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Conrail
Road Numbers 593958, 599610

This Conrail 65’ mill gondola with Bettendorf trucks was designed to haul finished structural steel shapes and other bulky loads, and featured drop ends that allowed the gondola to carry loads longer than the car. It was built in the mid-1960s for Reading and eventually made its way to the Conrail roster.

#107 00 140...$34.95
#107 00 141...$34.95

Western Pacific®
Road Number 22023

Built in the early 1950s, this 40’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks belonged to a series of 25 cars and were later painted in the red and yellow “The Western Way” serif paint scheme after being serviced in the 1960s. 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.

#020 00 517...$29.95

Western Pacific®
Road Number 20772

Built in the late 1940s, this 40’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks belonged to a series of 250 cars and were later painted in the red and yellow “The Western Way” script paint scheme after being serviced in the late 1950s. 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.

#020 00 518...$29.95

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Conrail/ex-PC/ex-NYC
Road Number 886293

This 100-ton three-bay hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built for New York Central, and was later repainted in New York Central green. Some years later it was painted Conrail hopper red. 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.

#094 44 960...$30.95

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San Luis Central/ex-Railbox
Road Number 1161

Built in 1976 for Railbox, this XFF10 boxcar with Roller Bearing trucks was transferred to Southern Pacific ownership in the early 1980s, before ending up at San Luis Central in 1989. TTX was established in 1955 as “Trailer Train,” and as their business evolved simply became “TTX” in a 1991 rebranding effort. The San Luis Central Railroad was formed in 1913 in Colorado and is 13 miles long, owning many freight cars which it leases out across the United States.

#025 44 442...$30.95

TTX
Road Numbers 80231, 80234

Built in the late 1960s, this F68AH bulkhead flatcar was designed to carry lumber, structural steel and pipes, as well as logs and other long commodities. The reinforced bulkheads provide load protection as well as prevent shifting during transit. TTX was established in 1955 as “Trailer Train,” and as their business evolved simply became “TTX” in a 1991 rebranding effort.

#054 00 480...$29.95
#054 00 481...$29.95

CSX®
Road Number 227588

Built as a B&O class HC-44 two-bay covered hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks in the mid-1970s, this car was later repainted into the CSX tan scheme, but retained its B&O reporting mark. 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.

#092 00 640...$31.95

Micro-Mouse Halloween 2025

Micro-Mouse explored an ancient tomb, finding all kinds of interesting artifacts. However, he wasn’t expecting to find the original owner of those artifacts still guarding them! Happy Halloween from everyone at Micro-Trains!

#102 00 853...$28.95

End of WWII in the Pacific Honorary Car

2025 Marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, which began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and ended with the eventual unconditional surrender of the Japanese forces on September 2nd, 1945.

#101 00 840...$27.95

CP Rail 4-Car Runner Pack #239
Road Numbers 340213, 340278, 340330, 340349

Built in 1952 by Eastern Car Company, this CP Rail steel gondola has drop ends and a wood floor. With a capacity of 1746 cu.ft., these cars feature the Action Red Multimark paint scheme. The Multimark consisted of a red or black half square in a white half circle and was used from 1968 until it’s use slowly faded away in the late 1980’s.

#983 00 239...$114.95

MID-MONTH

CSX® “The Spirit of Grafton”
Road Number 903983

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

Pennsylvania Flatcars with Impeller on Girder Load

Pennsylvania Railroad was a Class 1 Railroad that was established in 1846. They operated over 11,640 miles of rail line in the 1920s and carried more traffic than comparable length railroads like Union Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe at the time. These flatcars feature an impeller load held up between the cars by a steel girder that connect them.

#983 02 282...$64.95

Penn Central MOW 4-Pack

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 02 283...$129.95

Penn Central MOW Baggage Car

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. Penn Central was formed through the merger of Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central, and operated until 1976 when it was rolled into Conrail Corporation.

#147 44 610...$29.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

Beyond Conrail Family Tree CR-NS & CR-CSX® 2-Pack

Built in the early to mid 1970’s, these 52 foot gondolas each had a recent lineage with Conrail as is evident by the can opener logo still visible through the weathering. The encircled “S” indicates they feature steel floors enabling transport of heavier loads.

#983 02 293...$59.95

CBRW Grain Train 4-Car Runner Pack #244

The Washington Grain Train started in 1994 and works with short line railways and BNSF within Washington to transport grain to deepwater ports for exporting grain to the Pacific Rim markets. While the freight cars are overseen by Washington State Department of Transportation, they have different reporting marks depending on which line they originate from. Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRW) runs roughly 27 cars in the grain train and interchange them with BNSF to reach Washington’s ports.

#983 00 244...$149.95

Union Pacific® ex/SP® Caboose

This caboose was built in 1980 as a Southern Pacific C-50-9 by Paccar, and was among the last cabooses Southern Pacific ordered. It was repainted into Union Pacific colors in the late 2010s and was used as a “shoving platform,” allowing crews to be on the lookout during reverse switching movements. 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.

#130 00 320...$37.95

Micro-Mouse Christmas 2025

Wishing that your holidays be Merry & Bright from everyone at Micro-Trains!

Light Up Version #102 00 854...$39.95 (Sold Out at Factory)
No Light Version #102 00 855...$29.95

Micro-Mouse Christmas 2025

Wishing that your holidays be Merry & Bright from everyone at Micro-Trains!

#505 00 490...$29.95