The last two M.T.H. MTH sent this to their dealers ... DCS/Proto-Sound Lives On. They have a plan in place to maintain warranty service and parts support uas they wind down. If not they will liquidate and the company will cease to exist. Trains President Mike Wolf has announced his May 2021 retirement and the subsequent closure of the company after 40 years in business. Electric Trains. Modeling general discussion. MTH's founder, Mike Wolf, started assembling and selling trains at the age of 12 in 1973 for Williams Electric Trains, which had begun producing reproductions of vintage trains manufactured by Lionel Corporation, in the early 1970s. “It is, therefore, with mixed emotions that I tell you I have decided to retire in 2021 and close the business,” he said … Electric Trains next year, support for the DCS Digital Command System and the Proto-Sound 3.0 onboard locomotive systems will continue through a new independent company headed up by current M.T.H. From what I read on the web, Mike Wolff wants to retire and an operating production agreement that MTH had with … by Pensyfan19. Mike's Train House (MTH) to go Out of Business. M.T.H. Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:38 pm. So this came to me tonight 6/8/2020 and i don't know how long this has been known but, MTH is going to close their doors in 2020 unless another buyer continues the business. In a recent zoom meeting of the Standard Gauge Module Association, Andy Edleman of MTH made it clear that Mike Wolf is retiring and MTH as it exists now is closing after May 31, 2021. Hello Model Railroading community. MTH, Mike's Train House Closing Their Doors in 2021. catalogs, our 2020 Volume 2 O Gauge catalog, and our 2020 HO catalog and all non-delivered items from our 2020 Volume 1 O Gauge catalog, 2020 Ready-to-Run Train Set catalog, 2019-2020 S Gauge catalog, and 2019-2020 G Gauge catalog will feature the last products produced by M.T.H. The last two M.T.H. He also said the most valuable asset that MTH had was its building, and it was sold in February 2020 (for $14.5 million, so there's the down payment on the Dolphins). “It is, therefore, with mixed emotions that I tell you I have decided to retire in 2021 and close the business,” he said in a … June 9, 2020 - With the scheduled closing of M.T.H. Trains President Mike Wolf has announced his May 2021 retirement and the subsequent closure of the company after 40 years in business. See Archives. It gives me much displeasure to announce that yesterday, the CEO of Mike's Train House (MTH), Mike Wolf, has announced his retirement and will be closing the company. support for the systems concludes on June 1, 2021. Mon, 2020-06-08 18:38 — nickelplaterick. It is, therefore, with mixed emotions that I tell you I have decided to retire in 2021 and close the business. 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