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N SCALE NEW RELEASES



Norfolk Southern

RD#: 290175/290176

These 50’ airslide hoppers are grey with black lettering and run on 100-Ton Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in the 1970s as part of series 290175-290198 for Southern Railway by the General American Transportation Co (GATC), these were specially designed with an aerated fabric lining to easily offload fine-grained commodities like powdered sugar.

#098 00 021...$27.95
#098 00 022...$27.95



Williamson Candy Co.

RD#: 5500

This 40’ double-sheathed wood reefer is light brown with grey sides and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1928, this reefer was leased to the Williamson Candy Company in 1934 by the North Western Refrigerator Line Co. Famous for the “Oh Henry” candy bar, Williamson Candy Company used this railcar at its Brooklyn, Chicago, and San Francisco manufacturing facilities in the 1930s through the 1950s.

#049 00 740...$29.95



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

RD#: 14799

This 40’ double-sheathed wood reefer is mineral brown with yellow sides and black lettering. This car was built by Haskell & Barker as part of series 14201-15450 in order to replace an aging fleet that was no longer able to meet the high demand of postwar perishable shipments. As the fleet became modernized with these new reefers, standardized loads and icing service requirements streamlined the Santa Fe system-wide.

#049 00 750...$24.95




Union Pacific®

RD#: 903040/903042

RD#: These 56’ general service tank cars are grey with black lettering and colorful herald. These cars were calibrated to 260,000 pounds on a master scale, and then used to verify calibration of other railcar scales across the Union Pacific® network. Easy to recalibrate by filling or draining the tank, and with fewer operational restrictions than the smaller scale test cars, Union Pacific employs a fleet of several of these cars.

#110 00 251...$35.90
#110 00 252...$35.90



PER DIEM SERIES - CAR #9: Green Mountain

RD#: 0629

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is red-orange with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. In 1975, FMC launched a 5,077 cubic foot box car for IPD service, and Green Mountain Railroad began leasing these to larger railroads. To encourage the return of the boxcars, short line railroads, like Green Mountain, could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned.

#025 00 960...$27.95



NASA Series - Car #2

RD#: 041

This 57’ converted TOFC flat car is blue with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Originally built in 1952 as a Department of Defense 103-W tank car and used to store isopropyl alcohol, it was stripped to its frame and rebuilt into a 70-ton spacer car in 1995. Because NASA rocket components are so heavy, empty spacer cars help distribute the weight of the train to comply with bridge and track load restrictions.

#064 00 160...$28.95



Great Northern

RD#: 70

This 70’ heavyweight mail baggage car is Pullman Green with gold lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built of wood by American Car and Foundry in 1918 as #318, this 70’ car received steel-sheathed updates and a 30’ Railway Post Office Section when reassigned to road number 70 in 1927.

#148 00 020...$29.95



Canadian National

RD#: 4962

This 78’ heavyweight paired-window coach car is painted green with black band and yellow lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Originally built in 1919 for Canadian National Railway, these first-class coaches enjoyed a long career in mainline service between Montreal and New England. In the 1930s, this car was reassigned to road number 4962 and retrofitted with ice-cooled air conditioning and interior upgrades before being relegated to Montreal-based commuter service in 1969.

#145 00 150...$34.90



Micro-Mouse 2016

On this 60’ excess height box car the Micro-Mouse family is seen inside their cozy home on the night before Christmas. After bringing home the tree, an exhausted Mr. Mouse snoozes, dreaming of trains (and his favorite food). As the fire crackles, Mrs. Mouse and Junior finish decorating the tree and setting up their Micro-Trains Line train set around the base.

#102 00 120...$26.95



Vintage Postcard Series #7

'Santa's Visit'

This car is the seventh of nine releases in the ‘Vintage Christmas Postcard Series’. This modified 40’ box car features vintage postcard artwork of Santa overlooking a small snow-covered town on one side and a special postcard message from Micro-Trains on the other side.

#101 00 817...$23.95



NOW AVAILABLE!

Pacer Stacktrain

RD#: 542729

This CIMC 53’ corrugated dry container is blue with red and white lettering. Owned by transportation company XPO Logistics, Inc., Pacer Stacktrain containers are used to transport many types of commodities. With over 9,000 containers in the XPO/Pacer fleet, these 110” tall Jindo-built units are truly ubiquitous across the United States rail network, often riding one above the other aboard “double-stack” well cars.

#469 00 060...$14.95



NOW AVAILABLE!

Union Tank Car Co. 3-pack

RD#: 205186, 205192, 205195

56’ General Service Tank Car

#993 00 121 (3-pk)…$99.95


Z SCALE NEW RELEASES




Northern Pacific

RD#: 31500/31526

These 50’ standard box cars with single door are brown with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. During the late 1960s, many cars on the Northern Pacific roster were rebuilt or replaced to increase load capacities. Originally, these 50-ton cars sported a red, white and blue scheme employed in general merchandise service. By 1969, they had been upgraded to 55-ton cars, downgraded from merchandise service, and repainted into the all-brown yin-yang scheme.

#505 00 351...$26.90
#505 00 352...$26.90




British Columbia Railway

RD#: 100344/100348

These 50’ rib side box cars with plug & sliding door and no roofwalk are green with white lettering and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built by Trenton Works in 1992 as part of series 100300- 100349, these cars are still in use today for pulp, veneer, and paper service, as well as general service.

