February 2012 Media Pack
Great Northern
Road Number: None
This 78’ heavyweight paired-window coach car is painted Pullman Green with black roof; it bears the metallic gold herald and lettering, based on the Baltimore & Ohio Plan #2882-B, and was built in the 1930s by Pullman Standard It ran on six-wheel trucks from the 1930s through the 1960s. This car was one of the typical coach-styles that served many of the passenger car fleets. Not only could they be found in both local and regional trains, they lasted long into the era of Lightweight Passenger Cars and many went on to serve a variety roles including commuter and MOW service.
#145 00 020...$22.70
Pennsylvania Railroad
Road Number: 1006
This 78’ heavyweight paired-window coach car is painted Tuscan Red with PRR buff herald and lettering; it was based on the Baltimore & Ohio Plan #2882-B. The roof is black. It was built in the 1930s by Pullman Standard and ran from the 1930s through the 1960s on six-wheel passenger trucks. It was one of the typical coach styles that served many of the passenger car fleets. Not only could they be found in both local and regional trains, but these cars lasted long into the era of Lightweight Passenger Cars and many went on to serve a variety roles including commuter and MOW service.
#145 00 050...$24.30
Missouri Pacific® / Union Pacific®
Road Number: MP 705675
This two bay Centerflow covered hopper with round hatches is painted light gray with the red, white and blue UP shield and black lettering. It was built in May 1981 by American Car & Foundry and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. It was part of a large series of cars built for the Missouri Pacific, which merged with the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982. Union Pacific first used an early shield design for their company logo in the late 1980s, and while an enduring symbol of the railroad, it has gone through many changes in its over 100-year history. The current shield and “Building America” slogan was trademarked in 2001 and the company began using it extensively in 2002.
#092 00 270..$27.35
MP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio®
Road Number: C&O 460101
This 40’ standard box car with single Youngstown door, no roofwalk and tall ladders, is painted brown, with white herald and lettering. It was built in May 1947 serviced in May 1969, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This car was numbered into the 460000-460999 series when the cars were acquired from the Chicago Freight Car Leasing Company in 1969. When rebuilt, this box car had its roofwalk removed, but the ladders were left full length. By the mid-1970s, all roofwalks were to be removed; cars with and without running boards were seen together through the 1980s. Freight cars with full-length ladders like this had yellow and black stenciling near the ladders which read ‘Keep off Roof, No Running Board.’
#073 00 130...$17.85
Soo Line
Road Number: SOO LINE 15760
This 50’ rib side box car with plug door and no roofwalk is painted white with red doors. Herald and lettering are black with the exception of the door print which is white. This car was built as part of series 15600-16026 and equipped with nylon belts, Type “E” Freightmaster cushioning device, and 10 ft. sliding plug doors. It was serviced in 1977 at the Soo Line Fond du Lac shop.
#027 00 340...$21.90
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
One-of-a-kind!
Road Number: ATSF 999654
This bay window caboose is painted red with a yellow stripe and logo. The lettering is white. This caboose was built originally for Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway in June 1956 and serviced in 1984. Santa Fe owned just two bay-window cabooses. Both were formerly built and owned by the TP&W. This caboose was rebuilt and returned to duty eventually merging with the Santa Fe in 1984 and placed into service as ATSF 999654.
#130 00 100...$36.55
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Car
Road Number 1869-1877
This 40’ standard box car with plug door and no roofwalk is car #41 of a 44-car series representing each of the presidents of the United States. It bears the portrait of our 18th president, Ulysses Grant. The car comes with a commemorative pin replicated from this era. Grants image as a war hero was marred by scandals during his presidency. He left office with diminished popularity.
#074 00 141...$23.95
Presidential Series Powered 'B' Unit
Road Number: P.O.T.U.S. 44
#987 02 611...$99.95
Rock Island®
Road Number: ROCK 57560
This 40’ standard box car with single Youngstown door, no roofwalk and tall ladders is painted blue with black and white herald and black lettering. It was built in December 1951, servced in June 1975, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. When rebuilt, this box car had its roofwalk removed, but the ladders were left full length. Originally built in December 1951 by the United States Railway Equipment Company (USRE) located in Washington, IN, this car was from the 21000-22999 series. The 737-car fleet was given a new road sequence and painted Rock Island blue with lettering in black on the sides and ends. By the mid-1970s, all roofwalks were to be removed and cars with and without running boards were seen together through the 1980s. Freight cars with full-length ladders like this had yellow and black stenciling near the ladders which read ‘Keep off Roof, No Running Board.’
