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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

'Our Solar System' Locomotive

Car #7 Coming Next Month!
Pre-orders were taken for these in August 2020

Featuring the Sun and eight planets of our Solar System, this FT locomotive lights the way. Our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy and consists of our Sun, and planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, as well as dwarf planets such as Pluto, along with many moons and asteroids.

#987 01 810...$114.95


Denver & Rio Grande Western®
Road Name: Pikes Peak

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

This 80’ heavyweight diner car is pullman green with gold lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. This diner car, Pikes Peak, was used on trains in the heart of the Rockies, such as the famous “Prospector.” D&RGW was formed in 1870 and operated the highest mainline railroad in the United States through the Colorado Rockies at an altitude of 10,240 feet.

#146 00 390...$29.95


Pennsylvania Railroad
Road Number 4484

This 80’ heavyweight diner car is tuscan red with buff lettering and runs on 4-wheel trucks. Built in the Altoona Shops in 1926 as number 8015 it was later rebuilt, renumbered, and painted into the new Keystone scheme. It also received diesel engine power units affixed under the car to provide electricity for cooking ovens.

#146 00 360...$32.90


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Road Number ATSF 999640

Note: Chimney comes decorated but uninstalled.

This 36’ riveted steel caboose with offset cupola is white with green roof and green lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in the late 1920s, this CE-7 all-steel caboose was later rebuilt by ATSF and painted in a Christmas-themed red, white and green scheme. It toured the Santa Fe network for about a month during the holidays in 1973 before being painted into its standard brown paint.

#100 00 490...$36.95


Celanese
Road Number GATX 1404

This 3-dome tank car is green with red and white herald and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Celanese was founded in 1918 in New York City as the American Cellulose & Chemical Manufacturing Company, initially producing fabrics for airplane manufacturing. They adopted the name “Celanese Corporation” in 1927 and began producing synthetic cellulose acetate fabrics and yarns for textile companies.

#066 00 140...$29.95


Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Road Number CB&Q 23271

This 50’ standard box car with 10’ single door, no roofwalk and short ladders is red with white lettering and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. Built by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, this car was constructed in 1964 at the Havelock Shops. With a 4974 cubic foot capacity and a 10’ sliding door, these cars were ideal for large and bulky loads, such as dried lumber.

#180 00 210...$26.90


New York Central
Road Number NYC 215147

This 50’ standard box car with 10’ single door, no roofwalk and short ladders is green with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This boxcar started out as a 40’ car and went through a rebuilding program at the Beech Grove Shops to become 50’ in length, as capacity demand increased in the 1960s. New York Central merged with its rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1968 to form Penn Central, which went bankrupt two years later and was merged into Conrail in 1976.

#180 00 220...$26.90


Conrail
Road Number CR 169904

This 50’ standard box car with 10’ single door, no roofwalk and short ladders is green with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This boxcar started out as a 40’ car and went through a rebuilding program at the Beech Grove Shops to become a 50’ car. New York Central merged with its rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1968 to form Penn Central, which went bankrupt two years later and was merged into Conrail in 1976. This car was repainted PC green with Conrail markings that same year.

#180 00 230...$26.90


Burlington Northern
Road Number BN 11458

REPRINT

This 36’ riveted steel caboose with offset cupola is green with yellow ends and white lettering and runs on Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks. Built in 1930 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, this caboose was later rolled into Burlington Northern after the CB&Q merged with Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway. After the merger it received a fresh coat of BN Green along with a stencil denoting “Yard Service Only.” It continued to serve the railroad through the late 1970s before being retired.

#100 00 061...$34.95


MICRO-TRAINS - Z SCALE NEW RELEASES


Burlington Northern
Road Numbers BN 161805/161816

Pre-orders were taken for these in May 2020

These 40’ standard box cars with single door and no roofwalk are green with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in the early 1950s for Great Northern, this car featured a single sliding door and a 3898 cubic foot capacity. In the early 1971, it received a rebuild and fresh coat of BN Green after Great Northern merged to form Burlington Northern and remained on the roster for a few more years before being retired.

#503 00 201...$24.95
#503 00 202...$24.95


Missouri Pacific®
Road Number HERB-1

MP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Pre-orders were taken for these in May 2020

This 40’ standard box car with single door and no roofwalk is brown with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. HERB-1 was a non-revenue car used for safety awareness across the MP system. Officially sanctioned by MP and applied to the car sides in 1979 by an employee, the artwork was designed in the style of Herbie Meyer, a legendary early graffiti artist and switchman for MP who retired in 1980.

#503 00 250...$26.95


MID-MONTH RELEASES

Northern California Wineries
Road Number SHPX 6302

GRAPE-TO-GLASS SERIES #11
AVAILABLE MID-MONTH

This 3-dome tank car is aluminum with black belly and lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built by ACF in April 1937, this car was owned by Shippers Car Line Corporation, and leased to Northern California Wineries. It featured an insulated tank and expansion domes to protect its precious fermented cargo.

#066 00 150...$29.95


BNSF 8-Pack
Road Numbers 409113, 409115, 409116, 409118, 409121, 409122, 409124, 409125

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH
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Pre-orders were taken for these in April 2020

2-Bay Covered Hopper

#993 00 819…$219.95


NEW PRE-ORDERS

Union Pacific® 3-pack
Road Numbers 354614, 354723, 354792

Accepting Pre-Orders through December 31st
COMING MAY 2021
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UP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.

60’ Rib Side High Cube Box Car with Double Plug Doors

#993 02 150…$134.95


CWE Southern Pacific® 4-pack

Accepting Pre-Orders through December 31st
COMING MAY 2021
WITH RAILROAD TIE LOAD!
SP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.
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#993 02 160…$89.95


Trailer Train Runner Pack
Road Numbers 80031, 80084, 80095, 80318

Accepting Pre-Orders through December 31st
COMING MAY 2021
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60’ Bulkhead Flat Car w/Lumber Load

#993 00 178…$119.95


Z Scale Regular Release Pre-Order

Accepting Pre-Orders through December 31st
TARGET RELEASE APRIL / MAY 2021
Be sure to get your pre-order in so these great cars don’t get cancelled!
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SP® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific Railroad.



Illinois Central Gulf
#533 00 051...$23.95
#533 00 052...$23.95



Southern
#533 00 151...$23.95
#533 00 152...$23.95



Great Northern
#533 00 161...$23.95
#533 00 162...$23.95



Frisco
#533 00 171...$23.95
#533 00 172...$23.95



Pennsylvania Railroad
#534 00 111...$23.95
#534 00 112...$23.95



Southern Pacific®
#534 00 121...$23.95
#534 00 122...$23.95