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2009 V2 Catalog
2009 V2 Catalog
Table of Contents
Proto-Sound® 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
DCS™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
RailKing® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Steam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Steam Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Transit and Aerotrain . . . . . . . .34
Northern R-2 artic- Freight Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
ulated, which delivered more trac-
tive effort than a UP Big Boy, and the diminutive
Passenger Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
As mentioned earlier, the New York Central 999, once the fastest steam loco- Premier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
GenSet diesel is new to the Premier line, offered in motive in the land. We've also re-released the sold-
six road names. The recently released GE ES44AC out Chapelon Pacific and added a new paint scheme. Steam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
appears in five new paint schemes, including the
experimental Evolution Hybrid trailed by a General If you haven't already done so, we invite you now to Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Electric laboratory car. For earlier GE power, we've turn the page and see for yourself what we have to
cataloged new paint schemes for the Dash 8 narrow offer. As always, we hope you'll find items in this cat- Specialty Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
nose diesel and a newly-tooled Dash 8-40CW, which alog that will surprise and delight you, and help you
features the wider "North American comfort cab." continue to enjoy this most wonderful of hobbies.
Freight Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Returning to the Premier line in upgraded versions
are the massive Great
Passenger Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Transformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
ScaleTrax™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Scale Wheels, Trucks, and ETDs .124
M.T.H. RailRoaders Club . . . . .126
Mega Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
MTH Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
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Proto-Sound® 2.0
GREAT SMOKE
Proto-Sound steam engines and diesels feature fan-
REMOTE UNCOUPLING
Proto-Sound steam and diesel engines offer remote uncou-
About Our Product Lines
driven ProtoSmoke™, the most powerful smoke system pling anywhere on your layout, controlled from your trans- In this catalog you'll find two of the five M.T.H. product lines, our
in the hobby. You can vary the intensity with the smoke former or DCS remote. The opening of the coupler is O Gauge Premier and RailKing lines. While they differ in detail
"volume" control on the locomotive or remotely with a accompanied by the hiss of air hoses parting and the clank level and price, under the shell they're very much the same.
DCS handheld. of the coupler knuckle opening. Every engine in this catalog shares the same Proto-Sound 2.0 or
later electronics and the same quality M.T.H. construction.
COMMAND CONTROL Premier and RailKing O Gauge engines can be run together on
Add the M.T.H. Digital Command System (DCS) to your your railroad in conventional or DCS command mode.
railroad and enjoy the command control capability built
into every Proto-Sound 2.0 locomotive. Operate up to Premier engines are full O scale models, 1/48 the size of their
99 engines on the same track at the same time with prototypes. Because of this, they often require larger radius
individual control over each engine. For more curves than comparable RailKing models. Premier engines are as
information on command control and DCS, see detailed as we can reasonably make them, and feature a large
the next page or go to number of added-on parts. On Premier steamers, for example,
www.protosound2.com. most piping is separately applied, whereas piping on RailKing
steam engines is cast onto the boiler. While smoke is standard on
UPDATED ENGINE FEATURES virtually all M.T.H. steamers, only Premier and RailKing Scale and
Using a DCS system, any Proto-Sound 2.0 Imperial diesels feature smoke. Premier engines also have more
engine can be updated with new sounds or elaborate lighting effects.
features without ever taking the engine
apart or even off the track. Simple RailKing models have less detail and are lower priced than their
downloads of new Proto-Sound sound Premier counterparts. Unless otherwise noted, all RailKing
sets from the M.T.H. Web site engines will negotiate O-31 curves. While RailKing Scale engines
mean your engine will never be are full O scale size, other RailKing engines may have smaller
obsolete. It can change from a proportions than their prototypes, to make them appropriate for
passenger loco to a freight loco smaller traditional layouts with O-31 curves. RailKing Imperial
or get a new whistle or horn in just min- models are our top-of-the-line RailKing engines, with features
utes. such as real coal loads and separately illuminated marker lamps.
* Number of different Proto-Sound® 2.0 engines cataloged through the 2009 Volume 2 MTH catalog.
Remote Shown Actual Size While all TMCC features can be accessed by the DCS handheld remote, at present some Legacy features cannot be accessed by
the DCS remote.
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DCS™
In the DCS system, commands such as control engines from all systems on
speed, direction, and sound control the same track at the same time. TIU/Barrel Jack Adapter Cable
Proto-Sound 2.0 Battery Charger
are sent as radio signals from the 50-1017 $9.95
50-1019 $14.95
handheld throttle to a TIU (track inter- The new TIU/TMCC-Legacy Connector
face unit). The TIU translates those Cable also allows you to run both the
DCS and Legacy systems simultaneous- Proto-Sound Battery
radio signals into digital information
that is sent through the rails and
picked up by a receiver in the appro-
ly on your layout, using both the DCS
and Legacy handheld remotes. 3 DCS will “look” for Proto-Sound®
or TMCC command-equipped
engines on your layout. When
50-1008 $9.95
BENEFITS scale, our products in these other areas have benefits for you
— because new features developed for other scales or gauges
may eventually appear in Premier and RailKing O gauge trains.
From Other M.T.H. Product Lines Our One Gauge Triplex, for example, is North America's first
production model with a smoking whistle — a feature we're
currently developing for O gauge steamers.
Celebrate Lionel
Corporation Tinplate!
Modelers in other scales can celebrate Lionel
Corporation Tinplate, the newest M.T.H. product
line, with these HO and One Gauge freight cars.
The new HO Operating Action Car was inspired
by Lionel's 1950s aquarium car and features
moving, backlit images of classic tinplate trains.
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RailKing®
First appearing in 1995 and now encompassing more than 5,000 items, RailKing is M.T.H.'s best-
®
RailKing selling and most attractively priced product line. Cars and locomotives featured in the M.T.H.
RailKing line are equipped with moderate detail and run on the same O gauge track as the
intricately detailed O scale models found in our Premier Line. But, because RailKing models are
shorter in length, they can negotiate tighter curves. In fact, most RailKing models can negotiate
The Best Value in O Gauge a circle as small as 31 inches in diameter, and some can operate on curves even smaller than
that. This is a real advantage for model train enthusiasts with modestly sized layouts.
Over the years, the RailKing line has evolved into three subcategories: RailKing, RailKing Scale,
and RailKing Imperial.
Features
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Constant Voltage Headlight - Operating Tender Back-up Light
- Metal Wheels and Axles - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale - Proto-Sound® 2.0 With The Digital
- Die-Cast Truck Sides MPH Increments Command System Featuring Passenger
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke™ System Station Proto-Effects™
- Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler™ - Accurate, Legible Builder's Plates - Unit Measures: 20” x 2 1/2” x 3 1/2”
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Truck Safety Chains On Tender - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Metal Handrails and Bell - Operating Marker Lights
- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Operating Firebox Glow
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RailKing® Steam Locomotives
Features
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Constant Voltage Headlight - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Die-Cast Truck Sides Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Metal Wheels and Axles - Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler Proto-Effects
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System - Unit Measures: 22 1/2” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/8”
- Metal Handrails and Bell - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Decorative Metal Whistle MPH Increments
- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Engineer and Fireman Figures
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RailKing® Steam Locomotives
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RailKing® Steam Locomotives
SEETHEM
SEE IT IN IN
ACTION
ON THE WEB
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RAILKING STEAM SETS
GREAT DEALS: Each of these sets offers a fully-featured RailKing steamer and a complete set of cars —
for only $100 more than the price of the engine. This represents a considerable savings over the combined retail
prices of the set contents.
