2017 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog Released Online

April 26, 2017 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has published its 2017 Volume 2 O Gauge catalog to the M.T.H. website.

The catalog can be viewed online by clicking the following links:

2017 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog

M.T.H. mailing list subscribers and MTHRRC Railroad Club Members will receive the catalog in the mail when they begin shipping during the week of May 7th. Non-subscribers can request printed catalogs by clicking HERE.

Items featured in the catalog can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

Monthly 2017 Vol. 1 Catalog RailKing Spotlight

April 26, 2017 - Each month throughout the coming months, M.T.H. will be spotlighting various items from our 2017 O Gauge Volume 1 catalog. This week's feature will focus on select RailKing O Gauge offerings including the EMD SD-45 diesel locomotive, Amtrak Genesis diesel locomotive, 4-4-0 General steam locomotive and select RailKing rolling stock including the 3-Car Overton Passenger Sets, Gondola Car w/ScaleTrax Crossover, Standard Tank Car and 19th Century Reefer. Each of these items are currently slated to begin delivering in June 2017.

Amtrak Genesis Diesel Locomotive - By the late 1980's, Amtrak was searching for a replacement for its outdated and aging fleet of F40PH and GP-40s. Weary of getting more locomotives that were really designed for freight operation, Amtrak searched for a new, lightweight, high-tech alternative. General Electric provided Amtrak with an answer with its unveiling of the "Genesis." Featuring a monocoque frame, advanced electronics, and special environmental and safety features, the Genesis represents the state-of-the-art in U.S. passenger service.  continue reading

4-4-0 General Steam Locomotive - Just four years after the war that nearly tore the nation apart, the fledgling railroad industry helped bind it together again. On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, with the gentle tapping of four precious metal spikes into a laurelwood tie, the first transcontinental railroad was completed. Perhaps in reference to the Civil War, the official Golden Spike was engraved, "May God continue the unity of our country as the railroad unites the two great Oceans of the world."           continue reading		EMD SD45 Diesel Locomotive - Like the Pontiac GTO, the SD45 was a mid-60s General Motors muscle car. Stuffed under its brick-like hood was the largest diesel motor made up to that time, a turbo-charged, 20-cylinder, 3600 hp, Electro-Motive Division model 645E. The Great Northern took delivery of the first SD45 in May of 1966 and promptly painted the nickname "Hustle Muscle" on its flanks. The name said it all: the SD45 was heavy freight power, intended for long trains and high speeds.  continue reading

3-Car Overton Passenger Sets - RailKing Overton Passenger Cars are the perfect complement for any 19th century or earlier steam era locomotive. Configured in 3-car coach sets, each features car interior detail, overhead interior lighting, end-of-car diaphragms and intricate under-car detail. All configurations are mounted atop die-cast metal 4-wheel trucks with operating metal couplers, metal wheels and metal axles.     continue reading		Gondola Car w/ScaleTrax Crossover - On its customer Web site, the Union Pacific Railroad characterizes a gondola as an "extremely sturdy open design" for carrying "rugged unfinished commodities"; its "large flat interior design with side walls" is described as "more flexible than a flat car." These qualities make the modern gondola particularly popular with the steel industry, for transportation of loose materials like scrap metal, waste, coke, and slag as well as finished products like iron or steel plate, pipe, structural steel, and rails for railroad track. continue reading

Standard 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		19th Century Reefer - The coming of the railroad changed the way America ate and drank. Before the iron horse connected every town of any importance to the outside world, most food was grown or produced locally. The arrival of cheap, fast, refrigerated transport — in the form of the woodsided reefer with ice bunkers at each end — enabled local brewers, diaries, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale.   continue reading

Each of the above RailKing items can be ordered through any M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

To see the entire 2017 Volume 1 RailKing Lineup, click here.

Spring 2017 Special TCA York Car Announced

April 26, 2017 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced its 29th TCA York Show collector box car to be sold at the TCA York Show in York, Pennsylvania on April 27, 28, and 29, 2017.

Like the previous 28 cars sold in the York Car series, the latest edition will again be a Premier Line model and the 27th in our "Catalog Series" - this time featuring the cover of our 2017 Volume 2 Premier & RailKing Catalog which will be released in April 2017.

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 pickup 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.

Ever Wanted To Attend The York Show? Now You Can

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be attending the TCA Eastern Division York Meet on April 27 - 29, 2017 at the York Expo Center in York, Pennsylvania and for the first time ever, this famous show is now open to the public! You can learn more about the York show by visiting the Eastern Division of the TCA Website.

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.

• April 2015 York TCA Meet - York, PA
  Thursday, April 27, 2017: (Members Only)
  12:00pm - 6:30pm

  Friday, April 28, 2017: (Open To The Public)
  9:00am - 6:30pm

  Saturday, April 29, 2017: (Open To The Public)
  9:00am - 4:00pm

Can't Make The Show?

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be broadcasting live on our Facebook page from the show. It will be a great chance to see the display, check out current offerings, and hear from some of our executives. Check It Out at 11:00AM on Thursday, April 27th.

If you are interested in seeing a list of all the M.T.H. shows we will be attending over the next few months, CLICK HERE.

Update Your TIU For Free At The April TCA York Meet

April 26, 2017 - Visitors attending this month's 2017 Spring York Meet in York, Pennsylvania can get their TIU and Remote software updated to Version 6.0 for FREE in the M.T.H. booth.

NOTE: The update is required for users planning on using the DCS Premium App to run their model railroad.

Just bring your TIU and Remote to the booth and plan on picking it up before the show ends. One of our technicians will give you an estimate when you can pick it up - if needed - that day. You'll find full details about the York Show by going HERE.

If you can't make the show, anyone can update the DCS software with a Windows PC. To do so, you'll need to download the DCS Loader program from the M.T.H. website. To get the free loader program, go HERE. Once installed onto your PC, the program guides you through the update process in a step-by-step process. The download to the DCS Version 6.0 software can be found by going HERE.

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

April 26, 2017 - 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

23rd York DCS User Group Meeting

April 26, 2017 - Visitors attending this month's 2017 Spring York Meet in York, Pennsylvania can get an early start on meet activities by attending the 23rd York DCS User Group Meeting on Wednesday evening, April 26, 2017. The meeting will be in the Wyndham Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. This location can host over 150 attendees in comfort during dinner and the presentations.

In addition to mingling with DCS power users, attendees can enjoy a hot catered meal, have their DCS software updated, participate in raffle drawings for free DCS WIU WiFi Interface Units and select freight cars, purchase discounted WIU modules and listen to a brief presentation by M.T.H. executives on the state of DCS and new technology developments coming down the track.

To learn more about the event, dinner prices and schedule of the night's events, click here.

2017 Volume 2 O Gauge Catalog York TCA Meet Pickup

April 26, 2017 - M.T.H. mailing list subscribers and M.T.H. Railroaders Club members (MTHRRC) attending the 2017 Spring TCA York Meet in York, Pennsylvania train meet can avoid the wait for the U.S. Postal Service by picking up the 2017 Volume 2 Premier & RailKing catalog and a selection of other M.T.H. previously printed materials beginning Thursday, April 27th at 12:00 noon.

Other show attendees who wish to pickup our latest catalog can also do so at the show by subscribing to our mailing list.

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 May 7, 2017.