O gauge MP54 electric multiple unit set from MTH

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Price: $499.95 (no. 30-20174-1) Features: O-42 operation, one powered unit and three unpowered cars, interior decoration and illumination, powered unit has two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 sound and control system, coil couplers on powered unit. One of the last, great memorials to the majesty of the Pennsylvania RR is the electrified railway line between New […]

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O gauge RailKing line GP7 from MTH

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Price: $319.95 (no. 30-20190-1) Features: O-31 operation. Scale dimensions, two can-style motors, coil couplers, smoke unit, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system Current production run road names: Amtrak, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & North Western, and Ontario Southland Ry. At some point in the 1980s, it occurred to me that I wasn’t seeing as many […]

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RailKing Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45

RailKing Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45

Name:    Adam Matthews Railroad Name:    Lake Laurel & Hardyville Location:    Ohio Scale:    O Theme:    Freelanced hi-rail Description:    This is my new Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45 with a coal train. I collect motive power from Ohio railroads of every era and the layout was designed to reflect any era. So by simply changing the motive […]

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RailKing Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45

RailKing Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45

Name:    Adam Matthews Railroad Name:    Lake Laurel & Hardyville Location:    Ohio Scale:    O Theme:    Freelanced hi-rail Description:    This is my new Wheeling & Lake Erie SD45 with a coal train. I collect motive power from Ohio railroads of every era and the layout was designed to reflect any era. So by simply changing the motive […]

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New products for September 2014

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 SWOON FOR MAROON: Lehigh Valley F3s return to the MTH Premier line with the no. 20-20401 F3 A-B-A set. The O gauge outfit features can-style motors, coil couplers, directional lighting, a smoke unit, and ProtoSound 3.0. The set will operate on O-31 curves. The current MTH catalog also lists the nos. 20402-1 Great Northern, 20403-1 […]

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MTH locomotive comparison

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O gauge Premier line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 20-20273 powered: $459.95, unpowered $269.95 Features: See review. O gauge RailKing line SD70ACe diesel by MTH Price: no. 30-20136-1 powered: $329.95 Features: See review. Current Premier and RailKing line Heritage road names (SD70ACe): Erie, Illinois Terminal, Jersey Central, Lackawanna, New York Central, Penn Central, Reading, […]

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New products for July 2014

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HERITAGE IN TWO SIZES: MTH Electric Trains’ salute to the Norfolk Southern Heritage paint schemes is well under way, with examples of several road names available in both the RailKing and Premier product lines. Shown on the left is the no. 30-20136-1 RailKing Illinois Terminal SD70ACe. On the right is the no. 20-20273-1 Premier Wabash […]

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MTH Premier line GP40 locomotive

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When I was growing up, the face of the Florida East Coast Ry. was pretty much F units and rusty-around-the-louver GP7s and 9s. Then one momentous day I was at a grade crossing (probably going home from Ernie’s Hobby Shop in Melbourne, Fla.) and it happened: Wham! It was an FEC GP40 blazing down the […]

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New products for May 2014

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UNDER THE ARCHES: Bridgeboss announces a viaduct bridge that just may be perfect for bridging that valley on your O gauge layout. The modular arch structure consists of 15-inch-long modules and is available in single- or double-track versions. You can opt to have a railroad name inscribed on the arches (see “New York Central” on […]

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O gauge RailKing SW1 switcher by MTH

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The holidays are past, the tree is down, and the radio station is done with Christmas music for another 11 months. Yet you haven’t quite stored the train set you bought for (a) the kids, (b) the grandkids, or (c) yourself. Maybe it will be a good idea to set up a little railroad. Maybe […]

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