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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

Northern Pacific
Road Number NP 1590

This 70’ heavyweight baggage car is two-tone green with white lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. In the early 1950s, Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited was painted in the classic two-tone green paint scheme developed by Raymond Loewy. These cars continued to serve NP through the mid-1960s.

#147 00 320...$34.90


Southern
Road Number 543

This 70’ heavyweight baggage car is pullman green with gold lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. This heavyweight baggage car was built in 1941 by the St. Louis Car Company where it served under the Railway Express Agency before being transferred to the Southern Railroad through the early 1970s.

#147 00 330...$29.95


Procor
Road Number 75362

This 56’ general service tank car is green with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. This Procor tank car is placarded UN 3082 for liquid vinyl adhesive and is insulated and nitrogen purged., built in the late 1990s, it is class AAR 211A100-W-1 and continues to roll the rails today.

#110 00 410...$35.90


Chesapeake & Ohio®
Road Number 28699

NEW LOWERED UNDERFRAME with Body-Mount Couplers!

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding doors no roofwalk and short ladders is blue with yellow lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1955 by American Car and Foundry, this 50’ double door boxcar was equipped with 19 full length DF belts and later repainted into the Chessie System scheme. Belonging to series 28250-28999, they served into the 1990s before being retired.

*Door hardware shown comes painted but unattached.

#182 00 100...$25.95


Union Pacific®
Road Number USAX 19422

WWII POSTER SERIES CAR #12

This 50’ troop kitchen car is dark green and runs on Allied Full Cushion trucks. During WWII, Union Pacific produced a variety of morale-boosting posters that depicted the railroad’s involvement in supporting the war. This car features an engineer with a stern look and a battle in the background.

#118 00 220...$25.95

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

HEINZ® YELLOW REEFER
Road Number HJHC 485

SERIES CAR #5

This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer with truss rods is brown with yellow decorated sides and runs on Arch Bar trucks. With a fleet of 700 cars, HEINZ was able to ship their product by rail to major markets throughout the US. These yellow sided refrigerator cars represent railcars painted throughout the late 1900s and through the ‘teens’. All cars carried the distinctive “Heinz 57” but each car advertised a different product.

#058 00 051...$29.95

*The Heinz trademarks are owned by H.J. Heinz US Brands LLC and Kraft Heinz Ca

Burlington Northern
Road Number 329140

NEW LOWERED UNDERFRAME with Body-Mount Couplers!

This 50’ standard box car with 10’ single door no roofwalk and short ladders is green with white lettering and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1962 for Frisco as part of series 329000-329149 it is 4,928 cubic feet in capacity. Repainted in 1983 for Burlington Northern, it continued in service until the early 2000s.

#180 00 070...$25.90


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Road Number 16949

This 40’ standard box car with single door is black with red sides and circle cross logo and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. This Bx-78 was outfitted with a cushioned underframe, called “Shock Control” by Santa Fe, when it was rebuilt from a Bx-38 boxcar in the 1950s. It was originally built in 1944 by GATC.

#020 00 197...$27.80


Canadian Pacific
Road Number 42907

NEW LOWERED UNDERFRAME with Body-Mount Couplers!

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ plug door no roofwalk and short ladders is red with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1965 for CP and repainted in the late 1960s into the Action Red Multimark scheme, it was assigned to the home station of Oshawa.

#181 00 060...$26.40


Genesee & Wyoming SW1500 Decals

Decal sheet includes the following logos and related markings:

Genesee and Wyoming Railroad Company, Buffalo & Pittsburgh RR, Commonwealth Railway, Corpus Christi Terminal RR, Portland & Western Railroad, Rail Link, Inc., Tomahawk Railway, Tazewell & Peoria RR, Quebec Gatineau Railway

#499 45 903... $6.95


Union Pacific®
Road Number USAX 1945

WWII POSTER SERIES CABOOSE - NOW AVAILABLE!
*Pre-orders were taken for this in July 2018

#100 00 159…$27.95

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

N Coupler Starter Kit

Starter Kit Package Contents:

  • 1015, 1023 & 1128 Coupler Conversion 1 each
  • Uncoupler
  • Coupler Assembly Jig
  • Special Purpose and Coupler Tweezers
  • Trip Pin and Coupler Height Gauge
  • Tap & Drill Set-New Tap Inlcuded!
  • ‘Greas-em’ dry lubricant
  • This kit includes everything needed to convert your model trains to the popular Magne-Matic and NEW True-Scale coupling systems from Micro-Trains.

#988 00 081....$59.95


N Tap (00-90) & Drill (#56 & #62)

New Tap Included!

#988 00 121....$18.95


MICRO-TRAINS - Z SCALE NEW RELEASES



Atchson, Topeka & Santa Fe
Road Numbers 5036/5039

REPRINT
AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*Pre-orders were taken for these in June 2017
*Rendering shown for representation only.

