April 2008 Media Pack
Shell Chemical Company
Road Numbers SCMX 651 / 652
These three dome tank cars are painted orange and black with black herald and lettering. Built in October 1941,
they run on Bettendorf trucks. While the single dome tankers were generally intended to carry a large
quantity of a single commodity, the three dome tankers were designed to carry smaller quantities of
multiple products such as motor oil, gasoline or chemicals. ACF began producing these cars in
1934 and continued through 1946.
#066 00 011...$22.70
#066 00 012...$22.70
Western Pacific®
Road Numbers WP 9248 / 9264
These 40’ drop bottom gondolas are painted black with large silver lettering, silver stenciling and runs on black Barber®
roller bearing trucks. This is one of 300 gondolas used by the Western Pacific for hauling anything from coal or pipe to sugar
beets. Sometime between 1928 and 1930 they were upgraded with new steel doors and ends. Although these general service
cars worked hard for decades, many survived well into the 1970s.
#083 00 031...$17.85
#083 00 032...$17.85
Wester Pacific® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Road Number MILW 98762
This Evans three bay covered hopper is painted aluminum with black herald and lettering. It was built in 1966 for the
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway from an order of a 10 cars on Lot #16001. This car is a 4750-cuft, three
compartment aluminum covered hopper with 100-ton Barber® roller bearing trucks. Corrosion resistance and the lightweight
of aluminum made it especially suited to the construction of large covered hoppers. The 4750-cuft aluminum covered hopper
car offers a payload of 105 tons, nearly 7 profit-tons more than a steel car of comparable size.
#099 00 050...$16.75
Chesapeake & Ohio®
Road Number C&O 21290
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door is painted black Chessie cat monogram and Chessie script herald. Lettering
is in yellow. This car, first of six in the ‘Cameo Car Series,’ was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and serviced in May
1956. It runs on roller bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of Yellow striping along with
monograms and the recently adopted “Futura Demi-Bold” font. Five of the six cars received two different schemes per side.
These “Cameo” schemes were intended to promote Chessie’s (LCL) less-than-carload service.
#031 00 071...$29.85
Nunavut Provincial Car
Road Number NU 1999
This 50’ standard box car with single Superior door is car #11 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and
territories. It displays the Rock Ptarmigan and Purple Saxifrage flower, Nunavut’s official territorial bird and flower. The flag
of the territory of Nunavut is in the background. The road number 1999 represents the year the “Our Land, Our Strength”
territory joined the Confederation.
#077 00 161...$18.25
Northern Pacific
Road Number NP 1265
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door is painted dark green with a horizontal white stripe across the sides
and doors. The car displays the Monad logo, “Scenic Route of the Vista Dome” lettering, the arched “Northern Pacific
lettering and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Originally, these 50’ single door cars built by NP in October 1950
were part of series 31000-31499. Some from this group were converted into “DF” service by the Northern Pacific
at Brainerd in 1954-1956 and painted into NP’s dark green with the “DF” medallion on the door advertising the
accommodations for their shippers. They were re-numbered into the 1100-1295 series.
#031 00 250...$18.65
Seaboard Coast Line®
Road Number SCL 635336
This 50’ standard box car with plug door is painted black with a yellow logo and lettering. Built in 1972, it runs on
black roller bearing trucks. The Seaboard Air Line merged with the Atlantic Coast Line on July 1, 1967, to form The
Seaboard Coast Line. About 1974, SCL began advertising itself as “The Family Lines.” The title was a marketing
device, not a corporate name. The names in this family: SCL, Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, Georgia Railroad,
and the West Point Route. The SCL continued to operate trains of its predecessors. On November 1, 1980, SCL and
Chessie System were merged into the CSX Corporation. On December 29, 1982, Louisville & Nashville was merged
into SCL to form the Seaboard System Railroad.
