These 60’ excess height box cars with modified sides are black with red decorated sides and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in our Solar System after Mercury. Mars has rust-red iron-rich minerals and white polar ice caps with a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere.
#499 45 910...$7.95...Magnetic Wand - Sold Separately
Cotton Belt®
Road Number SSW 80638
Cotton Belt® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Rendering shown for representation only.
This 89’ tri-level closed autorack is brown with white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1976 by Pullman-Standard and rebuilt in 1988, this class F-70-77 flat car carries a P-S rack. The design is of the universal standard design used by most railroads, with end loading doors and enclosed sides, it prevents vandalism and pilferage and helps to protect vehicles from the elements.
#111 00 390...$55.90
Saltair
Road Number SLG&W 105
This 39’ single dome tank car is grey with red band and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway was founded in 1891 and was primarily an interurban passenger railroad, first using steam locomotives, followed by the implementation of electric locomotives in 1919. It had a small fleet of freight cars, a few of which were tank cars, acquired in 1946.
#065 00 046...$32.95
Norfolk Southern
Road Numbers 185403/185404
WITH GREY DECK
These heavyweight depressed-center flat cars are brown with grey deck and white lettering and run on Buckeye trucks. Built in the 1950s for Norfolk & Western, they were later painted for Norfolk Southern. These cars have a maximum weight of 394,000 pounds and are used to transport bulky and heavy industrial loads, such as electrical transformers and construction equipment. The depressed center allows for a few feet of additional vertical clearance.
#109 00 171...$29.95
#109 00 172...$29.95
Petri Wine Co.
Road Number GATX 904
GRAPE-TO-GLASS SERIES #8
This 3-dome tank car is aluminum with red and black lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. In the early 1950s, Petri Wine Co. was the largest producer of wine in the United States. During prohibition, Petri was able to stay in business by temporarily ceasing wine production and diversifying their manufacturing, entering the leather and cigar business until they were able to resume wine production.
#066 00 130...$29.95
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Road Number ATSF 999229
This 36’ riveted steel caboose with offset cupola is red with yellow logo and stripe and runs on Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks. Built in the late 1960s by the ATSF Topeka Shops, this CE-1 caboose was rebuilt in 1988 and modernized with additional amenities for crews, including a refrigerator and new seating areas.
#100 00 470...$31.95
Canadian National
Road Number CN 143722
This 50’ gondola with fishbelly sides and drop ends is brown with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1952 as part of a 1,500 car series this 160,000-pound and 1,906 cubic foot capacity was used in a general service role. Canadian National is one of the largest railroads headquartered in Canada, with over 20,000 miles of track and service from Canada into the United States.
Built for Conrail in 1994, this three-bay hopper eventually made it to the Norfolk Southern roster and was rebuilt by FreightCar America’s Roanoke Shops. With a 286,000-pound gross weight, these hoppers are used for coal and coke service on the east coast.
#993 00 169…$99.95
Transformer Load 2-Pack
NOW AVAILABLE!
This item is not on Standing Orders
Load comes unpainted and unassembled
Built for Conrail in 1994, this three-bay hopper eventually made it to the Norfolk Southern roster and was rebuilt by FreightCar America’s Roanoke Shops. With a 286,000-pound gross weight, these hoppers are used for coal and coke service on the east coast.
#499 45 911...$11.95
With Interior Light Without Interior Light
NEOWISE
Road Name: An Icy Visitor
These items are not on Standing Orders
These 60’ excess height box cars with modified sides are black with blue sides and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Officially known as C/2020 F3, Comet “NEOWISE” was discovered on March 27, 2020, by NEOWISE, the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope. Comets, often nicknamed “cosmic snowballs,” are made up of ice, rock and dust, and form brilliant tails when heated by the sun.
National Steel Car company was one of three manufacturers enlisted by Trailer Train Company to build their new fleet of 60’ excess height boxcars in 2003. These heavy-duty cars featured double plug doors giving the customer a 12’ opening to easily load everything from paper products, appliances to consumables. Referred to as “Super Duty” cars, they join the growing fleet of “Plate F” cars providing higher capacities for shippers looking to streamline their deliveries. Built by National Steel Car in the early 2000s, these 286,000-pound capacity, 60’ rib-side high-cube boxcars feature double-plug doors and belong to a fragmented series totaling 7 cars of this type. These cars have a 7234 cubic-foot capacity and can be found in trains hauling general freight all-across North America both on CSXT routes and others.
Founded in 1913 by H.M. Byllesby, a Chicago investment banker, Deep Rock grew in the 1920s and 30s with the purchase of several rivals. Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was purchased by the Kerr-McGee Corporation in 1955, and it continues to operate today. Built in 2014, these cars are used to ship heated asphalt in unit trains throughout the country.
PFE® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.
#993 00 175…$114.95
Sweet Liquid Tank Car Series
Accepting Pre-Orders through September 30th
SERIES BEGINS FEBRUARY 2021
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Special food-grade tank cars have been used to transport a variety of sweet concentrates from distribution centers to factories all over the United States. Commodities such as corn syrup, cane syrup, honey, molasses and others were commonly shipped in bulk by rail in heated tank cars to processing plants, chocolate factories, breweries and soft drink factories. Sometimes adorned by bright and flashy artwork, they were colorful “stand-outs” in any manifest freight train. This Sweet Liquid Tank Car Series will feature twelve prototypically accurate 39’ Single Dome Tank Cars in both N and Z scale. Contact your dealer to place your order today!
Hatches and bays will be resin cast and painted, but not installed
In the early twentieth century there was an increasing need to transport dry goods in bulk by rail. To meet this growing demand, many railroads took excess boxcars and converted them into enclosed hoppers. Hatches were installed on the roof and inside sheeting was added to direct the flow through shoots built into the underframe. These unique cars were used well into the 1960’s and carried everything from phosphate, to dry concrete, to agricultural goods.
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Sweet Liquid Tank Car Series
