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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

Union Pacific®
RD#: UP 4302

This 78’ heavyweight paired-window coach is grey with white and black lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built for Union Pacific in the early 1920s, it was later repainted into the postwar twotone grey scheme. It continued to serve UP through the 1960s.

#145 00 190...$34.90

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


CSX®
RD#: CSXT 243618

This 2-bay covered hopper is beige with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built by Gunderson in Mexico in 2013, it displays the new “How tomorrow moves” CSX logo, often referred to as the “boxcar” logo.

#092 00 390...$28.60



Norfolk & Western
RD#: N&W 286901

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding doors, no roofwalk and short ladders is black with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built for Nickel Plate in 1956, these double-door cars were repainted and renumbered into the N&W 286400-286899 series following the 1964 merger. They were equipped with Evans Air Packs

#182 00 060...$25.70




Southern Pacific®
RD#: SP 513958A/513958B

These 70’ husky stack well cars are red with white lettering and run on ASF Ride Control Trucks. Built late in Southern Pacific’s lifespan in 1992, these Gunderson Husky-Stack 125-ton well cars would accommodate containers up to 48’ in the lower well position. The Husky-Stack® well car was first introduced in 1990 at the International Intermodal Expo in Atlanta, GA.

#135 00 111...$29.90
#135 00 112...$29.90

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


Union Pacific® WWII POSTER SERIES CAR #5
RD#: USAX 19415

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. This car features a young boy proudly showing his dad his military train.

#118 00 150...$25.95

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


HEINZ® SERIES CAR #10
RD#: HPFL 2042

This 40’ wood reefer 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 00 350...$28.95

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


Canadian National
RD#: CN 551334

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding doors and no roofwalk and short ladders is reddish brown with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in November, 1957 for Canadian National and assigned to auto parts service. It was later re-assigned in 1965 to general service and had its specialized loading racks removed.

#182 00 050...$24.25



Great Northern
RD#: WFEX 72178

This 40’ double-sheathed wood reefer is brown with yellow sides and runs on Bettendorf trucks. It was built in the early part of the 20th entury, rebuilt in 1948, and again repainted and serviced in 1968. With a 1,987 cubic-foot capacity, this car had an aluminum roof and could carry up to 1,600 lbs of crushed ice.

#047 00 420...$29.80



Milwaukee Road
RD#: MILW 592425

This 40’ outside braced box car with 1-1/2 Doors and vertical brakewheel is brown with white lettering and runs on Andrews trucks. Built in 1925 for Milwaukee Road’s automobile parts service, it continued to serve in various capacities in its as-built form through the 1950s.

#040 00 040...$19.90



Undec 70’ Husky Stack Well Car

NOW AVAILABLE

#135 00 000...$22.50

***All undecorated bodystyles come unassembled.


Burlington Northern 4-pack
RD#: 621392, 621408, 621453, 621519

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

60’ Bulkhead Flat Car w/lumber load

#993 00 142…$119.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in February 2018


Weyerhaeuser Log Car 4-pack
RD#: 744, 751, 762, 772

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

40’ Log Car with log load

#993 00 143…$94.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in March 2018.


Union Pacific®
RD#: UP 113

This modernized heavyweight business car is yellow with Harbor Mist Grey roof and red lettering. Built in 1919 and sold to the Baldwin Estate, then purchased by UP in 1942, it was renumbered and refurbished with air conditioning and assigned to the Oregon Division Superintendent through the 1970s.

#556 00 060...$29.95

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



Great Northern
RD#: 72122/72178

These 40’ wood reefers are brown with yellow sides and run on Bettendorf trucks. They were built in the early part of the 20th century then rebuilt in 1948, and again repainted and serviced in 1968, this car has 1,987 cubic-foot capacity and could carry up to 1,600 lbs of crushed ice.

#518 00 591...$29.80
#518 00 592...$29.80



HEINZ® SERIES CAR #10
RD#: HPFL 2042

This 40’ wood reefer 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 00 550...$28.95

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


Z Railbox 8-pack
RD#: 50467, 50445, 50523, 50532, 50654, 50676, 50898, 50910

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

50’ Rib Side Box Car with Plug & Sliding Door

#994 00 811...$239.95



Cotton Belt® ‘Daylight’ Heavyweight 5-pack
Comes with: 10-1-2 Sleeper, Observation, Mail Baggage, Baggage, and Diner Cars

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

#993 01 720...$149.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in January 2018
**Cotton Belt® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.


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Canadian Pacific
RD#: 1299/1298

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

These SW1500 locomotives are red with white lettering and run on Flexicoil trucks. Originally built in 1967 for Richmond Frederick & Potomac, these switchers were used in both yard and transfer service throughout the carriers’ terminal areas through the late 1980s when they were absorbed by CSX. They were later sold to Omnitrax Leasing and repainted and leased to Canadian Pacific in 2001.

#986 00 131...Rd#1299...$174.95
#986 00 132...Rd#1298...$174.95

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

Ringling Bros.® Ad Cars #5 & #6

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

Throughout the years Ringling Bros. used a variety of advertising, or ‘ad’ cars, that traveled with the train or in advance of the train to promote the coming show. These cars are based on real Ringling Bros. ad cars and are the fifth and sixth releases.

Ringling Bros.® Ad Car #5...#148 00 210.....$33.95

Ringling Bros.® Ad Car #6...#149 00 210.....$33.95

**Pre-orders were taken for this in January 2018
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JUNE PRE-ORDERS

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Hot Chocolate Special Christmas Set

Accepting Pre-Orders thru July 16th - Coming October 2018

#993 21 310...$229.95



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Penn Central Heavyweight 5-pack

Accepting Pre-Orders thru June 30th - Coming November 2018

#993 01 750...$124.95



CTCX 3-Pack
RD#: 730833, 730848, 730872

Accepting Pre-Orders thru June 30th - Coming November 2018

Add on to your 16 -unit CTC X Tank Car Set! (released 8/17 )

#993 00 147…$99.95