Advertised with the bold slogan “Nothing Faster on Rails,” the Milwaukee Road’s Hiawathas seduced passengers with luxurious
surroundings that included the Tip Top Tap Room, the first standup cocktail bar on American rails. When the popularity of the
Chicago-Twin Cities service mandated longer trains and larger locomotives, the Milwaukee Road turned to ALCo to design the
massive F7 Hudsons, which outclassed the more-famous New York Central 4-6-4s in almost every way: larger firebox, taller driv-
ers, and more power at speed. For the finest in steam passenger service, add this colorful speedster to your railroad.
Known as Mountains on other railroads but called Mohawks on the Water Level Route, 4-8-2s were the backbone of high-speed
freight service on the New York Central. Shortly after World War II, the NYC painted a large number of boxcars in a striking ver-
16 million-and-grey scheme to advertise its premier Pacemaker freight service, connecting New York City with upstate destinations.
RailKing® Steam Locomotives
Bred for speed on the "Water Level Route" between New York City
and Chicago, the New York Central's dual-purpose Mohawks were equally at
home pulling the 20th Century Limited or more than 100 freight cars. Recreate the
drama of 80 mph passenger jaunts alongside the Hudson River with this attractively priced
set featuring the RailKing Mohawk and lighted passenger cars with interior details.
In many ways, the Union Pacific Big Boy is the symbolic locomotive of the American West, as big and powerful as
the country it sped through. Relive the excitement of lifting a trainload of California produce over Utah's
Wasatch Mountains, bound for markets in Chicago and points east, with this two-motored RailKing Big Boy and
its train of Pacific Fruit Express reefers.
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EMD MP15DC
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis Increments NOTE that photos depict RailKing MP15AC
- Metal Handrails and Horn - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital tooling, while actual production models will
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank Command System Featuring Freight Yard have correct DC-version features, including
- (2) Cab Figures Proto-Effects front-mounted radiator and air intakes. (See
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Unit Measures: 13” x 2 1/4” x 4 1/4” unpainted MP15DC photo in catalog intro.)
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Operates On O-31 Curves
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
NEW!
The MP15AC's cooling system was borrowed from the
"Tunnel Motors" EMD had created for the Southern
Pacific. The front of the hood was plain, like the rear of a
Tunnel Motor, and the radiator air intakes were moved to the
sides of the hood, low and at the front of the engine. Not
surprisingly, the Southern Pacific was the first customer to
order an MP15AC. Because the Dash 2 technology was rela-
tively new and some railroads found it unnecessarily expen-
Norfolk Southern - MP15DC Diesel Engine
sive for a lowly switcher, EMD continued to make both the 30-2939-1 Proto-Sound 2.0 $299.95
DC and AC versions of the MP15 for most of its production
run, and sales for the two models were about equal.
NEW!
New for 2009, M.T.H. introduces this full-scale DC version
of the last and largest of the end-cab switchers. In con-
trast with the MP15AC cataloged in 2008 Volume One,
this model replicates the more-traditional MP15DC with
its front-mounted radiator and air intakes. Like its proto-
type, this RailKing Scale engine is equally at home doing
slow-speed yard duty or hauling commuters or freight
along your main line. Genesee & Wyoming - MP15DC Diesel Engine
30-2940-1 Proto-Sound 2.0 $299.95 19
ELECTRO-MOTIVE F3 A-B-A
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Directionally Controlled Headlights - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies Command System Featuring Passenger
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Station Proto-Effects
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears Increments - Unit Measures: 40 1/4” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4”
- (2) Precision Flywheel Equipped Motors In - Engineer Cab Figure In Each A Unit - Operates On O-31 Curves
Powered A Unit - Operating Smoke Unit In Powered A Unit
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers
(one per A Unit)
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
Postwar and RailKing Scale fans will no doubt want to Western Pacific - F3 A-B-A Diesel Engine
30-2945-1 Proto-Sound 2.0 $499.95
order this stellar M.T.H. replica of model railroading's
most famous diesel. The look and feel of the classic
Did You Know?
original is faithfully reproduced, right down to the die-
In a December 1950 radio show, famed comedian Jack Benny wrote a let-
cast metal chassis. Under the hood, however, lies the
ter to Dear Santa Fe, saying "Christmas is almost here and it would make
power and performance of ProtoSound® 2.0, twin fly- me happy if you gave me a train." While the railroad did not give Benny
wheel-equipped motors, and Proto-Smoke, offering the real train he asked for, its publicity department did send him a Lionel
today's model railroaders an operating experience that model of the F3.
boys of the 1950s could only dream about.
Features
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
Did You Know?
Experienced engineers loved the road switcher cab because, unlike the new stream-
- Colorful Paint Scheme Increments
liners, it felt like home to them. The crew in a Geep or RS-11 running long hood
- Metal Chassis - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
forward sat near the back of the engine, looking out over the power plant with a
- Metal Handrails and Horn Command System Featuring Freight Yard
lot of machinery between them and any potential collision — just like a steam
- (2) Cab Figures Proto-Effects
engine. Even running short hood forward, the engineer's view was out past the
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Unit Measures: 14 7/8” x 2 1/2” x 4 1/16”
engine's nose, similar to a steamer.
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Operates On O-31 Curves
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
In any case, the RS-11 addressed the reliability issue with a new
Model 251 V-12 motor, offering 50 more horsepower than the Southern Pacific - RS-11 High Hood Diesel Engine
contemporary GP9. At least a dozen Class 1 railroads in the U.S., 30-2937-1 w/Proto-Sound 2.0 $299.95
Canada, and Mexico bought the new engine after it was intro- 30-2937-3 Non-Powered $149.95
duced in 1956. Some used it in passenger service with an option-
al train heat boiler. Later a low-nose version with better forward
visibility was offered. But while the RS-11 was a good locomo-
tive, the race had already been lost. Sales numbered in the hun-
dreds while Geeps sold by the thousands. Some RS-11 orders
were simply fallout from EMD's success — when they couldn't
make Geeps fast enough, Alco got the overflow orders.
Our RailKing Scale RS-11 can offer stiff competition for the
Geeps and F-units on your railroad — or, like the prototype, you
can mix them together in lashups, thanks to Proto-Sound 2.0
technology. Our RS-11 features the distinctive notched-nose look
of its prototype, remote Proto-Couplers™ front and rear, the
authentic chant of an Alco prime mover, and Proto-Speed
New Haven - RS-11 High Hood Diesel Engine
Control for tremendous pulling power at any speed from a 30-2936-1 w/Proto-Sound 2.0 $299.95
crawl to full throttle. 30-2936-3 Non-Powered $149.95 23
BALDWIN VO-1000
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
- Colorful Paint Scheme Increments
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - (2) Cab Figures
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Directionally Controlled Headlights Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears Proto-Effects
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers - Unit Measures: 14 1/2” x 2 1/2” x 3 1/2”
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors - Operates On O-31 Curves
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
The Baldwin Locomotive Works had been building steam engines for a
century before it sold its first production diesel in 1937. While most of
Baldwin’s diesels were ultimately disappointments to its customers, the
engines’ unique looks won the hearts of American railfans and model-
ers. Nothing else on rails looked like the baby-faced 24-wheeled
Centipedes or the Raymond Loewy-styled Sharknoses. The distinctive
VO-1000, perhaps the most muscular looking of all first-generation
diesel switchers, was Baldwin’s most successful product. The U.S. military
and over 30 class one railroads bought 548 copies of the 1000 hp.