#032 00 120...$15.20
Canadian National Runner Pack
Road Numbers: 290148, 290152, 290160, 290165
#993 00 011...$54.95
Norfolk & Western Runner Pack
Road Numbers: 39529, 39540, 39632, 39663
#993 00 012...$54.95
Colorado & Northwestern
Road Number C&N 1024
This 30’ box car with single door is painted box car red with white lettering and runs on brown Barber Coleman
archbar trucks. It was built about 1900 by Barney & Smith Car Company of Dayton, OH. Two events—the monetary
panic of 1893 and a devastating flood in 1894—caused the Union Pacific to decide not to rebuild its Greeley, Salt
Lake & Pacific Railroad (GSL&P), which connected Boulder with the precious metal mines in the mountains west of
the city. However, the mining and smelting industry was far from dead; so some Eastern Capitalists formed a new
company, the Colorado & Northwestern Railway (incorporated in 1897), which would replace the GSL&P, and then
extend the tracks to Ward and Endora. The C&N attained instant notoriety when it purchased the very first (narrowgauge)
Climax-type three truck locomotive, and the only such engine in Colorado.
#800 00 080...$19.70
Southern Pacific®
Road Numbers 6440 / 8295
These F7 A unit powered locomotive is painted dark gray with the SP red “Bloody Nose” paint scheme and lettered
in white. The F7 B unit dummy locomotive is also painted dark gray and lettered in white. They were built in
February of 1953. These units stayed with the SP for their entire working life. In 1959, SP standardized with a
paint scheme of dark grey, white lettering and a red “winged” nose. This scheme was dubbed “Bloody Nose” by
railfans. It was replaced in the mid 1980s by the “Kodachrome” paint scheme.
A-Unit: #980 01 170...$104.95
B-Unit: #980 12 170.....$45.95
Southern Pacific® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Canadian Pacific
Road Numbers CP 55939 / 55947
These 40’ box cars with Youngstown doors, short ladders and no roofwalks, were built in 1957 and serviced in
1982. They run on Bettendorf trucks. In June 1968, Canadian Pacific introduced a new corporate image for their
entire company. Freight cars were painted in solid colors by type: ‘Action Yellow’ for insulated cars and cabooses;
‘Action Green’ for newsprint; ‘Action Red’ for general merchandise boxcars, gondolas and flat cars; and ‘Action
Silver’ for refrigerator cars. The uniquely designed “Multimark” consisted of a circle segment and a triangle. In
1988, CP Rail stopped applying the Multimark when repainting freight cars.
#503 00 021...$27.25
#503 00 022...$27.25
Denver & Rio Grande Western®
Road Numbers D&RGW 60812 / 60810
These 50’ standard box cars with plug door are painted gold with aluminum side bands and black ends. The
heralds and side lettering are printed in black and the end printing is white. The cars were built in August 1962 by
Pacific Car & Foundry of Renton, WA, and run on roller bearing trucks. They were equipped with Car-Pac belt rail
loaders and Hydracushion underframes. Freight equipment was becoming more specialized during the 1960s, and
the Rio Grande began leasing or purchasing cars for participation in car pools, including insulated boxcars.
#507 00 391...$27.65
#507 00 392...$27.65
Denver & Rio Grande Western® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
General American Tank Car Co.
Road Numbers GATX 19285 / 19294
These 40’ single dome tank cars are painted black with yellow lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. They were
built in 1957 and serviced in May 1982. GATX has been synonymous with rail since 1898 when it pioneered
the concept of railcar leasing. A century later, GATX has grown to be the largest tank car lessor in North America,
owning or managing 160,000 railcars of all types. GATX leases railcars and locomotives to shippers and railroads.
In addition, it adds management and maintenance services to meet the industry’s increasingly demanding needs.
#530 00 041...$18.10
#530 00 042...$18.10
Z Scale NEW Train Station Kit
Features:
• Laser-cut microthin ply construction
• Individual board details and structural supports
• Acetate window inserts
• Clear, illustrated
instructions
#799 90 906…$55.95
Denver, Boulder & Western
Road Number DB&W 206
This 30’ gondola is painted box car red and lettered in white. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Denver, Boulder
& Western Railroad was formed in April 1909 to take over the foreclosed Colorado & Northwestern, which was
organized in 1897. Commonly called “coal cars” these cars were actually used for hauling ore, scrap iron, lumber
and ballast as well.
#860 00 022...$34.85