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MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

With Interior Light

Without Interior Light

Saturn
Road Name: The Ringed Planet

Solar System Series!

These 60’ excess height box cars with modified sides are black with yellow sides and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System. It’s a gas giant with amazing rings made of ice and rock, and an atmosphere with winds over 1,000 mph. It has over 80 moons.

#102 00 836...$36.95...With Interior Light
#102 02 836...$27.95...Without Interior Light

#499 45 910...$7.95...Magnetic Wand - Sold Separately

Denver & Rio Grande Western®
Road Numbers 60927/60930

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

These 50’ standard box cars with plug door and no roofwalk are alumunim, orange and black and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1965 for D&RGW, these cars featured innovations which simplified loading and unloading, like movable bulkheads and side wall fillers, and continued to serve through the mid-1980s. They also featured hydracushion underframes, giving the car a smoother ride during rough coupling.

#038 00 561...$31.95
#038 00 562...$31.95

Penn Central
Road Number PC 277058

This 60’ excess height box car with single door and rivet sides is green with black and white lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1968 for Penn Central, and used to transport bulky but relatively lightweight commodities such as household appliances, it features a cushioned underframe to reduce cargo damage. These cars also had DFB loaders and movable bulkheads to ease loading and unloading.

#104 00 060...$32.95

Milwaukee Road
Road Number 01603

This 36’ riveted steel caboose with offset cupola is orange with black letteirng and runs on Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks. Belonging to a series of 16 cars, these cabooses were unique for Milwaukee Road, being the only steel-sided units in service. Built in 1929, they lasted an exceptionally long time, and some were used through 1977 when Milwaukee filed for bankruptcy.

#100 00 480...$31.95

Garrett Wine Company
Road Number GWCX 11

GRAPE-TO-GLASS SERIES #10

This 36’ wood sheathed ice reefer, with modern underframe is white with black lettering and runs on Arch Bar trucks. Built by Berwick in 1912, this insulated car contained glass tanks to carry wine from Garrett Wine Company to distributers. Garrett Wine Company was established in 1835 in North Carolina, and famously used the Scuppernong grape variety in their “Virginia Dare” product.

#058 00 596...$29.95

Great Northern
Road Number GN 74436

WITH SUGAR BEET LOAD

This 40’ drop bottom gondola with wood chip extension is black with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1937 as a standard service car, this 40’ gondola was later upgraded for woodchip service. The car was rebuilt and side extensions were added to accommodate the bulky but lightweight load.

#084 00 070...$29.95

CSX®
Road Number CSXT 903968

REPRINT

This 31’ bay window caboose is grey with yellow ends and black lettering and runs on Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks. Built for Baltimore & Ohio as a C-27 class car, this caboose was eventually obtained by CSX through mergers. Even though most cabooses have been retired for decades, some still have limited use on specific areas of the CSX system. This caboose was still in service in 2014.

#130 00 041...$36.95

Western Pacific® 4-pack
Road Numbers 52059, 52255, 52295, 52469

Pre-orders were taken for this in May 2020

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

Built in 1923 in an order of 775 units, these wood-sheathed reefers became a mainstay in the Pacific Fruit Express fleet, used all-across the Western Pacific network. After 20 years of service, most cars were rebuilt which allowed another 10 to 12 years of service before being retired in the mid-1950s and replaced with newer models.

#993 00 171…$99.95

MICRO-TRAINS - Z SCALE NEW RELEASES

Canadian National
Road Numbers CN 428048/428129

Pre-orders were taken for these in May 2020

These 40’ standard box cars with single door and no roofwalk are brown with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1947, these 40’ box cars were used in general service. In 1980, they were rebuilt for grain service, denoted by the yellow grain symbol on the car side. Some cars in the series remained in revenue service through the mid-1990s.

#503 00 211...$24.95
#503 00 212...$24.95

Pennsylvania Railroad
Road Numbers PRR 605360/605369

Pre-orders were taken for these in May 2020

These 40’ standard box cars with single door and no roofwalk are brown with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Converted from X29 box cars in 1959, these improved X29G-class cars were put into general service for Pennsylvania, but they did not have loading equipment some other upgraded cars had installed. Serviced again in 1968, these cars were then nearing the end of their revenue service lives and relegated to less important shipments.

#503 00 231...$24.95
#503 00 232...$24.95

Southern Pacific®
Road Numbers SP 191473/191825

Pre-orders were taken for these in May 2020

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

These 40’ standard box cars with single door and no roofwalk are brown with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. These B-50-33-class cars were built in 1953 for Southern Pacific Railroad with a yellow door stripe, denoting lumber service. They were rebuilt in 1963, and again in the 1970s, when they were relegated to general service.

#503 00 241...$25.95
#503 00 242...$25.95

MID-MONTH RELEASES

Union Pacific® 4-pack
Road Numbers 519054, 519057, 519060, 519063

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

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

This 40’ box car was built in 1957 for Union Pacific, belonging to Class B-50-50. It featured a cushioned underframe and DF-2 loaders. Today, UP is one of the largest railroads in the U.S., with nearly 32,100 miles of track.

#993 00 172…$114.95

CSX® Tie Loader 3-Pack
Road Numbers 31914, 914514, 914532

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

Pre-orders were taken for these in May 2020

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Used by CSX Transportation in a maintenance of way capacity, these gondolas are seen throughout the CSX rail network. CSX uses an excavator with a grapple to lift railroad ties in and out of the gondolas, replacing rotted ties with fresh ones. Extensions have been added to the sides of the gondolas to increase their capacity for railroad ties.

*The tie loader is made of 3D printed and resin cast parts with an etched-metal claw and includes cab window decals. Loader parts come cleaned, unassembled and unpainted. Ramp will be laser-cut laser board, painted yellow and unassembled. Gondola side extensions will be laser board and decorated to match weathered gondola, but not installed. Two rail tie loads will be resin cast and decorated.

#993 02 100...$109.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

TTX Weathered Wreck Recovery Pack

Accepting Pre-Orders through November 30th

COMING MARCH 2021

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TTX used some of their flat cars for general purpose bulk loading of construction equipment, industrial machinery, or in this case, wrecked railcars. These cars had deck mounted pedestals and specialized retainment devices that allow railroads to safely load, transport, and unload damaged railcars and their trucks, increasing the likelihood of repair or component salvage.

Well car will come with modeled physical damage on one end. Resin chocks for trucks will come painted, but not installed. Etched-metal chain tie-downs can be cut to desired length.

#993 02 130…$74.95