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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

Western Pacific®
Road Numbers 8925

These 89’ flat cars with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were set up to carry two 45’ trailers. Western Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1903 in order to offer another rail option to the established Utah routes of the Southern Pacific. WP was acquired in 1982 by Union Pacific Railroad.

#071 00 600...$37.95

Great Northern
Road Numbers 8909, 8911

With a cushion underframe and a mechanically cooled, insulated body, this Great Northern reefer with Roller Bearing trucks was lettered for Western Fruit Express. Later it merged into the Burlington Northern Fleet. Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of Great Northern and Northern Pacific in 1970, and then merged with ATSF in 1995 to form BNSF.

#081 00 061...$29.95
#081 00 062...$29.95

Conrail
Road Number 360168

Built for a predecessor road, this plug-door boxcar with Bettendorf trucks made its way to Conrail and was repainted into the “can opener” scheme when it was shopped in 1977. 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.

#181 00 360...$28.95

Norfolk Southern Honoring Class 1 RR
Road Number 659624

A Class 1 railroad is defined as any railroad with annual revenue of more than $504,803,294 (the 1992 threshold of $250 million, set by the ICC, adjusted for inflation). There are six Class 1 Railroads operating in the United States; BNSF, CSX, CN, CPKC, NS and UP. Today, NS is one of the largest Class 1 Railroads with over 30,000 employees and operates nearly 22,000 miles of track in the Eastern and Midwestern United States.

#102 00 845...$29.95

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SRN/ex-Port Huron & Detroit
Road Number 1898

This box car with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built for the Port Huron & Detroit Railroad, and was later obtained by the Sabine River & Northern. The Port Huron & Detroit Railroad was incorporated on September 1, 1917 and remained in business until 1984 when it was sold to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. To encourage the return of the boxcars, short line railroads, like Port Huron, could charge a per diem, or daily fee, until the cars were returned.

#025 44 366...$30.95

Western Maryland®
Road Number 36015

This B-29-class plug-door boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built in 1967 and featured a cushioned underframe and an internal capacity of 4,640 cubic feet. Western Maryland, Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio merged in 1972 to form Chessie System. It remained one of the largest East coast railroads until 1986 when Seaboard System merged with Chessie to form today’s rail giant, CSX Transportation.

#181 00 350...$28.95

Union Pacific®/ex-CNW®

Road Numbers 437016, 437206

These 2-bay covered hoppers with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were built in 1994 for the Chicago & North Western and had a 263,000-pound capacity. Soon they found themselves merged into the Union Pacific fleet of cars. Union Pacific continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.

#092 00 601...$32.95
#092 00 602...$32.95

Western Pacific®
Road Number 601

Built in 1931 by Western Pacific, this caboose with Andrews trucks was painted into the silver and orange California Zephyr inspired scheme in 1952. Western Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1903 in order to offer another rail option to the established Utah routes of the Southern Pacific. WP was acquired in 1982 by Union Pacific Railroad.

#051 00 221...$45.95

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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

Scrap Load 2-Pack

Loads for 50' gondolas

#499 45 032...$14.95

MID-MONTH

Beet Load 3-Pack

Load for 40' Gondola with wood extensions or similar.

#499 45 028...$14.95

Norfolk Southern 4-Car Runner Pack #227

These Norfolk Southern Box Cars in series 440200-440449 were originally SOU Box Cars. These insulated Box Cars are class XPI and were built in the late 1970’s by Fruit Grower’s Express. They feature Roller Bearing trucks.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 00 227...$119.95

C&O® Weathered Gondolas with Coil Loads

These C&O® general service gondolas were converted into coil steel cars in 1976-1978. They were installed with steel troughs designed to hold the heavy steel and stainless steel coils. As these coil loads didn’t require weather protection, no covers were necessary.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 253...$95.95

BNSF with Tarp Covers Weathered 3-Pack

During the winter season railroads had to be creative to keep loads in open hoppers from getting wet and freezing over during storms. One way was to cover the car with a tarp which could be easily removed by a work crew on site. Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of Great Northern and Northern Pacific in 1970, and then merged with ATSF in 1995 to form BNSF. BNSF is one of the largest freight railroads in the country with over 32,000 miles of rail.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 252...$104.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

Iowa Interstate 40th Anniversary Tool Car

In June 2024, Micro-Trains released the 102 00 300 Iowa Interstate Anniversary Car, which was inspired by the IAIS locomotive paint scheme, and commemorates their 40th anniversary this year. After seeing our model, the Iowa Interstate Railroad reached out to us and asked if they could use our artwork to be applied to a real-life 40' boxcar they use as the equipment and tool car for their steam program, to be displayed at the Iowa State Fair. Of course, we said yes! Here are photos of this car fresh from the paint booth - one of the few times life imitates art, and a model train’s artwork becomes a real-life railcar! And now, with the blessing of Iowa Interstate Railroad and the Central States Steam Preservation Assn, available for pre-order is this prototypical 40’ boxcar in N scale!

#074 00 500...$28.95

TTX Flat Car 3-Pack with Bridge Load

This pack contains two 89’ flat cars and a 60’ Thrall idler flat car. An empty idler car is required for extra long shipments such as these large steel sections, which extend beyond the ends of the rail cars.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 260...$119.95

ATSF Caboose Weathered 3-Pack

ATSF cabooses were often rebuilt later in life and modernized with additional amenities for crews, including refrigerators and new seating areas. These cabooses feature different paint schemes to denote type of service. The Mineral Brown paint scheme denoted local service only, the Indian Red scheme with the White Cupola denoted PC radio equipment and/or transfer service, while the all-red caboose was for mainline freight service.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 259...$114.95

Logging 4-Car Runner Pack #232

Log cars were used commonly used across the US, and in the Northwest standard gauge was used with the unusually large trees that could be found in that area. Some of these forestry railways eventually became common carriers after the forest land was cleared and converted to agricultural or recreational use.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 00 232...$99.95

2024 Micro-Mouse Christmas Cars

N-Scale...#102 00 701...$31.95
Z-Scale...#507 00 750...$29.95
Accurail® HO-Scale Kit...#5900 001...$49.95

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Burlington Northern
Road Number 481170

#2000 004...$49.95