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2023 RailKing O Gauge Heavy Duty Snow Plows Announced
October 11, 2022 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing a series of 2023 RailKing O Gauge Heavy Duty Snow Plows in four exciting paint schemes beginning early next Spring. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and are expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in March 2023.
Check out each of the offerings in the list on the left.
CUSTOM RUN HEAVY DUTY SNOWPLOW OFFERINGS OFFERINGS
In addition to the M.T.H. releases, you can find all the 2022 Custom Run models of the RailKing Heavy Duty Snowplow offerings that M.T.H. is producing for M.T.H. Authorized Retailers by going HERE.
PROTOTYPE HISTORY
For railroads in much of the U.S. and Canada, dealing with snow is a perennial problem. The earliest railroad plows were likely derived from agricultural plows, and were the first instance of a plow being pushed from behind rather than pulled by horses or oxen. In 1840, little more than a decade after the first steam engine plied American rails, Charles Lowbaert was granted a patent for a wedge, or “bucker,” railroad plow. Like our model, that pioneering snowplow featured an inclined plane to bring the snow up off the rails and a pointed, triangular wedge to throw it to both sides of the track. Over time, railroad plows evolved into an arsenal of equipment ranging from engine-mounted blades to the ultimate snow-fighting weapon, the rotary snow plow.
Our model represents a wedge plow that was likely cobbled together by a railroad’s shop crew. Components include an elderly wood-bodied gondola and a plow blade that was either home-built or bought from an outside supplier. To fortify the plow for battling snow drifts, the gon has been weighted with large concrete blocks — bearing in mind that snow clearing often entailed several locomotives ramming the plow into packed snow at high speed, and repeating the procedure as often as needed to open the line. Our model features separately applied details including a hand brake wheel, lifting rings on the concrete blocks, and a screen to protect the operating headlight perched above the plow blade.
High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.
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
- Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
- Needle-Point Axles
- Unit Measures: 13” x 3 1/2” x 3 7/16”
- Operates On O-31 Curves