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November New Items.

                     
Pics Item Description.  Price £
Micro-Trains 0730 0081
Missouri Kansas Texas. Road Number #5532
These 40' standard box cars with single doors, tall ladders and no roofwalks are painted red with white billboard logos and lettering. They were built in November and December 1954 (respectively), serviced in July 1971 and run on Roller Bearing trucks. MKT owned an ammunitions plant located on-line in McAlester, OK; the rebuilt cars were assigned to this plant, connecting with US Naval and Army storage facilities in Northern California. The extra large billboard “MKT” paint scheme was intended to alert all railroads of their dangerous load from great distances.
17.70  
Micro-Trains 0730 0082
Missouri Kansas Texas. Road Number #5535
17.70  
Micro-Trains 0940 0280
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern. Road Number #51059
This three-bay ACF covered hopper with elongated hatches is painted yellow with blue logo, black lettering and white reflectors. It was built in April 1996 by Trinity Industries of Saginaw, TX, and runs on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. DM&E Railroad began operations in 1986. Today it is one of the largest regional (Class II) railroads in the United States, with 1,103 miles of track located principally in South Dakota and Minnesota. The DM&E's mainline extends from the Mississippi River at Winona, Minnesota, across southern Minnesota and central South Dakota to Rapid City.
20.05  
Micro-Trains 0830 0060
Denver & Rio Grande Western®. Road Number #46400
This 40' drop-bottom gondola is painted black with white logo and lettering. It was built in January 1948 by Pressed Steel Car, serviced in January 1964 at the Burnham Shops in Denver, CO, and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. The D&RGW dropbottom gondolas serviced through the 1970s wore the 1939 flying "Rio Grande" paint scheme. Due to their capacity, the 50-ton cars were retired in the mid-1970s.
16.55  
Micro-Trains 0660 0040
Penn Central. Road Number #70755
This ACF three-dome tank car is painted green with white logo and lettering. It was built in January 1916 by American Car & Foundry in Milton, PA, and serviced in January 1972. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. Originally built for Ozark Oil Line, this tanker has run the rails for many years. In service to the Penn Central, this class TM8B non-revenue car carried clean and dirty lube oil between Altoona and Hollidaysburg, PA.
18.60  
Micro-Trains 1250 0070
CSX Transportation®. Road Number #292336
This three-bay Ortner rapid discharge hopper is painted black with yellow logo and lettering. It was built in August 1966 by Ortner Freight Car Company in Cincinnati, OH. It runs on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. The Ortner Freight Car Company of Cincinnati, Ohio (now Trinity Industries) built two-bay, three-bay and four-bay versions of the Rapid Discharge hopper. The 'Rapid Discharge' design self-clears through the rails within 30 seconds and is perfect for carrying heavy aggregate. Most of the three-bays were owned by, and in captive service of, construction & utility companies. The fleets were used for the transport of heavy material like stone aggregate, iron ore or limestone.
18.60  
Micro-Trains 0220 0110
Canadian Pacific. Road Number #100190
This 40' standard box car with plug and sliding doors is painted box car red with white lettering and logo. It was built in October 1962 by National Steel Car, Canada, and serviced in May 1967. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. The combination of a 6' plug door and 8' sliding door provides a more versatile car for freight than a single door. The staggered 14'-wide door openings facilitate the shipment of lumber and other bulky and palletized products. The extra width allows for the mechanized loading and unloading of these commodities. When a single-door car is required, the 6' plug door is closed and locked.
15.05  
Micro-Trains 1090 0220
Union Pacific®. Road Number #100190
This heavyweight depressed center flat car is painted brown with yellow lettering. It was built in April 1953 and serviced in April 1972 and runs on Commonwealth trucks. This particular flat car was delivered with Buckeye trucks and changes to Commonwealth at the time it was serviced. UP 50000 was gone from the roster by October 1996.
16.95  

October New Items.

Pics Item Description.  Price £
1110 0121 TTX/Ferromex. Road Number TTGX 922134.
These 89’ tri-level closed auto racks have yellow flat cars, white roofs, excess height ends, and aluminum sides. They’re lettered in white and black and roll on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. The flat cars, owned by the TTX Corp., were built in January 1972 and rebuilt in February 1989. The end racks, owned by Ferromex Corp., were built in February 1985 and rebuilt in January 1995. Ferromex is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railroad in Mexico.
   
