: $1699.95

Item No. 22-3807-2 Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Steam Engine (Oil Burner) With Proto-Sound 3.0 (Scale Wheels)
Car No. 4014
MSRP: $1699.95

Item No. 20-3808-1 Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy (Original) Steam Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 (Hi-Rail Wheels)
Car No. 4014
MSRP: $1699.95

Item No. 22-3808-2 Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy (Original) Steam Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0 (Scale Wheels)
Car No. 4014
MSRP: $1699.95

Each of these locomotives can be ordered from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

Live Manufacturer's Virtual Train Show Coming January 27

January 15, 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:

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