Available Items

20-94744

O Scale Premier 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car
  • Railway Express Agency

20-94745

O Scale Premier 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car
  • Long Island

20-94746

O Scale Premier 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car
  • Milwaukee Road

20-94747

O Scale Premier 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car
  • New York Central

20-94748

O Scale Premier 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car
  • Northern Pacific

20-94749

O Scale Premier 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car
  • Santa Fe

May 14, 2024 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2024 Premier O Scale 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car in six different schemes this Winter. This ALL-NEW car will be available in two different car numbers and is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in December 2024.

Check out each of the offerings in the list on the left.

CUSTOM RUN 40’ STEEL SIDED POWER METER CAR OFFERINGS

In addition to the M.T.H. releases, you can find all the 2024 Custom Run models of the Premier O Scale 40’ Steel Sided Power Meter Car offerings that M.T.H. is producing for M.T.H. Authorized Retailers by going HERE.

PROTOTYPE HISTORY

Monitor your track power with this 40' steel sided car and its operating power meter. The back-lit meter will sense your AC track voltage, providing a great way to determine track voltage, bad track connections and dirty track sections.

The car body is based on MTH's 40' Steel Sided Reefer Car. Famed railroad historian John H. White referred to reefers as “the most conservative of all American freight cars,” as reefers retained wood frames and sides long after other types of cars had converted to steel construction. Steel-sided reefers like this Premier model became common only after 1940, and many wood reefers ran well into the 1960s. Mechanical reefers, with self-powered refrigeration units in each car, became the norm in the second half of the 20th century, and the practice of stopping a train to re-ice during shipment gradually disappeared.

Check out each of the offerings in the list on the left.

Product Features

  • Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
  • Metal Wheels and Axles
  • Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
  • Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
  • Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
  • Decorative Brake Wheels
  • Separate Metal Handrails
  • Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
  • Needle-Point Axles
  • 1:48 Scale Dimensions
  • Opening Car Doors
  • Operating Analog AC Power Meter
  • O Scale Kadee Compatible Coupler Mounting Pads
  • Unit Measures: 11 3/4” x 2 9/16” x 3 1/2”
  • Operates On O-31 Curves