Auto Train - VO-1000 Diesel Engine
engine between 1939 and 1946. 30-2930-1 Proto-Sound 2.0 $299.95
Relive the excitement and variety of the early diesel years with the
RailKing Scale VO-1000. Thanks to Proto-Sound 2.0, our model features
authentic Baldwin prime mover sounds and the ability to duplicate the
low-speed lugging power of its prototype — as well as the ability to
Chicago & North Western - VO-1000 Diesel Engine
hustle along virtually as fast as you care to run it. 30-2933-1 Proto-Sound 2.0 $299.95 25
FM TRAINMASTER
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - (2) Cab Figures - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank Increments Proto-Effects
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers - Operating Smoke Unit - Unit Measures: 17” x 2 5/8” x 3 7/8”
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Illuminated Number Boards - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Metal Chassis - LED-Illuminated Front and Rear Marker
- Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn Lights
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
Features
- Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
- Directionally Controlled Headlights Increments
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank Command System Featuring Passenger
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers Station Proto-Effects
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Unit Measures: 29 1/4” x 2 1/2” x 3 5/8”
- Metal Chassis - Operates On O-31 Curves
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
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EMD SD70ACE
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Constant Voltage Directional Headlight - Operating Horn & Bell - (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Measures: 17” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/4” - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Operates On O-31 Curves Increments
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Operating Ditch Lights
- Colorful Paint Scheme Proto-Sound® 2.0 Models Add: - Operating Smoke Unit
- Metal Chassis
- Metal Handrails and Horn - Proto-Sound® 2.0 With The Digital
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- (2) Operating Metal Couplers Proto-Effects™
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
Features
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
CHECK OUT THE
- Colorful Paint Scheme Increments
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
DETAILS!
- Directionally Controlled Headlights Command System Featuring Freight Yard Our SW1 offers Premier-level details at a
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears Proto-Effects RailKing price: walkways with etched safety
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Unit Measures: 12” x 2 3/4” x 4” tread; separate, added-on railings and grab
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers - Operates On O-31 Curves irons on the hood and cab; numerous end rail-
- Metal Handrails and Decorative Horn ings; and separate, added-on handles on the
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors front deck sandbox lid.
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
Features
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Lighted Interior
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears Command System Featuring Transit Stop
- Moveable Trolley Pole Proto-Effects
- Die-Cast Truck Sides & Pilots - Unit Measures: 10 5/16” x 2 1/8” x 3 13/16”
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
Increments
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RailKing® Transit
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BUMP-N-GO
TROLLEY
Features
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
- Colorful Paint Scheme
- Precision Motor
- Lighted Interior
- Moveable Power Pole
- Automatic Reversing Bumpers
- Unit Measures: 8 1/4” x 2 3/8” x 3 1/3”
- Operates On O-27 Curves
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RailKing® Transit
Features
Set Features - Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears Car Features
- Two-Motored Lead Unit - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors - Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Bodies
- 3-Car Consist - Directionally Controlled Headlight - Die-Cast Trucks
- Operates On O-31 Track - Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Attractive Deco Scheme
- Measures: 45 3/4” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/4” - Locomotive Speed Control - Detailed, Lighted Car Interiors
- Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital - Metal Wheels and Axles
Powered Unit Features Command System Featuring Passenger
- Colorful Paint Scheme Station Proto-Effects
- Metal Chassis
- Die-Cast Truck Sides
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RailKing® Diesel Locomotives
Like Budd’s RDC car, GM’s Aerotrain was a postwar attempt autos and airplanes on medium-haul trips of 200–700 Chicago and Detroit. It soon became apparent that the
to help railroads turn a profit on passenger service. But the miles. The Aerotrain’s 40-seat coaches were based on GM air bellows suspension was fine at bus speeds but utter-
Aerotrain promised a lot more and delivered much less. In intercity bus bodies, complete with lavatory at one end ly inadequate for a high-speed train. Above 60 mph,
June 1955, while the Aerotrain was still being designed, a and baggage compartments under the seating area. Like the lightweight cars shook horribly; one wag noted that
General Motors press release predicted that “this crack new buses of the time, each four-wheeled coach rode on an air if the trains had operated at or near their top speed,
100-mile-an-hour streamliner” would run from New York to bellows suspension, unlike normal passenger cars that “any surviving passengers would have been approach-
Boston in 2½ hours — faster than today’s Acela. Even rode on metal springs. Under the hood, the Aerotrain’s ing the condition of Jello.” After less than a year of
before it was delivered, a New York Central magazine ad engine was a 1200-horsepower EMD switcher, re-geared service, the test trains were returned to GM. In 1957
claimed “This Train Will Save an Industry,” and the for speeds up to 100 mph. The styling borrowed heavily they were sold to the Rock Island, which used them in
Pennsylvania Railroad’s 1956 calendar featured a painting from General Motors cars of the era, with the observation lower-speed commuter service in the Chicago suburbs
of the Aerotrain titled “Dynamic Progress.” car almost a dead ringer for the back end of the 1955 until their 1966 retirement. For 2009, this highly
Chevy Nomad station wagon. detailed RailKing model allows you to relive the
The Aerotrain was in fact a mixture of off-the-shelf GM Pennsylvania’s hopes for the Aerotrain in high-speed
parts with futuristic ideas and styling. The idea was to cre- In early 1956, the two prototype Aerotrains entered service — without the rough ride.
ate a fast, fuel-efficient train that would be cheap to pur- service on the Pennsy between Philadelphia and
chase and operate, allowing railroads to compete with Pittsburgh, and on the New York Central between
Details
- Unit Measures: 12 7/8” x 2 9/16” x 3 9/16”
- Operates On O-31 Curves
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RailKing® Freight
Reefer
Details
- Unit Measures: 11 5/8” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/16”
- Operates On O-27 Curves
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40’ Double-Door Box Car
Details
- Unit Measures: 11 1/2” x 2 1/2” x 3 7/16”
- Operates On O-31 Curves
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RailKing® Freight
Details
- Unit Measures: 11 15/16” x 2 3/16” x 1 11/16”
- Operates On O-27 Curves
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33K Gallon Tank Car
Details
- Unit Measures: 14 3/4” x 2 3/8” x 3 3/4”
- Operates On O-31 Curves
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RailKing® Freight
Stock Car
Details
- Unit Measures: 11 5/8” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/8”
- Operates On O-27 Curves
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PS-2 Covered Hopper
Details
- Unit Measures: 11 1/4” x 2 1/2” x 3 3/8”
- Operates On O-31 Curves
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RailKing® Freight
4-Bay Hopper
Details
- Unit Measures: 11 3/4” x 2 1/2” x 2 3/4”
- Operates On O-27 Curves
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Passenger Cars
Burlington - 2-Car 60’ Streamlined ABS Sleeper/Diner
30-67511 $99.95
Burlington - 60’ Streamlined ABS Full-Length Vista Dome Car Burlington - 60’ Streamlined ABS Coach
30-67513 $54.95 30-67512 $49.95
Details
- Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Bodies
- Metal Wheels and Axles
- Overhead Interior Lighting Santa Fe - 60’ Streamlined ABS Coach Santa Fe - 60’ Streamlined ABS Full-Length Vista Dome Car
- Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks 30-37508 $49.95 30-67509 $54.95
- Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
- Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
- End-of-Car Diaphragms
- Needle-Point Axles
- Detailed Car Interiors
- 4-Car Sets Feature: (1) Baggage, (1) Coach,
(1) Vista Dome, (1) Observation
Santa Fe - 2-Car 60’ Streamlined ABS Sleeper/Diner
- Set Measures: 68 3/4” x 2 5/8” x 3 5/16” 30-67507 $99.95
- Operates On O-31 Curves
Missouri Pacific - 2-Car 60’ Streamlined ABS Sleeper/Diner Missouri Pacific - 60’ Streamlined ABS Coach
30-67519 $99.95 30-67520 $49.95
Windshield wipers
Operates on 2- or 3-Rail
Track, AC or DC Power
Remotely
Activated
Proto-Coupler™
MU
Shock Cables
Absorbers
Warning Operating
Placards Smoke
Handrails &
Safety
Chains
Die-Cast Air See-Through
Tanks With
Separately- Metal Grills Hand Brake
Added Metal
Pipes
Features
- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Detailed Tender Undercarriage - Removable Smoke Deflectors On L-3c and
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Metal Wheels and Axles L-4b Models
- Authentic Paint Scheme & Cab Numbers - Die-Cast Truck Sides - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Constant Voltage Headlight - Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor Command System Featuring Quillable
- Detailed Cab Interior - Wireless Drawbar Whistle and Passenger Station or Freight
- Metal Handrails, Bell, and Whistle - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion Yard Proto-Effects
- Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System Capable - 1:48 Scale Proportions
- Locomotive Speed Control In Scale - Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler - Unit Measures: 28 1/4" x 3 7/8" x 2 5/8"
MPH Increments - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate On O-54 Curves
- Locomotive Cab-To-Tender Deck Plate - Operating Firebox Glow - Scale Wheels Operate On 54” Radius Curves
- Real Coal Load
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As the Depression waned in the late 1930s and traffic picked up,
the need arose for a dual service locomotive that could augment
the Hudson fleet and hustle freight as well. The answer was the 80
mph class L-3 Mohawks, delivered from 1940-1942. With over 5000
horsepower on tap and the largest tender yet seen on a Central
New York Central - 4-8-2 L-3b Mohawk Steam Engine
locomotive, they were equally at home pulling the 20th Century 20-3373-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $1099.95
Limited or more than 100 freight cars. ALCo-built class L-3a 20-3373-2 Scale Wheels $1099.95
Mohawks were dual service steamers with roller bearings on all
axles. Class L-3b engines, built by both ALCo and Lima, and class L-
3c built by ALCo, were fast freight locomotives.
