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Monthly 2019 Vol. 1 Catalog Premier Spotlight

February 20, 2019 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2019 O Gauge Volume 1 catalog. This month's feature will focus on the Premier O Scale Alco RS-11 Diesel Locomotive; EMD FT Diesel Locomotive; Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar Locomotive and Passenger Sets featuring the Ski Train, the Columbian and the Olympian liveries; and select Premier Passenger and Freight Cars including the O Scale War Bonds Coach Cars; O Scale Crane and Crane Tender; Flat Car w/Bulkheads; Gondola Cars w/Bridge Girders; and 4-Bay Hopper. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in April 2019.



Alco RS-11 Diesel - The RS-11 was Alco’s answer to the hugely popular Electro-Motive Geep. Alco had, after all, invented the road switcher: a multipurpose engine with great visibility fore and aft, capable of anything from slow-speed switching to full-throttle mainline hauling. continue reading



EMD FT Diesel - The EMD-built FT freight diesel was born in November 1939 in the La Grange, IL, General Motors plant. Number 103, the four-unit FT demonstrator, didn't take any baby steps. It immediately started an 11-month, 35-state tour, logging 83,764 miles on 20 Class I railroads. continue reading		E-2 BiPolar Electric - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific. The Milwaukee Road’s full name described its route perfectly — from the Midwest to the Northwest with not much in between. After Chicago and the Twin Cities, passengers on the road’s Olympian saw virtually nothing but farms, ranches, and mountains for 1500 miles until they reached the Coast at Tacoma or Seattle. continue reading



E-2 "Ski Special" Bi-Polar Passenger Set - In 1919, the sparsely traveled mountainous routes of the Milwaukee Road seemed the ideal place for the General Electric Company and what was then called the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway to prove a point: electric power was the Future of American Railroading. And the five EP-2 Bi-Polars were going to be the engines to do it. continue reading		E-2 "Columbian" Bi-Polar Passenger Set - Officially called Bi-Polar Gearless Types, they were vastly superior to the steam locomotives of their day. With 3,200 continuous horsepower, an EP-2 could pull 13 Pullmans up a 2.2% grade, an incredibly steep hill in real-life railroading. continue reading



E-2 "Olympian" Bi-Polar Passenger Set - When the Bi-Polars were young, their owners and builders delighted in staging pulling contests such as a 1924 "Battle of the Giants," in which a Bi-Polar easily won a tug-of-war against a pair of steam locomotives, a 2-8-0 and a 2-6-6-2. continue reading		Buy War Bonds Passenger Coach - The Pennsy’s 1907 order for 200 P-70s, built by ACF, Pressed Steel Car Company and the road’s own Altoona shops, was "the first large-scale commitment" to steel passenger cars, according to famed railroad historian John H. White, Jr., and "truly opened the age of the steel passenger car." continue reading



Crane and Crane Tender - In the early days of railroading, the job of cleaning up a wreck was usually done by men and horses. The first steam wrecking crane, a relatively small affair with a 20-ton lifting capacity, appeared in 1883. Its maker, Industrial Works of Bay City Michigan, introduced a fully revolving model a decade later. continue reading		Flat Car w/Bulkheads - MTH Premier O Scale freight cars are the perfect complement to any manufacturer's scale proportioned O Gauge locomotives. Whether you prefer to purchase cars separately or assemble a unit train, MTH Premier Rolling Stock has the cars for you in a variety of car types and paint schemes. continue reading



Gondola w/Bridge Girder - Virtually every sturdy car is offered in two car numbers which makes it even easier than ever to combine them into a mult-car consist. Many of MTH's Premier Rolling Stock offerings can also operate on the tightest O Gauge curves giving them even more added versatitlity to your layout. continue reading		4-Bay Hopper - This car is likely the last hurrah of the bottom unloading coal hopper. Its prototype was built largely in the 1960s and ‘70s, just before the destinations for these cars — mainly utility power plants and harbor side shipping facilities — began switching to rotary unloading. continue reading

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

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

February 20, 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

O Gauge Items Just Released During The Week Of February 10, 2019

February 20, 2019 - To review last week's list of the O Gauge items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of February 10, 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 February 10, 2019

February 20, 2019 - To review last week's list of the HO items M.T.H. Electric Trains released during the week of February 10, 2019, click HERE. You'll find these at your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

M.T.H. Show Schedule For Week of February 17, 2019 and February 24, 2019

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be be exhibiting at multiple events over the next two weekends, first at the World's Greatest Hobby on Tour Show in Novi, Michigan this weekend and then at the Rocky Mountain Train Show next weekend in Denver, Colorado.

HO, S Scale, O Scale, One Gauge and tinplate 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 as well as see product demonstrations and pick up a copy of our latest catalogs.