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CSX®
Road Number 253876

This 4427 cubic foot capacity 3-bay covered hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and later owned by CSX. It was used in general chemical and plastics service. CSX was formed through the 1986 mergers of Chessie System and Seaboard System/Family Lines, and continues to operate today across more than 21,000 miles of track in the Eastern United States.

#096 00 230...$34.95

Denver & Rio Grande Western®
Road Number 30164

This 1778 cubic foot capacity drop-end mill gondola with ASF Ride Control trucks was built for Denver & Rio Grande Western, and was designed to haul finished structural steel shapes and other bulky loads featuring drop ends that allowed the gondola to carry loads longer than the car. 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.

#107 00 130...$33.95

Chessie System® / B&O
Road Number 401110

Built in 1978, this 50’ boxcar with Roller Bearing trucks was leased from Helm Leasing to Chessie System in 1985, and featured Damage Free Loaders and Hennessey Door Openers. Chessie System was formed through the 1972 mergers of Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland. 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.

#025 00 356...$30.95

Rock Island
Road Number 12031

This two-bay hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built in the late 1960s and used for chemical pellet loading. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was founded in 1852 and operated on over 10,000 miles of track until 1980, when it was disbanded and operations and equipment absorbed by several other roads..

#092 00 630...$31.95

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie/Penn Central
Road Number 32052

Commonly carrying coke and coal, P&LE operated from Ohio to Pennsylvania and West Virginia from 1875 to 1993 as a subsidiary of New York Central. P&LE also had a fleet of boxcars often marked with New York Central, later Penn Central, lettering.

#180 00 450...$29.95

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Southern Pacific®/ex-Railbox
Road Number 19009

Built in the mid-1970s for Railbox, this 50’ boxcar with Roller Bearing trucks soon made its way to the Southern Pacific fleet. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s and 1980s.

#025 44 441...$30.95

Canadian Pacific
Road Numbers 415623, 415635

Built in 2006 by TrinityRail, this 263,000 pound capacity tank car with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was used for fuel loading for Canadian Pacific. Incorporated in 1881, Canadian Pacific Railway is one of the largest Class 1 Railroads in Canada, owning over 12,000 miles of track in Canada and the United States.

#110 00 610...$35.95
#110 00 611...$35.95

Southern Pacific®
Road Number 1208

This steel caboose with offset cupola and Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks was built in the early 1940s and repainted into the Gothic letter scheme with daylight orange ends by the mid-1950s. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s and 1980s.

#100 00 321...$36.95

80th Anniversary of the End of World War II in Europe

May 8th, 2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II in Europe. On this day in 1945, the Allied forces accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany, now known as Victory in Europe Day, or “VE Day.”

#137 00 074...$36.95

E. Kahn’s Sons Co. 4-Car Runner Pack #238
Road Numbers 1031, 1038, 1055, 1076

E. Kahn’s Sons Co. leased around 75 reefers from the National Car Company, a subsidiary of Fruit Growers Express. This car featured brine tanks and meat rails, and was repainted in November 1951. E. Kahn’s Sons Co. was a large meat processor, founded in 1883 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

#983 00 238...$114.95

MID-MONTH

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe MOW 4-Pack
Road Numbers 187956, 188228, 188495, 198124

Railroads require constant upkeep, repair and maintenance, so older railcars that are still roadworthy are often converted to Maintenance of Way duties, including maintenance of the right-of-way, tool and equipment supply and storage, and materials for railcar repair and wreck recovery. Founded in 1859, Santa Fe was one of the largest railroads in North America up until 1996, when it merged with Burlington Northern to form BNSF.

#983 02 281...$134.95

Southern Pacific® 2-Pack with Trailers #1

#983 02 279...$94.95

Southern Pacific® 2-Pack with Trailers #2

Starting in 1953 Southern Pacific® started Trailer-On-Flat-Car or TOFC service. This service was also know as Piggyback as trailers were placed onto flatcars and transported along rails. These flatcars were originally flat deck cars but were later modified in order to be used as TOFC cars. The 40ft trailers featured as the load on these cars entered into service in the 1960's.

#983 02 280...$94.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

Erie Lackawanna 5-Pack

The Erie-Lackawanna Railroad began operating on its network of 3000 miles in 1960. In 1963 it dropped the hyphen to become the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The Erie Lackawanna once owned over 1,000 passenger cars although it did not have a formal classification system for its varied fleet, and many were not identified as EL. Lasting only 16 years, the EL remains an admired railroad.

#983 02 290...$159.95

Erie Lackawanna 4-Car Runner Pack #243

These express boxcars were used in service with Erie Lackawanna passenger trains, and belonged to Class BX. The Erie Lackawanna was formed through the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad, and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad.

#983 00 243...$124.95

250th Anniversary of the United States of America

Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America with this 13 car series depicting historic events, places, and battles.

Each Car: $30.95

CSX® “The Spirit of Grafton” Caboose

Built by Fruit Growers Express as a B&O class C-27 in the late 1970s for Chessie System, it was painted in the CSX YN2 yellow, blue, grey scheme in the early 2000s and lettered as “The Spirit of Grafton,” in honor of a service facility in Grafton, West Virginia. CSX was formed through the 1986 mergers of Chessie System and Seaboard System / Family Lines, and continues to operate today across more than 21,000 miles of track in the Eastern United States.

#130 00 310...$39.95

Wheeling and Lake Erie 35th Anniversary

Wheeling & Lake Erie was founded in 1990, and is celebrating their 35th Anniversary in 2025. Most of the W&LE locomotives and rolling stock use stylized speed lettering and the color scheme of the D&RGW. It is headquartered in Brewster, Ohio, operating as a Class II regional railroad, interchanging with CSX and NS in the Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania region.

#102 00 330...$29.95

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 2-Pack with Helicopter Load

Built in the early 1960s for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, these general-purpose flat cars were serviced in the early 1980s, and were often seen hauling aerospace components. Featuring a cushioned underframe, they were well suited to delicate handling of sensitive goods. Founded in 1859, Santa Fe was one of the largest railroads in North America up until 1996, when it merged with Burlington Northern to form BNSF.

#983 02 292...$89.95

HO Release

 CSX®
Road Number 141288

#5600 005...$59.95