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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

TTX
Road Numbers 97331, 97409

This TSH60A-class 60’ Thrall flat car with ASF Ride Control trucks was designed to haul large vehicles such as farm, military, and construction equipment. With a wood deck and tie-down channels, the cars can be used for a number of other purposes, including hauling structural steel shapes and other bulky industrial loads. With an OTTX reporting mark, these TTX-owned flat cars were built in April of 1974 by Thrall. TTX was established in 1955 as “Trailer Train,” and as their business evolved simply became “TTX” in a 1991 rebranding effort.

#134 00 011...$34.95
#134 00 012...$34.95

Kansas City Southern
Road Number 530049

With a Kansas City Southern reporting mark, this Golden West Service hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built in the 1970s and was used for bulk grain service in the Midwest. In an attempt to raise capital, in the late 1980’s Southern Pacific created “Golden West Service” which was a program that re-built old SP, SSW and D&RGW freight cars and sold them to various short lines. The Golden West Service program was mostly unsuccessful and relatively short-lived.

#094 00 870...$35.95

Conrail
Road Number 617210

This GE52E 50’ covered gondola with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built for Erie Lackawanna and later obtained in the 1976 creation of Conrail, when it was repainted and fitted with a coil steel cover. Erie Lackawanna was formed through the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad, and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. It was rolled into Conrail in 1976, and most rolling stock was repainted and re-stenciled into the Conrail paint scheme.

#106 00 270...$29.95

St. Louis Southwestern®
Road Number 85237

Built in the late 1960s, this St. Louis Southwestern flat car with Roller Bearing trucks was shopped in the mid-1970s. Used in general service, it’s hauling a small towboat in this case. St. Louis Southwestern, commonly known as Cotton Belt, was founded in 1891 and became a Southern Pacific subsidiary in 1932, before eventually fully merging in 1992. It is now a heritage component of Union Pacific.

#045 00 760...$29.95

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EEC/ex-Berlin Mills
Road Number 3017

This Pacific Car and Foundry-built 50’ boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks dates to 1979, and is 5,317 cubic feet in capacity. Originally belonging to Per-Diem owner Berlin Mills Railway, it was later obtained by East Erie Commercial Railway. It continued in revenue service through the 2000s. Owned by General Electric, EEC is based in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was founded in 1907. EEC owns a large fleet of general service railcars that can be seen traversing the rail network across the country.

#025 44 931...$30.95

Union Pacific®

Road Numbers 165231, 165284

Built in April 1963, this 5053 cubic foot boxcar with Roller Bearing trucks featured a cushioned underframe, load dividers, and both a plug and sliding door. Union Pacific continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.

#033 00 610...$29.95
#033 00 611...$29.95

Pacific Fruit Express®

Road Numbers 41611, 41631

This R-40-10 ice reefer with Bettendorf trucks was built in the 1940s, and was upgraded and repainted in the early 1950s with electric fans and the new orange PFE paint scheme. Pacific Fruit Express, a joint venture between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, was founded in 1906 and continued jointly until 1978 when the assets were divided between the two railroads.

#059 00 521...$29.90
#059 00 522...$29.90

Construction Equipment Load

#499 45 027...$14.95

Burlington Northern 4-Car Runner Pack

These Burlington Northern 3-bay covered hoppers were built in June 1975 by ACF. Series 446000-446499 grain cars feature trough hatches and gravity outlets, and ride on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.

Packaged in Foam Nest #993 00 226...$134.95
Packaged in Jewel Case #983 00 226...$149.95

MICRO-TRAINS - Z SCALE NEW RELEASES

Norfolk Southern
Road Numbers 101138, 101142

#524 00 181...$23.95
#524 00 182...$23.95

Union Pacific®
Road Numbers 52033, 52058

#524 00 201...$23.95
#524 00 202...$23.95

MID-MONTH

CTXX Track Panel Flat Car Singles
Cleveland Track Material Inc.
Road Numbers 003, 005

Flatcars are used to transport freight with dimensions that make it impossible to be shipped by other rail cars. Often, railroads use flatcars for moving materials for track maintenance such as ties, rail, and track panels as shown represented here.

#071 00 930...$39.95
#071 00 931...$39.95

Union Pacific® Heavyweight 3-Pack

These heavyweight sleepers were used on trains on the Union Pacific Railroad system in the 1940s-1950s. Union Pacific is now exclusively a freight railroad with over 32,000 miles of track, but prior to 1971, UP also operated numerous passenger trains and services.

Packaged in Foam Nest #993 02 251...$89.95
Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 251...$101.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

Modern Billboard Kit #1

High detail injection molded plastic kit (comprised of two sprues) with etched metal walkways that makes one single, or one double sided single post billboard. Sign approx. 24’x12’, overall height 32’

Includes assortment of four high detail signs to choose from and future follow up releases will include different sign assortments.

#499 90 503...$20.95

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 4-Car Runner pack

Built in 1968 by Pullman Standard, these lot 9315 box cars have Pullman’s Hydroframe Cushioning system. These series 58000-58199 PS-1 cars have Roller Bearing trucks and a Jackson, Mississippi return message on their vibrant green paint.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 00 231...$119.95

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2024 Micro-Mouse Illuminated Halloween Car

An old legend has crept its way into the hollows of Micro-Trains. As the Headless Horseman has arrived from Sleepy Hollow to haunt your track this Halloween!

#102 00 850...$39.95

Alaska Railroad Heavyweight 3-Pack

The Alaska Railroad was built in 1904 as a small private line. When its owners, The Alaska Central Railway, and then Alaska Northern Railway went bankrupt, it was purchased by the Federal Government. The Congress funded route was constructed from 1915-1923 and in 1985 it sold the Alaska Railroad back to the state of Alaska, who remains the owner.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 257...$99.95

Weathered Flat Car 2-Pack w/ Captured WW2 HA-19 Load

Only one of the 5 Japanese midget subs that were attempting to penetrate Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th, 1941 survived almost intact. After the attack, the Type A, HA-19 was recovered on the beach east of Oahu, sent stateside and transported via rail across the US to help with the War Bond effort.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 256...$76.95

Burlington Northern Santa Fe weathered 5-pack

In early 1991, Burlington Northern received an order of 16 single Husky-Stack cars from Gunderson, accommodating containers up to 48’ in the lower well position. These were rolled into the BNSF fleet a few years later after the 1995 merger. The Husky-Stack® well car was first introduced in 1990 at the International Intermodal Expo in Atlanta, GA.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 258...$174.95

Save the Monarch Butterfly Car

In 2022, a 60’ boxcar was decorated by GATX as the centerpiece for the “Save the Monarch Butterfly - 60,000 Tree Challenge” North American boxcar tour. Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific, GATX and several other organizations collaborated to create the campaign. The annual migratory journey of the Monarch Butterfly is a long one - from the Windsor, Canada area, through the United States, and ends near Monterrey in Michoacán State of Mexico. This boxcar tour paralleled this migratory path of these amazing pollinators to raise $100,000 to help reestablish the still-threatened Monarch population, by planting 60,000 oyamel trees at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Michoacán, Mexico.

#123 00 140...$54.98

HO NEW RELEASES

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CSX®
Road Number 247177

#2000 001...$49.95

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D&RGW®
Road Number 10000

#2200 005...$49.95

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D&RGW®
Road Number 10002

#2200 005...$49.95

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Grain Storage Kit

#900 56 010...$54.95