November 16, 2006 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced that separately sold Hi-Rail wheel equipped SD70ACe diesel engines from the firm's seven set Union Pacific Heritage Diesel Set Series will also be sold separately. Scheduled for release beginning in 2007, the sets and separate sale locomotives will feature the six primary heritage railroads consumed by Union Pacific over the past 100 years as well as a U.P. themed set.
Starting in January 2007, one roadname per month will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers beginning with the Union Pacific railroad. Each separately sold Hi-Rail wheeled locomotive will be priced at $429.95 each and production will be strictly limited to advanced orders placed by a November 30, 2006 deadline.
All seven sets are featured in M.T.H.ﾒs 2007 Volume 1 Catalog due for release in mid-October, 2006. The locomotives are equipped with M.T.H.ﾒs Proto-Soundﾮ 2.0 digital sound system and feature the firmﾒs exclusive Proto-Scale 3-2ﾙ technology for operation on 2-rail or 3-rail track.
Order of production will begin with the Union Pacific set followed by the following sets over the next six months:
Item No. 20-2774-1e Union Pacific
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: January 2007
Item No. 20-2771-1e Missouri Pacific
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: February 2007
Item No. 20-2775-1e Western Pacific
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: March 2007
Item No. 20-2772-1e Katy
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: April 2007
Item No. 20-2770-1e Denver Rio Grande Western
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: May 2007
Item No. 20-2769-1e Chicago NorthWestern
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: June 2007
Item No. 20-2773-1e Southern Pacific
MSRP: $429.95 Delivery: July 2007
Scale wheel, 2-rail fans can also order the locomotives by themselves without box cars and caboose. Delivery of the scale wheeled versions will coincide with the hi-rail sets in the months cited above.
Scale Wheeled, 2-Rail Models
Item No. 20-2774-2 Union Pacific
MSRP: $449.95
Item No. 20-2771-2 Missouri Pacific
MSRP: $449.95
Item No. 20-2775-2 Western Pacific
MSRP: $449.95
Item No. 20-2772-2 Katy
MSRP: $449.95
Item No. 20-2770-2 Denver Rio Grande Western
MSRP: $449.95
Item No. 20-2769-2 Chicago NorthWestern
MSRP: $449.95
Item No. 20-2773-2 Southern Pacific
MSRP: $449.95
Consumers interested in ordering any of these limited production sets should contact their local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. The early order deadline expires November 30, 2006.