O gauge News
MTH has been well regarded for decades for its range of O gauge model railroad products and has been the leader in american O gauge for some time. Their finest O gauge products are in their Premier catalog and here they produce american items to the traditional 1/48 scale and european prototypes such as the Chapelon and Stanier pacifics to the more correct 1/43 ratio. MTH locomotives have several features that facilitate their operation on almost any O gauge layout. Whilst the mechanical motive power is supplied by one or more dc electric motors these are connected to an internal electronic controller that will accept either ac or dc power supplied either from a traditional analog controller or via the MTH DCS digital control system. Under analog control the locomotives will provide directional lighting plus smoke and sound effects with manual volume control to each. Futher effects such as the bell or remote uncoupling may be possible by pulsing the power in coded sequences but if you want the simplest method of enjoying all the bells and whistles that are built in to the Protosound equipped locomotives you will no doubt find DCS to be the obvious choice. A further feature is that all recent premier models are readily switched between 2 or 3 rail pick up.
Because of the exceptionally wide range of MTH O gauge products a relatively small portion is illustrated on this site. As a full MTH dealership any item that is currently stocked at MTH or set for future production can be ordered up and, for those who chase the very limited edition "dealer" models, I am perfectly willing to order those up to the dealer limit. Please refer to the various parts of the MTH website and get in touch if you have any specific queries.
News Update January 2010
The MTH website now features the Stanier pacifics, this in itself is good news but please beware, they have changed the stock numbers versus liveries! I really do not understand why they have decided to introduce this particular pitfall. I can understand that a particular model might be cancelled but to immediately reuse the number and then swap further models that they have already numbered in their catalog(ue)s and dealer order forms is ridiculous. As I see it:
LMS black used to be 20-3367 , now numbered as 20-3370
LMS crimson lake used to be 20-3368 and still is!
BR green used to be 20-3369 and still is (with late tender crest) or now 20-3367 (with early crest)
BR maroon used to be 20-3370, cancelled
BR blue used to be 20-3371 and still is!
October 2009
Following on from the Chapelon pacific models produced earlier this year and the already announced LMS / BR Stanier pacific the new 2010 Vol. 1 catalogue features three european locomotives to 1/43 scale along with dozens of new american prototype items. The european models are the Bavarian S 3/6 pacific in four liveries, the french EST 241A (or "Mountain" in US nomenclature) in no less than five versions and the truly iconic Swiss Ce 6/8 crocodile in green or brown. All of these have the modern Premier line features (such as switchable 2 or 3 rail operation) and, in my opinion, superior detailing compared to the american prototypes.
February 2009
If you have visited the railking.co.uk site prior to 2009 then you will be aware that the Ho and O gauge versions are based on the same format and pages as those for gauge 1. At the end of 2008 it was becoming obvious that the interest in MTH O gauge and Ho warranted sections of their own rather than just a supplementary page on the original site. It is possible that these new pages may either incorrectly refer to gauge 1 within the text or alternatively link to the corresponding page for a different scale. If so then mea culpa, please use your common sense, if you wish to point out the errors that I have made then by all means let me know and I will add them on to the list of corrections that are needed.
If you have an interest in other gauges
MTH Ho (all the benefits of MTH's electronic and production systems, just a smaller size)
MTH (and other) Gauge 1 Yes Gauge 1 is stocked.
Phone: 44 (0)1534 485916
Fax: 44 (0)1534 742046
or of course you can always try