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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

Union Pacific®
RD#: UP 2240

This 70’ heavyweight mail baggage car is grey with white and black lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built for Union Pacific in 1912 as number 1310, it was renumbered and was later repainted into the postwar two-tone grey scheme until 1953. It continued to serve for Union Pacific until 1957 when it was retired.

#148 00 190...$34.90

**UP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


Pennsylvania Railroad
RD#: PRR 84916

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding doors, no roofwalk and short ladders is Tuscan Red with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Rebuilt in the mid-1960s from older box cars, this X41H double-door box car had its running boards and side-sill reinforcements removed. It continued to serve through the 1970s and early 1980s.

#182 00 080...$24.25



Department of Defense
RD#: DODX 14332

This 56’ general service tank car is aluminum with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built for the Department of Defense in 1976 by American Car & Foundry, this 20,000-gallon tank car was used to transport jet fuel to military air bases across the country.

#110 00 380...$29.95



Union Pacific®
RD#: TTGX 980001

This 89’ tri-level closed autorack is yellow with UP® shield and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. This enclosed autorack design became the universal standard for most railroads by the mid-1970s, as it prevented vandalism and pilferage and helped to protect vehicles from the elements. It is commonly used to this day.

#111 00 280...$49.95

**UP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


Union Pacific® WWII Poster Series - Car #4
RD#: USAX 19414

This 50’ troop sleeper is dark green and runs on Allied Full Cushion trucks. During WWII, Union Pacific produced a variety of morale- oosting posters that depicted the railroad’s involvement in supporting the war. The car features a B-17 bomber plane flown by Colin Kelly, in the days following the Pearl Harbor attack. He was honored as an American hero after ordering his crew to bail just before being shot down.

#118 00 140...$25.95

**UP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


HEINZ® Series - Car#9
RD#: 312

This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer with truss rods is brown with decorated sides and runs on Arch Bar trucks. The H.J. Heinz Company was founded in 1869 by Henry John Heinz, first manufacturing horseradish. By the early 1900s, Heinz was manufacturing over 60 food products and relied heavily on their fleet of over 700 colorful billboard boxcars to distribute their products across the country.

#058 00 340...$28.95

**The Heinz trademarks are owned by H.J. Heinz US Brands LLC and Kraft Heinz Canada ULC and are used under license.


Northern Pacific
RD#: NP 14173

This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer with truss rods is brown with yellow sides and runs on Arch Bar trucks. Northern Pacific was formed in 1864, and by 1883 had over 6,000 miles of track across the Northwestern United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean.

#058 00 390...$27.40



Western Pacific®
RD#: WP 220084

This 40’ standard box car with single door is pullman green with yellow lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1937, it was later converted by Western Pacific in 1941 into a less-than-carload express boxcar. It was renumbered into the 220071-220194 series, and equipped with wood running boards, steam lines, and friction bearing trucks.

#020 00 097...$29.85

**WP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


Baltimore & Ohio®
RD#: B&O 186675

Production Delay Shipping with orders placed after May 7th

This 100-ton 3-bay open hopper with rib sides is black with yellow lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. It was temporarily converted into a covered hopper with the addition of a bright yellow fiberglass “Hopper Topper.” These cars essentially became grain hoppers, and were implemented by Chessie System, Conrail and other roads in the 1970s to help meet demand during seasonal increases in agricultural production and other commodities.

**Note: Hopper cover decals and roofwalk shown are included but not applied.

#108 00 240...$27.80



Canadian National
RD#: 79157

This 34’ wood sheathed caboose with straight cupola is Morency Orange with Mineral Brown roof and runs on Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks. Built in 1943 through the conversion of a 30-ton wood sheathed boxcar, it received the green maple leaf logo in 1955 and served through the early 1980s.

#051 00 130...$32.90





Allied Containers
RD#: AVLU 280073/280172

These 48’ rib side containers are orange with black and yellow diagonal bands. Founded in 1928, Allied Van Lines was a cooperative non- rofit owned by member agents. In 1968, it became a standard public company, and in the late 1990s was merged with North American Van Lines and rebranded as Allied Worldwide.

#468 00 101...$16.95
#468 00 102...$16.95





N Denver & Rio Grande Western®
RD#: 46404, 46409, 46446, 46490

**Pre-orders were taken for this in December 2017

40’ Drop Bottom Gondola

#993 00 140…$89.95

**DRGW® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


Z SCALE NEW RELEASES

Burlington Northern
RD#: ‘Yellowstone River’

This modernized heavyweight business car is green with a white band and runs on 6-wheel Commonwealth trucks. Originally built for Northern Pacific in 1955, it was named “Yellowstone River.” In 1971 the car received the Burlington Northern two-tone green scheme, and a year later was painted in the green and white “Hockey Stick” scheme which lasted until 1995.