#073 00 020...$19.45
RI® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
British Columbia Railway
Road Numbers BCOL 1906
This 39’ Single Dome Tank Car is painted green with the British Columbia Railway dogwood logo colored orange green and white, and white road number dimensional data lettering. It was built sometime in the 1920s, serviced and repainted in February 1978, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in the 1920s for diesel fuel service, this BCOL tanker originally wore an earlier Pacific Great Eastern paint scheme. Numbered into the 1903-1953 series, the road’s name was changed to British Columbia Railway in 1972. In February 1978, the tanker received the traditional BCOL livery at the North Vancouver shops (NV). Assigned again to diesel fuel service, the tanker uses a stencil box configuration that was introduced in 1972 and used through 1974. The U-1 wheel inspection stencil is yellow indicating that the wheels have been inspected and declared safe.
#065 00 530...$22.30
Western Pacific®
Road Number WP 6055
This 50’ steel side fixed end gondola with low cover is painted black with large Western Pacific feather painted orange and yellow lettering. The car is lettered in white. It was built in October 1945, serviced in February 1962, and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. This gondola is one of 10 originally part of a 100-car series numbered 6501-6600 built by Mt. Vernon Car Co in October 1945. Between 1961 and 1962, Mt. Vernon renumbered 10 cars to 6051-6060, and converted them to steel bar service. WP picked up part of the steel contract with the giant US Steel. They received both SRE (Standard Railway Equipment) roofs and moveable bulkheads.
#106 00 220...$23.55
WP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey™
Modern Wagon 6-Pack
#462 00 050...$59.95
UnionPacific® Runner Pack
#993 00 060...$69.95
UP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
N Boat Repair Kit
Includes Boat
#499 90 938...$49.95
N Machine Load
#499 43 979...$9.95 (2-Pack)
No New Releases for February
Tennessee State Car
Road Number: TN 1796
This 40’ standard box car with plug door is car #43 of a 50-car series representing each of the 50 states in the union. It bears the Iris and Mockingbird, Tennessee’s official state flower and bird. The flag of the state of Tennessee is in the background. The road number 1796 represents the year the ‘Volunteer State’ was admitted into the union.
#502 00 543...$22.95
Chicago & North Western
Road Numbers: 6823 / 6829
These SD40-2 locomotives are painted stagecoach yellow and dark green with red, white and black “employee owned “logo and green lettering. They were built in February 1974 by EMD. The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000 horsepower (2,240 kW) model of C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division between January 1972 and February 1986; 3,957 examples were built, and every class 1 railroad in North America has operated this locomotive. The SD40-2 is one of the best-selling diesel locomotive models of all time.
#970 01 131...$185.95
#970 01 132...$185.95
CNW® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Canadian National
Road Numbers: CN 209300 / 209344
These 40’ wood-sheathed ice reefers are painted mineral red with green and white logo and white lettering. They were built in September 1937, rebuilt in October 1948, and run on Bettendorf trucks. French did not appear on Canadian National cars until the late 1960s and 1970s when cars received the CN ‘Wet Noodle’ logos
#518 00 071...$20.85
#518 00 072...$20.85
Norfolk & Western
Road Number N&W 385322
This 40’ standard box car with single Youngstown door is painted brown with white post-merger N&W ‘Hamburger Logo’ and white lettering. It was built in May 1924, last serviced in August 1965 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This box car is a member of a group of cars was originally built by the Wabash in 1924 and numbered into the WAB 84000 series. Cars were converted in 1940 and rebuilt using Wabash gondolas. Series was renumbered adding a ‘3’ to the front of it’s numbers and repainted into the current post ’64 merger N&W scheme.
#500 00 730...$21.35
Chicago & North Western
Road Number: CNW 10801
This center cupola caboose is painted stagecoach yellow with dark grren roof and green lettering. It was built in 1944, serviced in 1972, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. 10801 was one of the few cupola cabooses CNW owned and was likely acquired from another railroad. The slogan ‘employee owned’ on the CNW logo was applied on equipment for a relatively short time, from 1972 through 1982. The ‘T’ under the road number indicates that the caboose is equipped with a toilet.
#535 00 340...$33.95
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey™
Modern Wagon 4-Pack
#760 00 110...$49.95
CNW® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific®
#994 00 038...$64.95
UP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Z Coal Yard Kit
#799 90 957...$27.95
Southern Pacific® Girder Bridge
#990 40 956...$13.15
SP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
No New Releases for February