Features
- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Tender supplied with remote-controlled - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke™ System
- 1:43.5 Scale Proportions Proto-Coupler, scale European-style coupler, - Wireless Drawbar
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis and Ace Trains-compatible coupler - Includes Uninstalled European Couplers
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Wheels and Axles - Operating Firebox Glow Command System Featuring Passenger
- Constant Voltage Headlight - Metal Handrails and Whistle Station Proto-Effects in French
- Die-Cast Truck Sides - Lighted Cab Interior - Unit Measures: 23 1/8" x 3 13/16" x 2 3/4"
- Real Coal Load - Locomotive Speed Control - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate On O-54 Curves
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor - Proto-Scale 3-2™ 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion - Scale Wheels Operate On 40” Radius Curves
Capable
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Learn More About It Orient Express - 5-Car Orient Express Passenger Set
For more information on the Chapelon Pacific, the Orient 20-60004 $499.95
Express, and the Golden Arrow, search on the item num- Orient Express - 5-Car Orient Express Passenger Set (2-Rail)
ber for any of these engines on www.mthtrains.com. 20-60004-2 $499.95
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DUCHESS CLASS
STEAM ENGINE
Features
- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler™ - Wireless Drawbar
- 1:43.5 Scale Proportions - Engineer and Fireman Figures - Includes Uninstalled European Couplers
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Operating Firebox Glow - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Metal Handrails and Whistle Command System Featuring With Passenger
- Metal Wheels and Axles - Lighted Cab Interior Station Proto-Effects
- Constant Voltage Headlight - Locomotive Speed Control - Unit Measures: 23 7/16” x 2 11/16” x 4 5/16”
- Die-Cast Truck Sides - Proto-Scale 3-2™ 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate On O-54 Curves
- Real Coal Load Capable - Scale Wheels Operate On 42” Radius Curves
- Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke™ System
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Features
- Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- 1:48 Scale Proportions Increments Command System Featuring: Quillable
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Wireless Drawbar Whistle With Passenger Station Proto-Effects
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System - Unit Measures:16 ¾" x 3 ¾" x 2 ½"
- Metal Wheels and Axles - Lighted Cab Interior - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate On O-42 Curves
- Constant Voltage Headlight - Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor - Scale Wheels Operate On 42” Radius Curves
- Die-Cast Truck Sides - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion
- Engineer and Fireman Figures Capable
- Metal handrails, bell, and whistle - Real Coal Load
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In the late 19th century, railroading was the premier high- So it was that on May 10, the 999 headed toward Buffalo figure conspicuously in the annals of the world’s railroads as
tech industry, and world’s fairs were the place to compete again, this time with a cargo of railroad officials and news- being the first to maintain a regular schedule speed of over
for bragging rights. So as the 1893 World’s Columbian paper reporters. With fireman Al Elliot madly shoveling coal 52 miles an hour for an unprecedented distance and for
Exposition approached, the New York Central & Hudson into the firebox, engineer Hogan opened the throttle all runs of unprecedented length between stops.”
River Railroad prepared to grab the title of fastest vehicle the way. Using stopwatches and counting mileposts,
on earth. In great secrecy at the railroad’s West Albany observers on the train determined the 999 had blasted The 999 herself was eventually rebuilt with smaller, less slip-
shops, master mechanic William Buchanan directed the con- through the Village of Crittenden at 112.5 miles per hour. pery drivers and alternated between regular service and
struction of a hot-rod 4-4-0 American-type with monstrous appearances at later world’s fairs. In 1962 she was donated
drivers more than seven feet in diameter. Named simply That summer, Charlie Hogan and the 999 — the first man- to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, which
“999,” the engine exuded class. Her hand-polished Russian made vehicle to exceed 100 mph — were the toast of the stands on the site of the 1893 fair. The restored 999 is today
iron boiler was highlighted with shining brass trim and pip- Chicago world’s fair. Toy train companies put “999” on the exhibited in the company of another speed and distance
ing; her gleaming cab was fashioned of mahogany and cab of every possible steam locomotive. And amusement record holder, the 1934 Pioneer Zephyr.
maple; and the name of her train was emblazoned boldly park railroads around the globe, in places as far away as
on her tender in two-and-a-half-foot-high gold leaf letter- Thailand and South Africa, bought over 3,000 live steam For 2009 the 999 returns to the Premier line, upgraded with
ing: “Empire State Express.” versions of the engine. a quillable whistle, a smaller, more prototypical tender, and
other detail improvements. Available with either the 86
On May 9, 1893, Buchanan turned his creation over to engi- Critics and researchers later disputed the 999’s record, claim- inch drivers that set a land speed record or the smaller driv-
neer Charlie Hogan to see what she could do. Son of a rail- ing the engine was incapable of reaching 100 mph, and we ers she wore in regular service, our model of the 999 has all
road foreman, Hogan had begun his career with the New may never know for sure her actual speed that May after- the industry-leading features you expect in an MTH Premier
York Central at age 14, as a water boy, and would later rise noon. But one thing is certain: for many years after the model: loads of separate, added-on detail parts, elaborate
to superintendent of motive power. On that fine May day, World’s Columbian Exposition, the 999, along with her sister period paint scheme, speed control to reproduce the proto-
he took control of the 999 in Rochester, New York, and New York Central 4-4-0s with somewhat smaller drivers, type engine’s full speed range, synchronized puffing smoke,
opened the throttle for the run to Buffalo. Calculating his held down one of the fastest regular passenger schedules and Proto-Sound® 2.0 with passenger station announce-
time and distance, railroad officials estimated he had on the planet. Five years after the fair, an article in ments for the actual route of the Empire State Express.
reached 102 miles per hour. They decided to try for an offi- Scientific American stated that “Locomotive No. 999 and
cial record the next day. the Empire State Express… opened the present remarkable
era of fast, long distance express trains. [They] will always
NEW TOOLING!
