May 2008 Media Pack
Northern Pacific
Road Numbers NP 53035 / 53200
These 40’ drop bottom gondolas are painted black with white logos and lettering. They were built by Pressed Steel Car Company in November 1936, serviced
in July 1964 and run on Bettendorf trucks. These tough drop bottom cars were more versatile than the open hoppers or solid bottom gondolas. They were seen
well into the 1970s, even after the NP merger with Burlington Northern.
#083 00 041...$16.85
#083 00 042...$16.85
Missouri Pacific®
Road Number MP 800308
This 50’ flat car with fishbelly sides and side-mounted brakewheel is painted brown with white lettering. It was built by
American Car & Foundry in July 1943, serviced in 1973 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. It was renumbered from MP 8692
under lot 2606. The Missouri Pacific is a major Class I railroad and the largest carrier of chemicals in the U.S. It has mainlines
extending from Chicago to El Paso and New Orleans to Denver, with junctions at St. Louis, Kansas City and Dallas.
#045 00 340...$11.30
Missouri Pacific® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Canadian National
Road Number CN 52277
This scale test car is painted red with white “Wet Noodle” logo and white lettering. It was built by Eastern Car Company of
Trenton, Nova Scotia, in March 1957 and serviced in September 1975. Charged with the responsibility of keeping all the
track, truck, baggage and freight scales on their respective lines in perfect condition, the scale inspector’s arrival was often
preceded by the appearance of the small scale test car. The scale test cars were always to be hauled just in front of the
caboose. Immediately upon arrival at the terminal, they were set aside and subjected to a minimum of switching. Under no
circumstances were they to be used in switching other cars in the train.
#121 00 090...$14.55
Central Vermont
Road Number CV 20018
This 33’ panel-side twin bay hopper is painted mineral red with white herald and lettering. It was originally built in June
1912, but was rebuilt into the panel-side hopper in December 1948 and re-built many times after that. It runs on Andrews
trucks. Principally used for rebuilding, the raised panel sides featured on this model was originally developed out of a need to
provide parts to repair heavily used and rusted hoppers and increase capacity at the same time.
#085 00 060...$19.60
Chesapeake & Ohio®
Road Number C&O 21299
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door wears two of the experimental paint schemes, each side similar with
the colors reversed. The shape used here is a diagonal ‘chevron’ shape across each side, adorned with the Chessie kitten.
Lettering is in yellow and blue. This car, second 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 00 072...$35.65
USS Midway Navy Series #11
Road Number CV-41
USS Midway, an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, was the first to be
commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2004
she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that
is not an Essex-class ship. Her revolutionary hull design was based on what would have been the Montana class
battleships and gave her superior maneuverability over all previous carriers.
#038 00 411...$18.95
Burlington Northern
Road Numbers BN 745452 / 745455
These 50’ standard box cars with plug door and no roofwalks are painted yellow with black heralds and lettering.
They were built in December 1961, serviced in February 1971, and run on Barber® roller bearing trucks. These nonrefrigerated
insulated cars were used by Western Fruit Express which was originally a subsidiary of Great Northern,
predecessor of Burlington Northern.
#038 00 161...$13.85
#038 00 162...$13.85
U.S. Navy FT B Unit Locomotive
The U.S. Navy Series FT ‘B’ unit locomotive is designed complement your U.S. Navy Series FT ‘A’ unit loco pulling the
U.S. Navy series cars. The Navy series freight cars showcase prominent Navy vessels from the past and present.
#987 02 551...$95.95
Pre-orders were accepted for this item in November 2007
MOW Wreck Recovery Set
Set includes:
• (1) SW-9 locomotive
• (2) Crane/flat car combination
• (1) 50’ flat car
• (2) 50’ composite gondolas with loads
• (1) Outside-braced box car
• (1) Wood-sheathed caboose
#993 01 110...$199.95
Pre-orders were accepted for this item in November 2007
No new releases for the month of May
Chicago & North Western®
Road Numbers 604 / 608
These GP9 powered A-unit locomotives are painted green with yellow bands and yellow and green lettering.
They were built in May 1957 by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors as part of six-loco build #7540 for
Minneapolis St. Louis, which was merged into CNW on November 1, 1960. CNW 604 and 608 were renumbered in
1972 to 4305 and 4309 respectively.
#982 01 071...$185.95
#982 01 072...$185.95
Chicago & North Western® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific®
Road Numbers UP 11131 / 11163
These 70-ton twin bay covered hoppers are painted dark gray with large Union Pacific heralds and black lettering.
They were built in September 1957 by Pullman-Standard and serviced in February 1960. They run on roller
bearing trucks. Typical lading for these cars included cement, sand, potash, soda ash, lime, alumina, fertilizers,
dolomite, soap, salt, plastic pellets and flour. Since many of these materials were highly corrosive, the twin bay
covered hoppers were designed to withstand the freight’s effects and keep maintenance regulations to a minimum.
#531 00 081...$17.05
#531 00 082...$17.05
Union Pacific® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad
Norfolk & Western
Road Numbers N&W 33134 / 33150
These 40’ despatch stock cars are painted box car red with white lettering. They were built in February 1923,
serviced in September 1957 and run on Bettendorf trucks. These SK class stock cars were originally built as USDAdesign
single sheathed box cars by Ralston in 1923 and converted to stock cars about 1940.
#520 00 151...$18.85
#520 00 152...$18.85
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Road Numbers CB&Q 82044 / 82182
These 50’ gondola with fishbelly sides and drop ends are painted red with white heralds and lettering. They were
built in May 1955, serviced in July 1959 and roll on Barber® roller bearing trucks. From Lake Michigan to the
Rockies, and from Montana to the Gulf of Mexico, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and its subsidiaries
operated 12,000 miles of track in fourteen states.
#522 00 161...$23.50
#522 00 162...$23.50
Z Scale Gas Station Kit
Features:
Micro-thin plywood construction • Full color printed interior wall sheet • Peel and stick
details, windows, and trim • Textured asphalt roof • Window glazing • Monochrome
waterslide decal markings •Gas pumps, tire rack and soda machine.
#799 90 907…$27.95
Undecorated 30’ Flat Car
Unassembled Kit
• Subject to Availability
• Shell/Detail colors may vary
• Quantity limits may apply
• Ready-to-run
#855 00 000...$27.95