#556 00 030...$29.95





Swift Refrigerator Line
RD#: 1944/18792

These 40’ wood reefers are brown with yellow sides and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in July 1931, this wood-sheathed ice reefer was used well into the 1950s. Gustavus P. Swift was an influential figure in the development of the refrigerator car for shipping dressed meat. Before the mechanical reefer, wood construction was preferred over steel because wood was a better natural insulator and would not rust from melting ice.

#518 00 581 (rd#1944)...$25.40
#518 00 582 (rd#18792)...$25.40



HEINZ® Series - Car#9
RD#: 312

This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer with truss rods is brown with decorated sides and runs on Arch Bar trucks. The H.J. Heinz Company was founded in 1869 by Henry John Heinz, first manufacturing horseradish. By the early 1900s, Heinz was manufacturing over 60 food products and relied heavily on their fleet of over 700 colorful billboard boxcars to distribute their products across the country.

#518 00 540...$28.95

**The Heinz trademarks are owned by H.J. Heinz US Brands LLC and Kraft Heinz Canada ULC and are used under license.


Norfolk Southern SD40-2 Locos

AVAILABLE JUNE 1st
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Norfolk Southern

Rd# 3414...#970 01 211...$195.95
Rd# 3416...#970 01 212...$195.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in June 2017


Undec SD40-2 Loco

AVAILABLE JUNE 1st
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Undec

Rd# #970 01 000...$175.95





B&O® Coach Passenger Car 4-pack
RD#: 5501, 5503, 5505, 5507

NOW AVAILABLE

83’ Lightweight Smoothside Coach Car

#994 00 106…$119.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in December 2017


SW1500 Locomotives


NOW AVAILABLE

CSX®
Rd# 1116...#986 00 101...$174.95
Rd# 1119...#986 00 102...$174.95


***Pre-production sample shown
AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

Western Pacific®
Rd# Rd# 1502...#986 01 111...$174.95
Rd# 1503...#986 01 112...$174.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in January 2017
**WP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


N & Z APRIL PRE-ORDERS




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Southern Pacific® Impact Car

Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st - Coming November 2018

Southern Pacific® coverted this 50’ box car with plexi-glass on one side and standard solid steel on the other. It became known as the ‘Impact’ car used for freight protection instruction - switchmen and trainmen oberved the effect of coupling whne speeds exceed the safe limit of 4 miles per hour or more. To demonstrate the impact, loose skids, cartons, or barrels would be placed inside the car and a ‘handling thermometer’ measures the damage. an impact speed indicator (speedometer) measures the coupling speed. Contact your dealer to reserve yours today!

#031 00 490…$59.95

**SP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.




New BNSF Runner Pack
RD#: 405410, 405415, 405428, 405437

Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st - Coming October 2018

2-Bay Covered Hopper

#993 00 146…$109.95







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Halloween Ghost Train Set

Accepting Pre-Orders thru June 15th - Coming September 2018

#993 21 300…$229.95



**N Scale model Shown to represent both N & Z Scale

Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st - Coming October 2018
N & Z Railbox 8-packs
RD#: 50467, 50445, 50523, 50532, 50654, 50676, 50898, 50910

50’ Rib Side Box Car with Plug & Sliding Door

N Scale #993 00 816...$239.95
Z Scale #994 00 811...$239.95






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Baggage Car


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Z Scale VIA Passenger Car 4-pack & F7B Unit

Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st - Coming October 2018

VIA 4-pack...#994 01 220...$119.95
VIA B Unit...#980 02 450...$109.95




'Clean' Set Example

Weathered Set Example
** Sets includes 16 Cars with 16 different Road Numbers

Pacific Fruit Express® 16-Car Reefer Set

Available Mid-Month

A common sight during the early 20th century were long colorful trains full of refrigerated produce moving eastward from the rich fields of the West Coast. Pacific Fruit Express had over 2,000 of these wood-sided reefers with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific heralds, that could successfully deliver fresh perishables long distances using a series of icing stations along the route. Our set will come in one box with your choice of either pristine unweathered reefers or lightly weathered. Contact your dealer to reserve yours today!

Available Weathered and Unweathered!

#993 01 710. Unweathered Set...$349.95
#993 01 715. Weathered Set.......$399.95