ADD A SET
OF PASSENGER CARS!
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NEW TOOLING!
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On James J. Hill's transcontinental railroad, the massive R-2 was trains of almost any length, limited only by the strength of cou- Features
king of the road. Although often lumped with the "robber plers and draft gear and the response time of the air brake system. - Die-Cast Boiler and Tender Body
barons" of the late nineteenth century, Hill built the Great (As train length increases, it takes longer for a brake application - 1:48 Scale Proportions
Northern Railway without the government land grants and polit- by the engineer to reach the final car on the train.) - Die-Cast Metal Chassis
ical shenanigans used by many of his contemporaries. One of his - Authentic Paint Scheme
crowning achievements, according to author Burton Folsom, was Hard use during World War II led to cracks in many R-2 boilers, and - Metal Wheels and Axles
his conquest of the Rocky Mountains "by finding the legendary all 16 engines in the class received new ALCo boilers in 1947-48. - Constant Voltage Headlight
Marias Pass. Lewis and Clark had described a low pass through the Soon after, F-unit diesels replaced the articulateds on the Marias - Die-Cast Truck Sides
Rockies back in 1805; but later no one seemed to know whether Pass route, and the R-2s moved east to haul iron ore from - Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motor
it really existed or, if it did, where it was. Hill wanted the best gra- Minnesota's mines. By 1958, when the final R-2s were retired, the - Remote Controlled Proto-Coupler
- Engineer and Fireman Figures
dient so much that he hired a man to spend months searching Great Northern and the Norfolk & Western were the last American
- Operating Firebox Glow
western Montana for this legendary pass. He did in fact find it, and railroads to roster articulated power.
- Metal Handrails and Bell
the ecstatic Hill shortened his route by almost 100 miles." - Metal Whistle
The R-2 returns to the Premier lineup for 2009, upgraded with - Lighted Cab Interior
Decades later, it was the Marias Pass that the R-2 was designed to additional details, wireless drawbar, and cab-to-tender deck plate. - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale
roam, hustling freight over the easiest traverse of the Rockies Featuring authentic articulated engine sounds and pulling power MPH Increments
enjoyed by any of the northern transcontinental railroads. to rival the prototype, our model captures all the signature Great - Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke System
Assembled in the Great Northern's own shops in 1929 and 1930, Northern details — including pilot-mounted headlight, massive - Wireless Drawbar
the R-2s benefited from the "superpower" steam technology smokebox-mounted air pumps, all-weather cab, Vanderbilt-style - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
developed in the late 1920s; they were the largest 2-8-8-2s ever oil tender, and Belpaire firebox. Command System Featuring Quillable
built and exerted more tractive effort (pulling force) than a Union Whistle and Freight Yard Proto-Effects
- Unit Measures: 30” x 2 3/4” x 4 1/4”
Pacific Big Boy or a DM&IR Yellowstone. In fast freight service
- Operates On O-72 Curves
between Whitefish and Havre, Montana, the R-2s could handle
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ACTION
ON THE WEB
Pittsburgh Shawmut & Northern
2-10-0 Russian Decapod Steam Engine
20-3310-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $999.95
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Features
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH - Metal Body Side Grilles
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body Increments - Operating Ditch Lights
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion - Operating Smoke Unit
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank Capable - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Lighted Cab Interior Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Colorful Paint Scheme - Illuminated Number Boards Proto-Effects™
- Metal Chassis - Lighted Marker Lights - Unit Measures:18 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 4”
- Metal Handrails and Horn - (2) Engineer Cab Figures - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate on O-42 Curves
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors - Moveable Roof Fan Blades - Scale Wheels Operate on 31" Radius Curves
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POWERED UNITS
AVAILABLE IN THREE
ROAD NUMBERS
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3GS-21B GENSET
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Illuminated Number Boards - Proto-Scale 3-2™ 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - (2) Cab Figures Capable
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Spinning Roof Fans - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Operating Ditch Lights Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Operating Smoke Unit Proto-Effects™
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Metal Body Side Grilles - Unit Measures: 15 5/8” x 4 1/8” x 2 5/8”
- Metal Handrails and Horn - Metal Chassis - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate on O-31 Curves
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors - Locomotive Speed Control - Scale Wheels Operate on 42" Radius Curves
- Lighted Cab Interior
Features
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Lighted Marker Lights - Lighted Cab Interiors - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Chassis - Moveable Roof Fan Blades - (2) Engineer Cab Figures In Each A Unit Command System Featuring Passenger
- Illuminated Number Boards - Metal Body Side Grilles - Locomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH Station Proto-Effects™
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies Increments - Unit Measures: 50 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4”
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - (2) Operating Smoke Units - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Authentic Paint Scheme - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors In - Operating MARS Light (where Prototypical)
- Metal Handrails and Horn Each A Unit
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The PA was Alco's glamour girl. While Electro-Motive's equipment for all Alco diesels. Patten's design was tour of all 48 states. Speaking from the train's observa-
E-units easily beat Alco's passenger engine in terms of described as "a locomotive so distinctive and so power- tion platform, President Truman remarked that the train
popularity, the PA is widely regarded as the most beauti- "has documents in it that will convince you that your
ful looking that it actually helps railroads sell their serv-
ful first-generation diesel — period. Perhaps no other ices to passengers and shippers." Government is the greatest and the best Government in
locomotive looked so right at the head of the stream- the world, if you don't already believe that way." At one
lined trains of the late forties and fifties that were the Under the hood of the PA beat a 16-cylinder model 244 of the train's stops, the nation's oldest living former
last hurrah of American long-distance passenger service. prime mover that developed 2000 hp. Depending on slave would view the original Gettysburg Address; when
The 294 PA's and cabless PB's built between 1946 and their gearing, PAs could hustle a passenger consist along Memphis and Birmingham insisted that visitors to the
1953 powered some of America's most famous name at up to 100 mph. train be segregated, the train passed those cities by. A
trains, from the Pennsylvania's Broadway Limited to the quarter-century later, the path blazed by PA 1776 would
New Haven's Merchants' Limited. Barely a year after the engine's 1946 debut, a PA named be followed by a second American Freedom Train cele-
"Spirit of 1776" departed from Cameron, VA with one brating the country's 200th anniversary — pulled, inter-
The muscular PA profile and its elegant nose, with the of the most precious cargos ever to travel American rails. estingly, by three of the steam locomotives that the Alco
characteristic grille around the headlight, were designed Guarded by a crew of 27 Marines, the American PA had helped to retire.
by Ray Patten, General Electric's head of industrial Freedom Train carried the original documents of the
design. At the time, GE and Alco were partners in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and For more information on the 1947 American Freedom
locomotive business, with GE making the electrical other hallmarks of American freedom on a 17-month Train, go to www.freedomtrain.org.
