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MTH Model Trains
Herb wants to hear from others in the hobby:
“I’ve begun to upgrade to sound on my engines. My 1st was a MTH SD70ACe which I ran for about 15 minutes and the main board shorted out. After about 4 months and several hundred bucks I’m now running it. I bought a twin to it and ran it for about 2 months and it developed a short. I’ve sent it to MTH for repairs. I pre-ordered a MTH SD35 back in April and MTH still hasn’t delivered it to the seller. What’s up with MTH? I’ve always heard they are the state of the art? Any opinions?”
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Sorry to say, those I know have nothing good to say about MTH. The company seems only interested is selling product not standing behind it as I have had Athearn, Bachmann, and BLI do.One man has two electrics that won’t even stay on the track! A friend is a licensed MTH repair person and even he has a lot of trouble getting support. My recomendatin…cut your losses and buy another product.
I bought my first and last MTH product…nothing works on DC and their advertising does not warn you.
I agree with the above poster. I have 2 SD70’s and one Alco PA and I am not happy with the way any of them run, when they do run. I returned one for warranty but only after I had to approach a sales rep at a national convention. All my other requests were ignored. Naver again!