April 23, 2025 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2025 RailKing O Gauge Box Car w/Power Meter in five different schemes late this Summer. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in August 2025.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

ABOUT THE RAILKING O GAUGE BOX CAR W/POWER METER OFFERINGS

Monitor your track power with this box car and its operating power meter. The back-lit meter will sense your AC track voltage, providing a great way to determine track voltage, bad track connections and dirty track sections.

The car body is based on the 40’ 1930s steel box car so familiar to model railroaders. Wood box cars, which were built into the World War I era, and early steel cars were largely non-standardized, with details varying from railroad to railroad. The move toward standardization began with American Railway Association (ARA) designs of 1923 and 1932. It culminated in the 1937 AAR boxcar, which was adopted by railroads from coast to coast and built in the tens of thousands. (The AAR (American Association of Railroads) was and still is the successor to the ARA.)

While the original paint schemes were usually drab variations on standard box car red, new schemes in the 1950s and later brought color back to the American freight train. Our models replicate many of the most fondly remembered paint schemes seen on these cars.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

OPERATING 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
• Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
• Needle-Point Axles
• Sliding Car Doors
• Operating Analog AC Power Meter
• Unit Measures: 11 5/8" x 2 1/2" x 3 3/8"
• Operates On O-27 Curves

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M.T.H. Show Schedule For the Week of April 20, 2025

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be attending the TCA Eastern Division York Meet on April 24 - 26, 2025, at the York Expo Center in York, Pennsylvania! You can learn more about the York show by visiting the Eastern Division of the TCA Website.

Model railroading fans attending the event will have an opportunity to meet and ask M.T.H. Representatives questions about the M.T.H. product line, company direction, and future plans.

• April 2025 York TCA Meet
  - Thursday, April 24, 2025
  (Members Only)
  12:00pm - 6:30pm
  - Friday, April 25, 2025
  (Open To The Public)
  9:00am - 6:30pm
  - Saturday, April 26, 2025
  (Open To The Public)
  9:00am - 3:00pm

M.T.H. Chats Trackside on the Miniature Models Podcast

In a special episode of the Miniature Models Podcast, Rich and Bradley from M.T.H. Electric Trains join Matt Z, John S, Johnny and Sid to talk all things trains!! Check out the Podcast HERE.