Atlas To Purchase Select M.T.H. O Gauge Tooling Assets
Columbia, Maryland, March 17, 2021 --- M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced that it has sold a selection of its Premier O Scale molds to Atlas as part of its continued divestiture of tooling assets in light of M.T.H. President Mike Wolf's retirement later this year.
The selection of models includes diesel locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars from the Premier line. In addition, a number of O Scale accessories from the RailKing lineup are included. Like the January 2021 Scale Trains tooling purchase of M.T.H.'s HO and S Gauge lineups, the Atlas purchase is only for the tools and molds of the selected items.
Since the announcement last Spring that M.T.H. President Mike Wolf would be retiring and closing down M.T.H., Atlas becomes the second model railroading company to purchase some of the vast tooling assets M.T.H. developed over the past 41 years. According to Wolf, "Atlas' longtime presence in the model railroading marketplace makes them a great place for these exciting models to now call home. Their decision to continue producing locomotives with Proto-Sound 3.0 makes Atlas a great destination for M.T.H. fans who've long appreciated the value found in these models."
A few of the models included in the sale were previously promoted under the M.T.H. brand in either uncataloged announcements or the 2020 O Gauge catalogs but have yet to arrive on retailer shelves. Those models will still be produced in M.T.H. branded packaging and will be supported, like all previous M.T.H. releases, by the M.T.H. Authorized Service Center network.
FULL TOOLING LIST
Diesel Locomotives
Alco S-2 Switcher Diesel Locomotive
Dash-9 Diesel Locomotive
E-6 ABA Diesel Locomotive Set
E-8 A Unit Diesel Locomotive
E-8 B-Unit Locomotive
ES44AC Diesel Locomotive
ES44DC Diesel Locomotive
F40PH Diesel Locomotive
G.E. 44 Ton Phase 1 Diesel Locomotive
G.E. 44 Ton Phase 3 Diesel Locomotive
GE U30C Diesel Locomotive
GP-30 Diesel Locomotive
GP-40 Diesel Locomotive
GP38-2 Diesel Locomotive
P42 Genesis Diesel Locomotive
SD40-2 Diesel Locomotive
SD45 High Hood Diesel Locomotive
SD45 Low Hood Diesel Locomotive
SD70ACe Diesel Locomotive
SD70Mac Diesel Locomotive
Passenger Cars
70' Heavyweight Baggage Passenger Car
70' Heavyweight Coach Passenger Car
70' Heavyweight Observation Passenger Car
70' Heavyweight RPO Passenger Car
70' Heavyweight Diner Passenger Car
70' Heavyweight Combine Passenger Car
70' Streamlined Baggage Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Baggage Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Coach Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Coach Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Full Length Vista Dome Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Full Length Vista Dome Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Observation Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Observation Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined RPO Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined RPO Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Skytop Observation Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Vista Dome Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Vista Dome Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Diner Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Diner Passenger Car (Smooth)
70' Streamlined Sleeper Passenger Car (Ribbed)
70' Streamlined Sleeper Passenger Car (Smooth)
Amfleet Passenger Coach Car
Amfleet Passenger Diner Car
Rolling Stock
2-Bay Flat End Offset Hopper Car
2-Bay PS-2 Centerflow Hopper
20K Gallon 4-Compartment Tank Car
3-Bay Centerflow Hopper
4-Bay Hopper Car
40' Box Car
50' Airslide Hopper Car
50' High Cube Box Car
55' All-Door Thrall Box Car
75' Depressed Flat Car w/Transformer
8000 Gallon Tank Car
Coalporter Hopper Car
Dump Car w/Operating Bay
Funnel Flow Tank Car
Hot Metal Car w/Flickering Molten Load
O Scale Crane Car
O Scale Crane Tender
O Scale Die-Cast Test Car
Operating Log Dump Car
Ps-2 Hopper Car
PS-2CD High-Sided Hopper Car
Rapid Discharge Car
Snow Plow
Steel Caboose
Tank Car
