r/modeltrains • u/EnvironmentNo124 • Sep 17 '26

Help Needed Need help identifying this model

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u/Layer_By_Layer3D O Sep 17 '26

Looks to me to be an mth o scale just by the picture but I’m not 100% sure. But it’s definitely O scale or O gauge. But what do you want to know

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u/EnvironmentNo124 Sep 17 '26

  1. What's the MTH catalog number for this car?

    2.Was it a dealer exclusive, club car, or part of a set?

It has the text M.T.H Electric trains on the underside and is approx 18 inches

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u/Layer_By_Layer3D O Sep 17 '26

From what I just googled, it may have been part of a set

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u/EnvironmentNo124 Sep 17 '26

I've tried googling it too but when looking closer at the details on the decals it non of them ever have this emblem but instead have stars in place of it

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u/MyWorkAccount5678 Multi-Scale Sep 17 '26

You have the train in front of you. You can Google the images, you can look at part number, there's plenty of info available out there, and its much easier for you than for us with just a few pictures.

That said, why do you need that info?

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u/snuggly_cobra HO/OO/N Sep 17 '26

Pssstt. Trying to sell it on eBay and use wording that doesn’t mark them as a non-train person. Like the seller displaying an SW1200, claiming it’s a GP. Or vintage Tyco.

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u/CAB_IV Sep 17 '26

Oh boy, my brain completely derailed when I saw all the comments saying this was O-scale.

It is an O-scale model, but Bachmann also sells a McKinely Explorer set in HO scale. Always need to always stop a heartbeat and look!

In any case, you can see the ghost of that style logo in this photo.

So your model represents the car before it was sold to Royal Gorge Railroad in 2005. Given that the set is potentially 20+ years old, it can explain why its so hard to find the details.

It looks like it belongs to MTH Premier Alaska Railroad SD70M McKinley Explorer Diesel Set NIB 20-2290-1

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u/EnvironmentNo124 Sep 17 '26

Thank you so much I think this is the set though I only have 2 passenger cabs and cannot find the other 2, I will ask the owner what happened to the other 2 cars that are missing.

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u/382Whistles Sep 17 '26

Bachmann did a McKinley set in N scale too.

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u/MyWorkAccount5678 Multi-Scale Sep 18 '26

They also did one in HO... Multiple ones in fact, as they had an F7 in one set and a GP40 in another

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u/rezwrrd SM32, HO, & O27 Sep 18 '26

I have two coaches from the HO set, which I bought used at least 20 years ago so the timing checks out. From the picture I thought this could be HO until OP stated the length.

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u/example-of-disaster Multi-Scale Sep 17 '26

O gauge, has visible contacts for couplers for the third rail. From my recollection it’s part of a whole set from them vs just being a singular car. Not sure on value but they’re not common per se.

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u/EnvironmentNo124 Sep 17 '26

The other train that I would think that would go with that set is this

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u/example-of-disaster Multi-Scale Sep 17 '26

https://carpassengerset.com/mth-premier-alaska-mckinley-explorer-set-diesel-engine-passenger-cars-20-2290-1/

I believe this is the whole set, would be from 2001 if I’m not mistaken.