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Uncatalogued Premier O Scale NYC Lightning GP9 Diesel Locomotive Announced

June 1, 2021 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced two Premier O Scale GP-9 Diesel Locomotives in special New York Central livery for Train World in Brooklyn, New York. These very limited locomotive releases, available in two cab numbers, are only available for order on a first-come, first-served basis. Anticipated delivery is October 2021

Item No. 20-21530-1 New York Central GP-9 Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0

Cab No. 5971
Pre-Order Price: $519.99 (plus freight)
Click HERE to order.

Item No. 20-21531-1 New York Central GP-9 Diesel Engine With Proto-Sound 3.0

Cab No. 5979
Pre-Order Price: $519.99 (plus freight)
Click HERE to order.

ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE GP-9 DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE

Electro-Motive Division's GP (for "General Purpose") engines were the brainchild of project engineer Dick Dilworth. In the late 1940s, Dilworth saw that America's 30,000 miles of mainline rail had been virtually dieselized, but the 130,000 miles of secondary lines that carried half of the nation's freight traffic were still largely steam-powered. He viewed that as a huge marketing opportunity.

In The Dilworth Story, a book published by Electro-Motive Division in 1954, Dilworth explained how he tried to meet that opportunity: "In planning the GP, I had two dreams. The first was to make a locomotive so ugly in appearance that no railroad would want it on the mainline or anywhere near headquarters, but would keep it out as far as possible in the backcountry, where it could do really useful work. My second dream was to make it so simple in construction and so devoid of Christmas tree ornaments and other whimsy that the price would be materially below our standard main-line freight locomotives."

Order directly from:

Trainworld
751 McDonald Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11218
718-436-7072

www.trainworld.com
Orders@trainworld.com

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing several limited-edition releases of the RailKing Bump-n-Go Trolley in three different liveries later this Fall. These unique releases, including a Christmas version with lighted multi-color body-clad LEDs, are expected to arrive in October 2021.

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 several limited-edition releases of the RailKing 50’ Modern Boxcars in four different liveries later this Fall. These unique releases, including the 43rd entry in our series of Pennsylvania cars, are expected to arrive in October 2021.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

6/1/217:12 AM

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Eccentric CrankOGR Forum Member

Going out on a limb here trying to be helpful and not deleted, but perhaps you could increase sales and reach a wider audience by posting this on the 3R forum? A quote from Forum Moderators - "WAY TOO MANY of your posting is being placed in the wrong category....mostly 3-rail scale." This is clearly a fantasy paint scheme and not "scale", which will have a greater appeal to those that participate on the 3R forum rather than here. I see quite a few vendors now posting all sorts of non scale stuff here so while you are not alone, you are not reaching the proper and wider audience for selling the items you wish to advertise either.

- Crank

6/1/2110:19 AM

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MartyEOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

@Eccentric Crank posted:
Going out on a limb here trying to be helpful and not deleted, but perhaps you could increase sales and reach a wider audience by posting this on the 3R forum? A quote from Forum Moderators - "WAY TOO MANY of your posting is being placed in the wrong category....mostly 3-rail scale." This is clearly a fantasy paint scheme and not "scale", which will have a greater appeal to those that participate on the 3R forum rather than here. I see quite a few vendors now posting all sorts of non scale stuff here so while you are not alone, you are not reaching the proper and wider audience for selling the items you wish to advertise either.
- Crank

3-Rail Traditional Toy Trains would be more accurate. Then again MTH is a forum sponsor so they do have the ability to post where ever as part of the Sponsorship.

6/1/2110:23 AM

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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

As a point of continuing education, there are no dashes in EMD model numbers. These are GP9 locomotives, not GP-9s.

6/1/2110:46 AM

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Brian DeFazioOGR Forum Member

Half the post isn't visible, as it runs off the page 🤦🤦🤦

6/1/2112:11 PM

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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Brian DeFazio posted:
Half the post isn't visible, as it runs off the page 🤦🤦🤦

That should be fixed now.

6/1/2112:30 PM

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Brian DeFazioOGR Forum Member

@Rich Melvin posted:
That should be fixed now.

I'm still seeing it like that honestly.

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6/1/2112:33 PM

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Cadillac MikeOGR Forum Member

I was exited for a minute when I saw SCALE. I thought it may be a 2 rail version offered by Atlas or Sunset. Drat.

6/1/211:36 PM

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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Brian DeFazio posted:
I'm still seeing it like that honestly.

Expand or maximize your browser window and it will look OK.

6/1/212:04 PM

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Brian DeFazioOGR Forum Member

@Rich Melvin posted:
Expand or maximize your browser window and it will look OK.

I checked, and my browser is at max. Must be that I need a computer (which fewer and fewer have these days) to view the page properly 😔. All I use is my smart phone and a tablet. Haven't owned a computer since the late 2000's (windows xp era)

6/1/212:24 PM

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Eccentric CrankOGR Forum Member

3-Rail Traditional Toy Trains would be more accurate. Then again MTH is a forum sponsor so they do have the ability to post where ever as part of the Sponsorship.

No attempted good deed goes unpunished.

- Crank

6/1/217:44 PM