1947 American Freedom Train - Alco PA Passenger Set EXPAND YOUR SET WITH A 2-CAR ADD-ON SET
20-2967-1 w/Proto-Sound 2.0 $699.95 See Page 115
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ALCO S-2 SWITCHER
Features
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors - Operating Smoke Unit
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Locomotive Speed Control in Scale MPH - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears Increments Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Lighted Cab Interior Proto-Effects™
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Illuminated Number Boards - Unit Measures: 12” x 2 3/4” x 3 3/4”
- Colorful Paint Scheme - (2) Engineer Cab Figures - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Die-Cast Metal Chassis - Proto-Scale 3-2™ 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion
- Metal Handrails and Horn Capable
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EMD FT A-B-A
DIESEL SET
Features
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tanks - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors In - (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™
- Moveable Roof Fan Blades Each A Unit - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Body Side Grilles - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Intricately Detailed ABS Bodies Increments Proto-Effects™
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Illuminated Number Boards - Unit Measures: 38 1/4” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4”
- Metal Chassis - Lighted Marker Lights - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Metal Handrails and Horn - (2) Engineer Cab Figures In Each A Unit
- Lighted Cab Interiors - (2) Operating Smoke Units
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The EMD-built FT freight diesel was born in November horsepower. The demonstrator's combined rating of individual road name. End and pilot details include
1939 in the La Grange, IL, General Motors plant. 5400 hp was similar to that of many "superpower" added-on hoses. Paint colors are accurately researched.
Number 103, the four-unit FT demonstrator, didn't take steam engines, but the FT made far more efficient use We think you'll agree that our upgraded F-units set a
any baby steps. It immediately started an 11-month, 35- of its power. The A units at either end were 48'3'' long new standard of detail and accuracy for 3-rail carbody
state tour, logging 83,764 miles on 20 Class I railroads. and the cabless B units were 48'1'' in length. Initially, diesels.
Wherever it went, the FT beat the railroads' best steam EMD built FTs in semi-permanently coupled A-B pairs,
engines at every task. By the end of the tour, steam but the A-B-A arrangement was an alternative. Did You Know?
was, for all practical purposes, dead. As famed Trains The original FT demonstrator was sold to the Southern
magazine editor David P. Morgan later put it, the FT Redesigned Blomberg trucks on our Premier FT include Railway and soldiered on for 20 more years. The lead unit,
was "the diesel that did it." separately-applied truck springs, air brake cylinders, air Southern #6100, is today a National Historic Mechanical
lines, and speed recorder cable. Modular molds enable Engineering Landmark, preserved at the National Museum
The FT demonstrator was made up of four units, each models to have the correct roof fans, horns, grab irons, of Transport in St. Louis.
with a 16-cylinder engine that hammered out 1350 and headlight and number board placement for each
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DASH 8-40C NARROW NOSE
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors Capable
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Lighted Cab Interior - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Body Side Grilles - Illuminated Number Boards Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Moveable Roof Fan Blades - Operating Smoke Unit Proto-Effects™
- Metal Chassis - (2) Engineer Cab Figures - Unit Measures: 17 3/4” x 2 1/2” x 4”
- Metal Handrails and Horn - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate on O-42 Curves
- Directionally Controlled Headlights Increments - Scale Wheels Operate on 31" Radius Curves
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
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DASH 8-40CW COMFORT CAB
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors Capable
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Lighted Cab Interior - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Metal Body Side Grilles - Illuminated Number Boards Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Moveable Roof Fans - Operating Smoke Unit Proto-Effects™
- Metal Chassis - (2) Engineer Cab Figures - Unit Measures: 17 3/4” x 2 1/2” x 4”
- Metal Handrails and Horn - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH - Hi-Rail Wheels Operate on O-42 Curves
- Directionally Controlled Headlights Increments - Scale Wheels Operate on 31" Radius Curves
- Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears
NEW TOOLING!
Canadian National - Dash 8-40CW Diesel Engine
20-2942-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $429.95
20-2942-2 Scale Wheels $449.95
20-2942-3 Non-Powered $199.95
NEW TOOLING!
CSX - Dash 8-40CW Diesel Engine
20-2943-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $429.95
20-2943-2 Scale Wheels $449.95
20-2943-3 Non-Powered $199.95
NEW TOOLING!
Norfolk Southern- Dash 8-40CW Diesel Engine
20-2944-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $429.95
20-2944-2 Scale Wheels $449.95
20-2944-3 Non-Powered $199.95
NEW TOOLING!
Union Pacific - Dash 8-40CW Diesel Engine
20-2946-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $429.95
20-2946-2 Scale Wheels $449.95
20-2946-3 Non-Powered $199.95
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EMD GP38-2
DIESEL ENGINE
Features
- (2) Remotely Controlled Proto-Couplers™ - Lighted Marker Lights - Proto-Scale 3-2 3-Rail/2-Rail Conversion
- Metal Chassis - (2) Cab Figures Capable
- (2) Precision Flywheel-Equipped Motors - Moveable Roof Fan - Proto-Sound 2.0 With The Digital
- Illuminated Number Boards - Metal Body Side Grilles Command System Featuring Freight Yard
- Intricately Detailed ABS Body - Operating Smoke Unit Proto-Effects™
- Directionally Controlled Headlights - Metal Wheels, Axles and Gears - Unit Measures: 15 1/2” x 2 3/4” x 4”
- Die-Cast Truck Sides, Pilots and Fuel Tank - Lighted Cab Interior - Operates On O-31 Curves
- Authentic Paint Scheme - Locomotive Speed Control In Scale MPH
- Metal Handrails and Horn Increments
While our Premier model is not the only O gauge ver- Canadian Pacific - GP38-2 Diesel Engine
sion of this second-generation stalwart, it offers the 20-2953-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $399.95
best combination of detail, realism, and performance 20-2953-3 Non-Powered $199.95
of any 1/48 scale GP38-2. Added-on detail parts
include windshield wipers, metal see-thru body grilles,
lift rings, metal grab irons and handrails, see-thru
rooftop fan housings, and brake cylinders, air pipes,
and swing hangers on our super-detailed Blomberg
trucks. And in command mode with the DCS system,
you can create a lashup combining one or more GP38-
2s with other Proto-Sound 2.0 first- or second-genera-
tion power, and run them from a single throttle just
like the prototype. Delaware & Hudson - GP38-2 Diesel Engine
20-2954-1 Hi-Rail Wheels $399.95
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PREMIER SPECIALTY SETS
GREAT DEALS: Each of these sets offers a fully-featured Premier locomotive and a complete
set of cars — for only $100 more than the price of the engine. This represents a considerable savings
over the combined retail prices of the set contents.
In the late 1920s, several New York Central trains offered a preview of the deluxe coach trains that would
later become a trend. One of the handsomest was the Motor Queen between Cincinnati and Detroit (named,
oddly enough, after the Detroit product that would soon become the train's chief competition). Decorated in
rich brown and fawn and trimmed with pinstripes, the Motor Queen offered a separate smoking area, bucket
seats in the coaches and, of course, an open platform observation. Relive the magic of deluxe daytime travel
in the era of the speakeasy and the Charleston with this Motor Queen set led by the New York Central's sig-
nature motive power, the 4-6-4 Hudson.
Fast, powerful, and pleasing to the eye, the Norfolk & Western’s Class J Northerns sped across the
Appalachian Mountains daily between Norfolk, VA and Cincinnati, OH, hauling passenger trains that included
the Powhatan Arrow, the Pocahontas and the Cavalier. With Norfolk & Western station announcements and
CD-quality steam engine sounds, this set recalls the era when locomotive whistles echoed off Virginia and
West Virginia mountainsides
In the summer of 1940, the Pennsylvania, New Haven, Boston and Maine, and Maine Central Railroads
cooperated to court travelers to Maine and New Hampshire. "A daytime flyer — breezing from
Washington to Portland between breakfast and dinner… Who now would think of driving over hot,
crowded highways when so superbly appointed a train awaits?" This set replicates the New York-to-New
Haven leg of the East Wind's journey behind a New Haven EP-3.
