Monthly RailKing 2019 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

September 25, 2019 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our RailKing 2019 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog.  This week's feature will focus on the RailKing Southern Pacific Cab Forward Steam Locomotive and Steam Passenger Set; EMD MP15 Diesel Switcher; the Aerotrain Passenger Sets; and select RailKing freight cars including the Modern Tank Car; 40' Box Car; Auto Carrier; and Flat Car with Vehicle Loads. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in November 2019.

Southern Pacific Cab Forward - Part of the first transcontinental railroad, the Southern Pacific's passage over the Sierra Nevadas, from Sparks, Nevada to Roseville, California, has always been a challenge for man and machine. Grades in both directions approximate 2.5%. Thirty-nine tunnels and nearly 40 miles of snow sheds protect the track from snowdrifts and avalanches - the Sierra Nevada, after all, is Spanish for "snow-covered."  continue reading		SP Cab Forward Passenger Set - Seeking more muscle for this route, the SP took delivery of two Baldwin articulated 2-8-8-2s in 1909. Initial trails, however, revealed that heat and exhaust gases in the tunnels and snowsheds made life nearly unbearable for the engine crew. Legend has it the SP cab forwards were inspired by an engineer who turned a Baldwin articulated around and ran it tender-first, putting the smoke behind him.  continue reading

MP15 Diesel Switcher - The MP15 was the last in a line of EMD end-cab switchers that stretched back to the prewar SW1. By the time the MP15 debuted in 1974, the multipurpose road switcher, descended from the Alco RS-series and the EMD GP7, had become the universal locomotive. The cab unit was already a dinosaur and the single-purpose yard engine was rapidly headed for extinction.  continue reading		Aerotrain Passenger Set - Like Budd’s RDC car, GM’s Aerotrain was a postwar attempt to help railroads turn a profit on passenger service. But the Aerotrain promised a lot more and delivered much less. In June 1955, while the Aerotrain was still being designed, a General Motors press release predicted that "this crack new 100-mile-an-hour streamliner" would run from New York to Boston in 2½ hours — faster than today’s Acela.  continue reading

Modern Tank Car - The tank car was relatively uncommon until the 1870s when the nascent petroleum industry ordered large quantities of metal tanks carried on wooden car bodies. By the early 1900s, a standard design had evolved that lasted throughout the steam and early diesel eras: an 8,000-11,000 gallon metal tank perched on a metal flatcar-like underframe.  continue reading		40' Box Car - The 40’ steel boxcar so familiar to model railroaders was a product of the 1930s. 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.  continue reading

Auto Carriers - From the beginning, the auto industry depended on railroads to get its cars to distributors. For the first half-century or so of auto production, boxcars were the freight car of choice, often with special end doors and wider side doors to facilitate loading and unloading. Some automobile boxcars also featured interior racks to help pack more autos into a car.  continue reading		Flat Cars with Auto Loads - High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.  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 2 RailKing Lineup, click here.

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

September 25, 2019 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced its 34th TCA York Show collector boxcar to be sold at the TCA York Show in York, Pennsylvania on October 17, 18, and 19, 2019.

Like the previous 33 cars sold in the York Car series, the latest edition will again be a Premier Line model - this time celebrating our 40th Anniversary which begins in 2020.

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 One Gauge Catalog Product Spotlight

September 25, 2019 - Each month throughout the year, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our RailKing One Gauge G Scale Catalog.  This week's feature will focus on the U.P. Spirit of 1943 Freight Train. Each of these items is currently slated to begin delivering in January 2020.

U.P. Spirit of 1943 Freight Train - In 1943, in the midst of World War II, thousands of Union Pacific employees voluntarily increased their War Bond payroll deductions to fund the construction of a heavy bomber. To honor their efforts, a new Boeing B-17 was christened Spirit of the Union Pacific. Nearly three-quarters of a century later, in October 2017, the Union Pacific unveiled SD70AH diesel No. 1943 (an SD70ACe with extra weight to improve traction), in tribute to the United States armed forces.   continue reading

Each of these items is available for order now from any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

To see the entire 2019 RailKing One Gauge G Scale lineup, click here.

2020 Volume 1 O Gauge Catalog York TCA Meet Pickup

September 25, 2019 - M.T.H. mailing list subscribers, M.T.H. Railroaders Club members (MTHRRC) and any others attending the 2019 Fall TCA York Meet in York, Pennsylvania can avoid the wait for the U.S. Postal Service by picking up the 2020 Volume 1 Premier & RailKing catalog and a selection of other M.T.H. previously printed materials beginning Thursday, October 17th 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 October 27, 2019.

Check Out The Latest M.T.H. Blog Post

September 25, 2019 - The latest M.T.H. Electric Trains blog post is now online and focuses on one of the items in this week's RailKing Product Spotlight, the MP15 Diesel Switcher.

Learn all about the Rose Acres version of the switcher featured in the 2019 Volume 2 catalog from M.T.H. writer Barry Lewis. You can read and see his postings by clicking HERE.

2019 RailKing One Gauge G Scale Catalog Now Online

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

September 25, 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

Premier O Scale 2-Rail

Premier O Scale 3-Rail

RailKing O Gauge

M.T.H. S Gauge

Tinplate Traditions

2019-2020 S Gauge Catalog Now Online

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