#512 00 031...$27.80
#512 00 032...$27.80



PER DIEM SERIES - CAR #9: Green Mountain

RD#: 0629

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is red-orange with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. In 1975, FMC launched a 5,077 cubic foot box car for IPD service, and Green Mountain Railroad began leasing these to larger railroads. To encourage the return of the boxcars, short line railroads, like Green Mountain, could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned.

#510 00 380...$27.95



Micro-Mouse 2016

On this 60’ excess height box car the Micro-Mouse family is seen inside their cozy home on the night before Christmas. After bringing home the tree, an exhausted Mr. Mouse snoozes, dreaming of trains (and his favorite food). As the fire crackles, Mrs. Mouse and Junior finish decorating the tree and setting up their Micro-Trains Line train set around the base.

#102 00 120...$26.95



NOW AVAILABLE!
** Pre-Orders were taken for this in May 2016

Baltimore & Ohio® 4-pack

RD#: 324752, 324759, 324760, 324793

33’ Twin Bay Hopper, Rib Side

#994 00 096(4-pk)…$74.95


 
AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

White Christmas Delivery Train Set

This winter Micro-Mouse is delivering a white Christmas to your town on the ‘White Christmas Delivery’ train! Stocked with two hoppers of white powder snow and snow-covered trees, he’ll guarantee your town has a white Christmas. This set features a powered FT locomotive, three cars and a caboose, all decorated with a wintery scene, and a 3-dimensional Micro-Mouse and three individual trees!

#993 21 280...$234.95

*Micro-Mouse comes painted and assembled, but not installed on the locomotive
**Renderings shown for representation only


 
AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

White Christmas Delivery Train Set

This winter you can guarantee your town will have a white Christmas with the ‘White Christmas Delivery’ train. This set features a powered F7 locomotive, two hoppers stocked with snow, a wood reefer and caboose, all decorated with a wintery scene.

#994 21 070...$229.95

*Micro-Mouse comes painted and assembled, but not installed on the locomotive
**Renderings shown for representation only


/ August Pre-Orders

Accepting Pre-Orders through October 31 st - Coming March 2017 (*Unless Noted)

**Renderings shown for representation only

 


Conrail

RD#: 493033, 493071, 493182, 493197

3-Bay Ortner Hopper

#993 00 126…$109.95




Conrail

RD#: 512351, 512366, 512512, 512536

50’ Gondola w/load

#994 00 101…$99.95




New N Scale Friendship Train Series

RD#: RDNumReplace

Our new ‘Friendship Train Series’ will feature 12 prototypical freight and passenger cars that were part of the American Friendship Train in 1947. The Friendship Train collected food donated by Americans in cities all across the U.S. to be shipped to the people of France and Italy who desperately needed help following the end of World War II. Without involvement of the government, the food was loaded, transported by rail and truck and shipped overseas for free due to the generosity of the American people and their businesses.

There were over 250 Friendship Train box cars that travelled through eleven states from Los Angeles to New York City and ultimately to France and Italy. Many of the cars had large banners and placards on the sides and crates individually labeled so there was no mistaking where the food came from. This series will not include a locomotive. Contact your dealer to place your order today.

All Cars....$26.95 each




‘Great Northern Circus’ Series

RD#: 3486 / 18007

This series will feature 10 prototypical 40’ boxcars that were decorated by Great Northern with experimental paint schemes in 1956. The cars were put into service in the GN system and some schemes were approved for future use. Due to some of the bright and gaudy schemes, this experimental group of cars were dubbed the ‘Circus Cars’.

Don’t miss these one-of-a-kind prototypical cars, contact your dealer to reserve yours today.

All Cars....$25.95 each



New Napa Valley Wine Train 4-Pack and Single Loco

RD#: RDNumReplace

Single Loco....#987 01 692...$119.95
Heavyweight 4-pack....#993 01 500...$119.95
4-pack includes: Parlor Cars (Le Petite Gourmet, Merlot, Zinfadel) and Observation Car (Chardonnay)


NOW AVAILABLE!

New True-Scale Coupler

Welcome to the newest N scale coupler from Micro-Trains, the ‘True-Scale’ Coupler! This new coupler is specifically designed for accurate scale size, more prototypical features, proper scale-distance between cars and no slinky effect when operating. This easy-to-assemble and install body mount coupler consists of a draft gear box, lid, knuckle, lip shank and a separate plug-in air hose. There are no springs. They are uncoupled manually using a sharp toothpick or a needle and can be joined by simply pushing the cars together. These couplers are to scale so they will not couple with existing larger N scale couplers. For those who have Magne-Matic or other coupler systems, you can use a conversion car (like the ones below), which comes with a Magne-Matic installed on one end and a True-Scale coupler on the other.

For more information about this new coupler, watch the video on our website for a step-by-step demonstration of how to assemble and install the True-Scale Coupler!

#001 02 300......True-Scale Coupler w/short shank (2 pr)...............$3.45
#001 02 301......True-Scale Coupler w/long shank (2 pr)................$3.45
#001 10 300......True-Scale Coupler w/short shank (10 pr)...........$15.95
#001 10 301......True-Scale Coupler w/long shank (10 pr)............$15.95


 


Conversion Cars:

(equipped with True-Scale and Magne-Matic® couplers)

DRGW®

#045 30 512..$18.60


Canadian Pacific

#069 30 212...$27.90


Union Pacific®

#083 30 100...$24.85


Conrail

#108 30 322...$25.30