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Operating Freight
SIGNAL MAN LEANS OUT WITH LIGHTED LANTERN DOOR OPENS, FROST ESCAPES, WORKMAN PUSHES OUT LOADS
Details
- Opening Doors
- Unit Measures: 11 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
New York Central - 40’ USRA Double-Sheathed Box Car Boston & Maine - 40’ USRA Double-Sheathed Box Car
20-93446 $49.95 20-93445 $49.95
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range - 40’ USRA Double-Sheathed Box Car
20-93447 $49.95 Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo - 40’ USRA Double-Sheathed Box Car
20-93448 $49.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Opening Doors
- Unit Measures: 11 5/8” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4” Check out the details! For additional
- Operates on O-31 Curves detail photos of any Premier freight car,
search on its item number on our home
page, www.mthtrains.com.
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40’ USRA Single-Sheathed Box Car
Chicago & NorthWestern - 40’ USRA Single-Sheathed Box Car Clinchfield - 40’ USRA Single-Sheathed Box Car
20-93473 $49.95 20-93472 $49.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad
- Opening Doors
- Unit Measures: 11 5/8” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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TTX - 50’ High Cube Box Car COE Rail - 50’ High Cube Box Car
20-93463 $54.95 20-93464 $54.95
Tomahawk Railway - 50’ High Cube Box Car Canadian America - 50’ High Cube Box Car
20-93466 $54.95 20-93465 $54.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Opening Doors
- Unit Measures: 14 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 4 3/16” Check out the details! For additional
- Operates on O-31 Curves detail photos of any Premier freight car,
search on its item number on our home
page, www.mthtrains.com.
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40’ AAR Box Car
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Opening Doors
- Unit Measures: 11 1/2” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/4” Check out the details! For additional
- Operates on O-31 Curves detail photos of any Premier freight car,
search on its item number on our home
page, www.mthtrains.com.
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Premier Freight
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad
- Opening Doors and Roof Hatches
- Unit Measures: 11 3/4” x 2 9/16” x 3 1/2”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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36’ Woodsided Reefer
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad
- Opening Doors
- Unit Measures: 10 3/4” x 2 /38” x 3 1/4”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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Premier Freight
Ore Car
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 7 1/8" x 2 9/16" x 3 5/16"
- Operates on O-27 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
search on its item number on our home
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3-Bay Cylindrical Hopper
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 12 1/16” x 2 11/16” x 3 13/16”
- Operates on O-31 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
search on its item number on our home
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Premier Freight
Bessemer & Lake Erie - 2-Bay Offset Hopper Central Railroad of Pennsylvania - 2-Bay Offset Hopper
20-97695 $49.95 20-97694 $49.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad
- Unit Measures: 9 1/2” x 2 1/2” x 3”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 9 1/4" X 2 5/8" X 3"
- Operates on O-31 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
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Premier Freight
Coalporter Hopper
ROTATING COUPLER
Details
- Rotating Coupler For Rotary Dump Operations
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad
- Unit Measures: 13 1/8” x 2 5/8” x 3 3/8”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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50-Ton Composite Drop-Bottom Gondola
NEW TOOLING!
NEW TOOLING! Southern Pacific - 50-Ton Composite Drop-Bottom Gondola
Union Pacific - 50-Ton Composite Drop-Bottom Gondola 20-98086 $49.95
20-98085 $49.95
These intricately detailed new gondolas, in to conserve steel, the SP ordered composite
both all-steel and composite versions, are wood/steel cars after the war to save weight
based on general service (GS) gondolas built when transporting lighter loads such as wood
for the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific in chips and sugar beets. In later years, composite
the mid to late 1940s. GS gons carry materials cars were often rebuilt with steel sides. Our
such as gravel, coal, pipe, and logs. While the models feature detailed, non-operating, drop-
UP composite cars were built during the war bottom doors and door mechanisms.
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Premier Freight
NEW TOOLING!
NEW TOOLING! Milwaukee Road - 55-Ton All-Steel Drop-Bottom Gondola
Denver & Rio Grande Western - 55-Ton All-Steel Drop-Bottom Gondola 20-98091 $49.95
20-98092 $49.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 11 1/2" X 2 5/8" X 2 1/2"
- Operates on O-31 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
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Tank Car
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad
- Unit Measures: 12” x 2 3/4” x 4 3/16”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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Premier Freight
Vulcan - 8000 Gallon Tank Car Ethyl - 8000 Gallon Tank Car
20-96190 $49.95 20-96191 $49.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 9 1/16” x 2 3/4” x 3 7/8”
- Operates On O-27 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
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Husky Stack Car
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Premier Freight
Each Premier Freight Car Louisville & Nashville - Corrugated Auto Carrier
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Mounting Pad ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 20 1/8” x 2 5/8” x 5 1/16”
- Operates on O-54 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
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105
Flat Car with 48’ Trailer
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Premier Freight
Details
- Unit Measures: 14 1/2” x 2 1/2” x 4 1/2” ON THE WEB
- Operates on O-42 Curves
Check out the details! For additional
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CA-1 Woodsided Caboose
Details
- Lighted, Detailed Interior
- Unit Measures: 10 3/8” x 2 1/2” x 3 5/8”
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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Premier Freight
Bobber Caboose
Details
- Lighted, Detailed Interior ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 6 5/8” x 2 5/8” x 3 1/2”
- Operates On O-27 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
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Extended Vision Caboose
Details
- Lighted, Detailed Interior ON THE WEB
- Unit Measures: 10 3/4” x 2 3/4” x 4”
- Operates on O-31 Curves Check out the details! For additional
detail photos of any Premier freight car,
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Premier Freight Sets
Florida East Coast - 2-Car Spine Car Set w/(2) 48’ Containers
20-95088 $99.95
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50-Ton Composite Drop-Bottom Gondola Set
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Coupler Mounting Pad
- Each Car Measures: 11 1/2" X 2 5/8" X 2 1/2"
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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Premier Freight Sets
Denver & Rio Grande Western - 55-Ton All-Steel Drop-Bottom Gondola Set
20-90515 (#93020, 93026, 93116, 93045, 93052, 93037) $269.95
20-90516 (#47138, 47130, 47159, 47155, 47167, 47143) $269.95
Details
- O Scale Kadee® Compatible Coupler Mounting Pad
- Each Car Measures: 11 1/2" X 2 5/8" X 2 1/2"
- Operates on O-31 Curves
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LMS Standard Passenger Cars
London, Midland & Scottish Railway - LMS Standard
Passenger Car
20-60007 $109.95
London, Midland & Scottish Railway - 4-Car LMS Standard Passenger Set British Railways- 4-Car LMS Standard Passenger Set British Railways- 4-Car LMS Standard Passenger Set
20-60005 $429.95 (Crimson & Cream; Not Illustrated) (Maroon; Not Illustrated)
20-60008 $429.95 20-60011 $429.95
Details
- 4-Car Sets Feature (1) Baggage, (3) Coaches
- Operates On O-42 Curves
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Premier Passenger Cars
Union Pacific - 70’ ABS RPO Passenger Car (Smooth) Union Pacific - 70’ ABS Full Length Vista Dome Passenger Car (Smooth)
20-68148 $89.95 20-67148 $89.95
Details
- 5-Car Set Features: (1) Baggage, (2)
Coaches, (1) Vista Dome, (1) Observation
- Each Car Measures: 19” x 2 7/16” x 3 1/2”
- Operates On O-42 Curves
Southern - 70’ ABS Full Length Vista Dome Passenger Car (Smooth)
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Premier Passenger Cars
Denver & Rio Grande - 5-Car 70’ ABS Passenger Set (Smooth)
20-65150 $399.95
Denver & Rio Grande - 2-Car 70’ ABS Baggage/Coach Passenger Set (Smooth)
20-69150 $159.95
Denver & Rio Grande - 2-Car 70’ ABS Slpr/Diner Passenger Set (Smooth)
20-66150 $159.95
Denver & Rio Grande - 70’ ABS RPO Passenger Car (Smooth) Denver & Rio Grande - 70’ ABS Full Length Vista Dome Passenger Car (Smooth)
20-68150 $89.95 20-67150 $89.95
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POWER UP with the best transformers in O Gauge!
