MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS

Produced from 1931 to 1939, the 400E was the best standard gauge steamer that money could buy. In the late 1930s, a 400E with a train of passenger cars would set you back about 75 dollars - the same as a train trip from Chicago to San Francisco, including a sixteen-day stay in the city by the bay. The 1931 catalog that introduced the 400E depicted a real engineer praising the model to a pair of knicker-clad boys: "'Just like mine' says Bob Butterfield, engineer of the 20th Century Limited." Apparently the engineer of the New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson ignored the fact that the 400E was short one set of drivers, to enable it to negotiate standard gauge curves. While the 400E is best known for pulling the Blue Comet passenger set, it is also one of only two steamers to be cataloged with the large 200-series freight cars.

M.T.H. is proud to make the shiny baked-enamel finish of this largest of standard-gauge steamers available in several never-before-offered paint schemes. Turn to pages 24 -26 for a selection of 200-series freight cars and cabooses to complement these handsome locomotives.