July 30, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2024 Premier O Scale Presidentail Election Series Locomotives this Fall. Each of these offerings will promote both major party candidates and are expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in December 2024.
Two locomotives will be released, including a Premier ES44 Diesel as part of the shared tooling arrangement with the Atlas Model Railroad Company. The ES44 will also feature a complementing Premier 50' PS-1 Box Car. The ES44 and PS-1 Box Car are both decorated in the Republican candidate's graphics.
A Premier AC6000 Diesel is the second locomotive model and will sport the colors of the Democratic candidate. Both locomotives feature Proto-Sound 3.0 and will include snippets of candidate speeches from the campaign trail.
Check out each of the offerings in the list on the left.
ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL SERIES DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES
With a wave of consolidation behind it, North American railroading is once again a good business to be in. Freight traffic is booming. Locomotive orders are coming in at a record pace from the Big Seven roads that dominate rail transportation on the continent: Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific. And the two remaining diesel builders are locked in a battle to become the locomotive supplier for the 21st century. Caterpillar®-owned EMD, no longer a divison of General Motors, is represented by the AC-traction-motored SD70ACe and its DC-traction sibling, the SD70M-2. General Electric’s standard bearers are the EVOs, the Evolution Series ES44AC and ES44DC.
The AC6000CW sprung from the horsepower wars of the late twentieth century. As GE and EMD fought to best each other with single-unit engines boasting more and more horsepower, General Electric introduced the AC6000CW Convertible. These initial AC-traction-motored engines provided 4,400 horsepower, but were designed to be converted to the twin-turbo 6,000 horsepower Deutz 7HDL16 diesel motors as soon as the motors were ready. The Union Pacific was the only taker for the convertibles, purchasing a total of 106 units.
