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Denver & Rio Grande Western®

RD#: 810419

This 89’ tri-level closed autorack is orange with black lettering and aluminum roof and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1979 as part of series 810352-810456, this enclosed autorack design became the universal standard for most railroads by the mid 1970s, as it prevents vandalism and pilferage and helps to protect vehicles from the elements. This D&RGW marked autorack rides on an ETTX flat.

#111 00 220...$44.95





Shell Oil

RD#: SCMX 1005/1006

These 39’ single dome tank cars are aluminum with black lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1941 at the Milton, PA plant and assigned road numbers 1005 and 1006, these cars were used in the transportation of chemical solvents and raw materials for synthetic rubbers.

#065 00 921...$26.90
#065 00 922...$26.90




Louisville & Nashville

RD#: 41044

This 50’ auto box car with double side doors and end door is grey with yellow ends and roof and one yellow door and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Louisville & Nashville railroad used boxcars and piggyback trailers for transporting company material between cities. Originally red with white reporting marks, they were repainted into the yellow and grey scheme, denoting company materials service in the early 1970s.

#078 00 140...$27.90




Per Diem Series-Car 12: Port Huron & Detroit

RD#: PHD 1042

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is blue with white band and herald and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The Port Huron & Detroit Railroad was incorporated on September 1, 1917 and remained in business until 1984 when it was sold to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. To encourage the return of the boxcars, short line railroads like Port Huron, could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned.

#025 00 970...$27.95




NASA Series - Car 5: Flat w/ Mobile Quarantine Unit

RD#: NLAX 127

This 57’ converted TOFC flat car is brown with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1968, this car originally ran with JHTX reporting marks. In 1987, it was purchased from Railmark, Inc and renumbered NLAX 127 and carries one of several restored MQU’s that were used during the Apollo space flights.

#064 00 170...$28.95




Canadian National

RD#: 8696

This 70’ heavyweight baggage car is painted green with black band and yellow lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built in 1924, it served the CN system running in express passenger trains until it was retired from the roster in 1971 despite being in good condition. As commercial trucking became more prominent, express small package delivery moved away from the rails and over to the roads.

#147 00 150...$34.90




New Haven

RD#: 2

This 3-2 heavyweight observation car is green with white lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built by the Pullman Company in Chicago in 1917 it had the appearance of a conventional observation car, containing an observation room, dining room, and sleeping births. It received air conditioning in May of 1943, and continued to operate across the New Haven network for another decade or more.

#144 00 100...$29.95




New York Central

RD#: NYC 886062

This 3-bay covered hopper with round hatches is painted grey with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1964 as part of series 886000 – 886096, the NEC system was the largest of the eastern railroads in track mileage and second only to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Revenue.

#093 00 030...$29.95




Pennsylvania Railroad

RD#: PRR 260703

This 3-bay covered hopper with elongated hatches is grey with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1965 as part of series 260706 – 260725, these cars were used to haul commodities like grain.

#094 00 220...$28.95




Southern Pacific®

RD#: 691140

This 48’ rib side container is white with aluminum ribs and red ‘speed lettering’. A number of 48’ domestic containers found their way onto the Southern Pacific intermodal roster in the late 1980s and early 1990s. With a door height of 102 inches, these containers could be used for virtually any general merchandise service.

#468 00 020...$16.95




Great Northern 4-pack

RD#: 171717, 171756, 171839, 171865

3-Bay Covered Hopper, w/ Elongated Hatches

#993 00 124…$109.95



Royal American Shows Wagon 2-packs (*Packs include wagon chocks)


#462 00 060...$34.95


#462 00 070...$34.95



Ringling Bros.® Wagon 2-pack (*Packs include wagon chocks)

#470 00 269...$34.95




Burlington Northern

RD#: 541923, 541968, 541975, 541984, 541996, 542002, 542011, 542070

100-Ton 3-Bay Open Hopper, Rib Sides, w/ Coal Load

#993 00 812…$179.95



Z SCALE NEW RELEASES


Per Diem Series-Car 12: Port Huron & Detroit

RD#: PHD 1042

This 50’ rib side box car with single door and no roofwalk is blue with white band and herald and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The Port Huron & Detroit Railroad was incorporated on September 1, 1917 and remained in business until 1984 when it was sold to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. To encourage the return of the boxcars, short line railroads like Port Huron, could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned.

#025 00 970...$27.95





Maine Central

RD#: 8211/8217

These 40’ standard box cars with single doors are green with yellow door and lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1951 as part of an order of 250 cars, these cars were serviced and repainted into the green and yellow scheme in 1963. Maine Central was chartered in 1856 and by 1981 it had more than 1,000 miles of track. It continued to operate until 1981 when it was absorbed by what is now Pan Am Railways.

#500 00 921...$24.60
#500 00 922...$24.60




Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-pack

RD#: 180866, 180868, 180879, 180884

33’ Twin Bay Hopper, Offset Sides

#994 00 099 (4-pk)…$74.95




Union Pacific® F7 Train Set

Z UP® F7 Train Set w/track #994 03 010...$239.95
Z UP® F7 Train Set w/o track #994 03 011...$214.95



& January Pre-Orders & Sets

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ATSF ‘Safety’ Caboose 2-pack

Accepting Pre-Orders through January 31 st - Coming April 2017

#100 00 370…$59.95




Accepting Pre-Orders through February 28 th - Please see www.micro-trains.com for release dates

The long wait is over! The issues with the chassis we use for our SW1500 have been resolved and we are now in a position to order them again. Prices have increased due to cost increases to the outsourced chassis. We’ll be accepting orders for the locomotives and logging set listed on both sides of this insert through the end of February. Please be sure to place your order with your dealer before this pre-order window closes. Availability of each scheme will be subject to sufficient pre-orders.

Our SW1500’s come DCC ready and will accept TCS MT 1500 and Digitrax DN-126M2 decoders.
LAST CALL! This collection of locomotives will likely be the last production run of the Micro-Trains SW1500 locomotive. Don’t miss your chance to own one of these unique engines.



Weyerhaeuser Logging Train Set

Accepting Pre-Orders through February 28th - Coming November 2017

Train Set Includes MTL SW1500 locomotive (3) 40’ log cars and steel caboose

#993 01 550...$269.95




It is common today to see miles of similarly marked tank cars snaking their way from the refineries to major distribution centers. As a safety measure, Buffer Cars, generally older covered hoppers, are placed at the head of the consist and at the rear providing crush space in case of an accident. This new 16-car set features two BNSF Airslide Hoppers converted to Buffer Cars and 14 modern CTCX tank cars giving the modeler a ready-to-run movable pipeline for their layouts.

#993 01 540...$479.95




The US Army used railroad cars to transport troops and all kinds of equipment. These 50’ flat cars have stacked pontoons, equipment boxes and bridge platforms which were used to construct temporary floating bridges across large bodies of water. The military’s ability to do this provided significant strategic advantages.

#993 00 813...$149.95




Canadian Pacific

Accepting Pre-Orders through January 31st - Coming June 2017

RD#: 201092, 201096, 201100, 201108

50’ Standard Box Car, Plug & Sliding Door, w/o Roofwalk

#993 00 129…$99.95




Southern Pacific® Passenger Car 4-pack

4-Pack includes: (1) Sleeper, (2) coachs, (1) baggage

Accepting Pre-Orders through January 31 st - Coming July 2017

#994 01 190…$119.95