In a world where much childhood play takes place on a two-dimensional screen, model railroading offers a form of play that is both old-fashioned and timeless. For more than a hundred years, children have been using toy trains — along with construction sets, toy figures, empty boxes, and anything else at hand — to build their own imaginary worlds.

While all of this can be accomplished today on a computer screen, there’s still enormous value in building something with your hands, making it operate, and sharing it with your friends. Childhood development experts call it “unstructured, imaginative, free play” and they say it helps kids grow mentally and socially. We just think it’s fun, and having fun has to be a good thing.

Create a miniature world for your railroad to serve with our wide variety of lighted RailTown™ buildings, operating accessories and O scale passengers and workers.

M.T.H. Electric Trains offers a variety of RailKing O Scale accessories to help you create whatever kind of atmosphere you desire; rural or urban, nostalgic or modern. Our signals are ready-to-use right out of the box and can be configured with any track activation device or track sensor and make a perfect addition on any O Gauge layout, as each is sized for use with all O Gauge locomotives and rolling stock regardless of manufacturer.