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Uncataloged O Scale Premier 36’ Woodsided Reefer Cars AnnouncedDecember 28, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an uncataloged production of the Premier O Scale 36’ Woodsided Reefers in two distinct liveries for exclusive distribution for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Mr. Muffin's Trains in Atlanta, Indiana. Each reefer will be offered in two different cab numbers and available in very limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in May 2022.
Item No. 20-94607 Blue Ribbon Malt 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car Item No. 20-94608 Blue Ribbon Malt 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car
Item No. 20-94613 Otto Milk Company 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car Item No. 20-94614 Otto Milk Company 36’ Woodsided Reefer Car ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE 36’ WOODSIDED REEFER CAR 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, dairies, meat processors, and other food businesses to become players on a national scale. Until 1934, shippers could advertise their wares on leased billboard reefers, each a hand-painted traveling work of art. That year, the Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the flamboyant paint schemes because the cars often hauled shipments from other companies — whose freight bills thus unfairly paid to advertise the lessee’s products. What doomed the billboard cars was truth in labeling. Depending on shipping needs, billboard cars often carried loads for customers other than the company named on the car sides. A beer company requesting an empty reefer for loading, for example, might find a cheese maker’s delivered to its door. Shippers were not happy when their product was carried in a car bearing a large ad for someone else’s product — they complained that their freight bill had in part paid for another company’s advertising. Order directly from: Mr. Muffin's Trains | More One-of-a-Kind Catalog Artwork To Be Auctioned
M.T.H. Electric Trains has provided Cabin Fever Auctions - the auction company managing M.T.H.'s archive auctions - with several more select pieces of artwork commissioned for covers of past O Gauge catalogs as part of this week's Cabin Fever auction. Each of the paintings were painted by a local Maryland artist and used as the cover image on M.T.H. O Gauge catalogs between 1995 and 1998. Learn more about this week's auction by going HERE.
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the RailKing O Gauge 4-Bay Cylindrical Hopper Car in four select liveries beginning early next year. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in March 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the Premier O Scale Gondola with Cover in four select liveries beginning early next year. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in May 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. | ||||||
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