Learn More About It
100 Watts The instruction manual for every
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Z-1000™ Transformer
40-1000 $99.95
With 14 Volt Accessory Port
Also supplied with most RailKing Ready-to-Run sets, the Z-1000 is the smoothest-operating, most powerful 100-Watt Accessory Power Supply
train set transformer in O gauge. 40-1000A $79.95
• Ideal for powering accessories, or for
Whether you operate with conventional AC power or the M.T.H. Digital Command System (DCS), DCS users who don't need a
our UL-approved transformers offer the best way to power your layout. Choose the 100-watt conventional transformer
• 18-volt track power output
Z-1000™ for a small- to medium-sized layout, or step up to the 400-watt, feature-laden Z-4000®,
• 14-volt accessory output
the most powerful UL-approved transformer in the hobby. All M.T.H. transformers offer • TIU/Barrel Jack adapter available
• Incredibly smooth, wide range throttle for precise speed control separately for easy connection to DCS
Track Interface Unit
• Bell and whistle/horn buttons that work with all makes of locomotives
• Fast-acting circuit breakers to protect your equipment
• Continuous useable wave power output compatible with all AC-powered engines
50 Watts
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Transformers
Overload indicator
Smooth-operating,
wide-range dual throttles
Smooth-operating,
wide-range dual throttles
Power-on indicator
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Take Another Look at ScaleTrax™
ScaleTrax™ by M.T.H. Electric Trains is the ultimate track
system that detail-oriented 3-rail modelers have been
looking for. No longer will an O Gauge modeler have to
accept excessively tall or heavy-looking track, because
ScaleTrax offers maximum accuracy and the exception-
al quality of M.T.H. products. It’s perfect for creating an
authentic-looking 3-rail layout.
More Realism
Prototypically scaled, lower-profile rail and ties make
your locomotives and rolling stock look more massive
on ScaleTrax.
Ramped and
Beveled Frog
Point
Ramps
Ramp
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ScaleTrax It takes EIGHT O-31 CURVES to make a circle.
It takes TWELVE O-42 CURVES to make a circle.
It takes TWELVE O-54 CURVES to make a circle.
It takes SIXTEEN O-72 CURVES to make a circle.
STRAIGHT, FLEX & OPERATING
It takes SIXTEEN O-82 CURVES to make a circle.
TRACK SECTIONS
ScaleTrax™ - 1.75” Track Section ScaleTrax™ - 5.0” Track Section ScaleTrax™ - 4.25” Track Section
45-1011 $2.49 45-1012 $3.50
45-1013 $3.50
ScaleTrax™ - 1.75” Track Section 4-Pack ScaleTrax™ - 5.0” Track Section 2-Pack ScaleTrax™ - 4.25” Track Section 2-Pack
45-1011-4 $9.99 45-1013-2 $7.99 45-1012-2 $7.99
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ScaleTrax
ScaleTrax™ - O-31 Curved Track Section ScaleTrax™ - No. 6 Right Hand Switch
45-1002 $3.99 45-1053 $69.95 ScaleTrax™ - O-31 Right Hand Switch
ScaleTrax™ - No. 6 Left Hand Switch 45-1004 $49.95
45-1052 $69.95 ScaleTrax™ - O-31 Left Hand Switch
45-1003 $49.95
ACCESSORIES
ScaleTrax™ - ITAD
45-1028 $29.95
(used to activate signals
and trackside accessories)
ScaleTrax™ - 22.5 Degree Crossing ScaleTrax™ - 45 Degree Crossing ScaleTrax™ - 90 Degree Crossing
45-1015 $19.95 45-1006 $19.95 45-1005 $19.95
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PROTO-SCALE 3-2™ End-of-Train-Device
Operate on 3-Rail or 2-Rail Track with AC or DC Power! Roller Bearing Freight Truck
This long requested accessory can convert any M.T.H. Premier
Many Premier steam and diesel engines in
Line freight car to an end-of-train car in just minutes.
this catalog are equipped with Proto-Scale
3-2, a unique M.T.H. feature that allows The all die-cast sprung roller bearing truck includes a center-rail
you to run the same engine on 2-rail or 3- pickup roller that powers a bright flashing LED, reproducing
rail track, under AC or DC power. Engines the end-of-train effect found on modern freight drags.
cataloged with hi-rail wheels are intended
primarily for 3-rail operators, while The ETD truck easily mounts to
engines with scale wheels are aimed at 2- your existing freight cars in just
rail DC operators as well as 3-rail AC oper- a few minutes.
ators looking for more scale realism.
Diesels with hi-rail wheels have swinging
pilots, while diesels with scale wheels
Features:
have more-realistic fixed pilots. - Die-Cast Construction
- Fully Assembled
Each conversion wheel kit contains - Self-Powered Strobe Light
enough wheel sets for (2) power trucks. - Mounts To Any M.T.H. Freight Car
Scale wheels are polished, turned metal - Unit Measures: 1” High
with scale treads and flange heights, and
are pre-mounted on metal axles with one
insulated side for use on 2-rail O Scale
track systems. Two wheel sets in each kit
contain pre-mounted drive gears.
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AND
White End-of-Train-Device Roller Bearing Freight Truck
20-89013 $19.95
Yellow End-of-Train-Device Roller Bearing Freight Truck
20-89010 $19.95
PREMIER 2-RAIL
height from the rails' surface.
2-Rail 64’ Woodsided Passenger Car Two-Truck* 2-Rail Bettendorf Caboose Two-Truck Pack*
20-89012 $24.95 20-89015 $14.99
2-Rail Roller Bearing Caboose Two-Truck Pack*
20-89016 $14.99
2-Rail Bettendorf Die-Cast Freight Car Two-Truck Pack 2-Rail Roller Bearing Die-Cast Freight Car Two-Truck Pack
20-89001 $14.99 20-89002 $14.99
30-78093 MTHRRC Reefer Car - 19th Century 20-97687 Canadian National 100 Ton Hopper Car 10-2238 MTHRRC 500 Series Std. Gauge Tank Car
RailKing Membership is $50.00 Premier Membership is $50.00 Tinplate 500 Series Membership is $120.00
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Not all products depicted in this catalog are production models. In some Numbering System and all others indicated throughout this catalog. © 2009 MillerCoors, LLC. All rights reserved. Produced under license by
cases, the items pictured may be models in HO scale, O scale, or another DCS™ Simply The Best Way To Run A Railroad™ M.T.H. Electric Trains. This licensed product is intended for adults of
scale that have been altered digitally. M.T.H.'s DCS Digital Command System has received U.S. Patent No. legal drinking age.
6,457,681. M.T.H.'s Proto-Sound® 2.0 system has received U.S. Patent No's
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tured in this catalog.
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