These EMD SD40-2 locomotives are blue and yellow with aluminum trucks. This locomotive was built in 1977 as part of a large order for ATSF, and rebuilt several times in the 1990s. Some locomotives in this series later made it to BNSF in the 1996 merger. The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000 horsepower, turbocharged locomotive with electronic control systems buil from 1972 to 1989 with nearly 4,000 units produced.

#970 01 091...$225.95
#970 01 092...$225.95


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Road Number 16925/16949

These 40’ standard box cars with single doors are black with red sides and circle cross logo and run on Roller Bearing trucks. This Bx-78 was outfitted with a cushioned underframe, called “Shock Control” by Santa Fe, when it was rebuilt from a Bx-38 boxcar in the 1950s. It was originally built in 1944 by GATC.

#500 00 046...$27.80
#500 00 047...$27.80


Chesapeake & Ohio®
Road Number 137255/137259

These 33’ twin bay hoppers with rib sides are black with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks.Built in 1952 for Baltimore & Ohio as part of series 136800-137999 it had a 2,167 cubic foot capacity. In 1967, it was rebuilt by the Raceland Car Shops and transferred to C&O service, allowing a capacity increase to 60-tons.

#534 00 101...$22.70
#534 00 102...$22.70


HEINZ® YELLOW REEFER
Road Number HJHC 485

SERIES CAR #5

This 40’ wood reefer is brown with yellow decorated sides and runs on Arch Bar trucks. With a fleet of 700 cars, HEINZ was able to ship their product by rail to major markets throughout the US. These yellow sided refrigerator cars represent railcars painted throughout the late 1900s and through the ‘teens’. All cars carried the distinctive “Heinz 57” but each car advertised a different product.

#518 00 670...$29.95

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

MID-MONTH RELEASES


CWE ‘Red Line’ 4-pack
Road Numbers 7919, 8052, D16689, 15019

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*Pre-orders were taken for this in August 2018
*Rendering shown for representation only

3 each 26’ Civil War Era Box Cars, 1 each 26’ Civil War Era Flat Car

#993 01 770…$89.95



TTX Well Car ‘Clean’ 16-pack

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*Pre-orders were taken for this in July 2018
*Rendering shown for representation only

#993 01 760...$399.95



Hub Group 53’ Containers

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*These items are not on Standing Orders

Road #645774...#469 00 531...$16.95
Road #647942...#469 00 532...$16.95



EMP 48’ Containers

REPRINT
AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*These items are not on Standing Orders

Road #280610...#468 00 031...$16.95
Road #287750...#468 00 032...$16.95



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-Pack
Road Numbers 12920, 12956, 12973, 12979

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
New Lowered Underframe & Body-Mount Couplers!
*Pre-orders were taken for this in July 2018

50’ Standard Box Car, Single Door

#993 00 148…$99.95



Frisco
Road Numbers 325/351

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*Pre-orders for this were taken January 2017
*Rendering shown for representation only

These SW1500 powered locomotives are reddish/orange with white band and run on AAR trucks. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway enlisted 46 EMD sourced SW1500s, painting them in Mandarin orange and white. These switchers could be found at all of Frisco’s major yards until September 1980 when they were taken over by the Burlington Northern system.

Road #325...#986 00 141...$194.95
Road #351...#986 00 142...$194.95




Ambulance Wagon 2-Pack

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*Pre-orders were taken for this in July 2018
*Rendering shown for representation only

#470 00 299…$34.95



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-Pack
Road Numbers 12920, 12956, 12973, 12979

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!
*Pre-orders were taken for this in July 2018
*Rendering shown for representation only

40’ Wood Reefer

#994 00 107...$99.95


NEW PRE-ORDERS

DODX Cascade Green 6-pack - no loads

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Accepting Pre-Orders thru February 18th
COMING MAY 2019
*Rendering shown for representation only

#993 01 611...$134.95




DODX Cascade Green 3-pack w/ NEW Humvees

Accepting Pre-Orders thru February 18th
COMING JUNE 2019
*New Injection-molded multi-piece Humvee with etched metal details!
*Rendering shown for representation only

#993 01 612...$124.95




DODX Olive Drab 3-pack w/ NEW Humvees

Accepting Pre-Orders thru February 18th
COMING JULY 2019
*New Injection-molded multi-piece Humvee with etched metal details!
*Rendering shown for representation only

#993 01 810...$124.95




GATX Runner Pack
Road Numbers 723552, 723576, 723592

Accepting Pre-Orders thru January 31st
COMING JUNE 2019
*New Injection-molded multi-piece Humvee with etched metal details!
*Rendering shown for representation only

56’ General Service Tank Car

#993 00 154…$99.95