Micro-Trains June 2018 N Scale Announcements

May 29, 2018|Micro-Trains Line (MTL)

Union Pacific
RD#: UP 4302

This 78’ heavyweight paired-window coach is grey with white and black lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built for Union Pacific in the early 1920s, it was later repainted into the postwar twotone grey scheme. It continued to serve UP through the 1960s.

#145 00 190…$34.90

 

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CSX
RD#: CSXT 243618

This 2-bay covered hopper is beige with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built by Gunderson in Mexico in 2013, it displays the new “How tomorrow moves” CSX logo, often referred to as the “boxcar” logo.

#092 00 390…$28.60

 

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Norfolk & Western
RD#: N&W 286901

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding doors, no roofwalk and short ladders is black with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built for Nickel Plate in 1956, these double-door cars were repainted and renumbered into the N&W 286400-286899 series following the 1964 merger. They were equipped with Evans Air Packs

#182 00 060…$25.70

 

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Southern Pacific
RD#: SP 513958A/513958B

These 70’ husky stack well cars are red with white lettering and run on ASF Ride Control Trucks. Built late in Southern Pacific’s lifespan in 1992, these Gunderson Husky-Stack 125-ton well cars would accommodate containers up to 48’ in the lower well position. The Husky-Stack® well car was first introduced in 1990 at the International Intermodal Expo in Atlanta, GA.

#135 00 111…$29.90
#135 00 112…$29.90

 

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Union Pacific WWII POSTER SERIES CAR #5
RD#: USAX 19415

This 50’ troop sleeper is dark green and runs on Allied Full Cushion trucks. During WWII, Union Pacific produced a variety of morale- oosting posters that depicted the railroad’s involvement in supporting the war. This car features a young boy proudly showing his dad his military train.

#118 00 150…$25.95

 

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HEINZ SERIES CAR #10
RD#: HPFL 2042

This 40’ wood reefer is brown with decorated sides and runs on Arch Bar trucks. The H.J. Heinz Company was founded in 1869 by Henry John Heinz, first manufacturing horseradish. By the early 1900s, Heinz was manufacturing over 60 food products and relied heavily on their fleet of over 700 colorful billboard boxcars to distribute their products across the country.

#058 00 350…$28.95

 

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Canadian National
RD#: CN 551334

This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding doors and no roofwalk and short ladders is reddish brown with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in November, 1957 for Canadian National and assigned to auto parts service. It was later re-assigned in 1965 to general service and had its specialized loading racks removed.

#182 00 050…$24.25

 

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Great Northern
RD#: WFEX 72178

This 40’ double-sheathed wood reefer is brown with yellow sides and runs on Bettendorf trucks. It was built in the early part of the 20th entury, rebuilt in 1948, and again repainted and serviced in 1968. With a 1,987 cubic-foot capacity, this car had an aluminum roof and could carry up to 1,600 lbs of crushed ice.

#047 00 420…$29.80

 

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Milwaukee Road
RD#: MILW 592425

This 40’ outside braced box car with 1-1/2 Doors and vertical brakewheel is brown with white lettering and runs on Andrews trucks. Built in 1925 for Milwaukee Road’s automobile parts service, it continued to serve in various capacities in its as-built form through the 1950s.

#040 00 040…$19.90

 

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Undec 70’ Husky Stack Well Car

#135 00 000…$22.50

 

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Burlington Northern 4-pack
RD#: 621392, 621408, 621453, 621519

60’ Bulkhead Flat Car w/lumber load

#993 00 142…$119.95

 

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Weyerhaeuser Log Car 4-pack
RD#: 744, 751, 762, 772

40’ Log Car with log load

#993 00 143…$94.95

 

 

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Cotton Belt ‘Daylight’ Heavyweight 5-pack
Comes with: 10-1-2 Sleeper, Observation, Mail Baggage, Baggage, and Diner Cars

#993 01 720…$149.95

 

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Canadian Pacific
RD#: 1299/1298

These SW1500 locomotives are red with white lettering and run on Flexicoil trucks. Originally built in 1967 for Richmond Frederick & Potomac, these switchers were used in both yard and transfer service throughout the carriers’ terminal areas through the late 1980s when they were absorbed by CSX. They were later sold to Omnitrax Leasing and repainted and leased to Canadian Pacific in 2001.

#986 00 131…Rd#1299…$174.95
#986 00 132…Rd#1298…$174.95