1110 0122 TTX/Ferromex. Road Number TTGX 992239.
These 89’ tri-level closed auto racks have yellow flat cars, white roofs, excess height ends, and aluminum sides. They’re lettered in white and black and roll on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. The flat cars, owned by the TTX Corp., were built in January 1972 and rebuilt in February 1989. The end racks, owned by Ferromex Corp., were built in February 1985 and rebuilt in January 1995. Ferromex is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railroad in Mexico.
   
0340 0340 Western Pacific® Road Number WP 3004.
This 50’ standard box car with double doors is painted brown with silver logos and lettering. It was built in April 1964 by Pullman Standard and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. The last 10 cars of this 100-car order were equipped with Evans DF belt rails and cross member-type loaders suitable for general service. By the mid-1970s the cars were re-equipped and re-numbered.
   
1010 0080 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Road Number CB&Q 19864.
This 40’ Hy-Cube box car with single door is painted Chinese Red with white logo and lettering. It was built in November 1967 by Pullman Standard in Bessemer, AL, and runs on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. Mini Hy-Cubes were specifically designed for use in large appliance service, assigned to specific appliance corporations such as Whirlpool, Admiral and Philco. This particular car was fitted with twin Equipco load dividers. The mini Hy-Cube phase was short-lived, quickly overshadowed by longer and bigger cars.
   
1130 0740 Disconnect Log Car, New Log Load!!
Produced at the dawn of the 20th Century, these Disconnects were the backbone of a number of standard and narrow gauge railroads throughout the Western United States. Our model represents an all steel version equipped with Hercules Logging Bunks that swivel as the prototype does. The resin log load is secured with scale brass tie down chains. The model also features Magne-Matic® Couplers on both ends of each car as was prototypical.
17.80  
0560 0390 Baltimore & Ohio®, Road Number B&O 056 00 390.
This 33’ twin bay hopper with rib sides is painted black with white logos and lettering. It was built in November 1918, serviced in 1948, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This hopper began life as (Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway) BR&P 55134, later becoming B&O 726134 after B&O took over operations from BR&P sometime in January 1932.
13.25  
1080 0100 Union Pacific®, Road Number UP 18121.
This 100-ton three-bay hopper is painted UP synthetic red with yellow logos and lettering; it comes with a coal load. It was built in October 1962 by Bethlehem Steel and runs on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. The AAR designation “HT” designates this as an open top, self-clearing car with fixed sides and ends, consisting of three or more divided hoppers. The hopper doors are hinged crosswise and dump between the rails.
15.10  
0210 0190 American Colloid Company, Road Number LOVX 990.
This 40' standard box car with plug door is painted reefer orange with an aluminium roof. The black and white panther logo decorates the side of this car, with red "Thanks for your order" proudly displayed. LOVX has black lettering and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. LOVX 990 was originally a DT&I car built in 1919 and most recently serviced and repainted at the DT&I Jackson, OH shops in 1969. It was likely used to transport industrial salt.
15.15  
9930 0017 Sinclair Runner Pack, Road Numbers: 12118, 12120, 12163, 12166. 54.99
9930 0018 Pennsylvania Railroad Runner Pack, Road Numbers: 363222, 363236, 363300, 363305. 42.50

September New Items.

Pics Item Description.  Price £
Micro-Trains 0830 0051 Great Northern. Road Number 75556
These 40' drop-bottom gondolas are painted mineral red with white 'Great Northern' logo and lettering. They were built in July 1937, serviced in 1948, and run on Bettendorf trucks. This early paint scheme using gothic sans serif lettering was applied to new freight cars until 1956, and rebuilt cars through the 1970s; in 1956 the slant serif lettering was used on new cars.
   
  0830 0052 Great Northern. Road Number 75622    
Micro-Trains 1100 0110 CASCO. Road Number #17116
This 56' general service tank car is painted black with large white and red CASCO logo and white lettering. It was built in May 1984 and runs on Barber® Roller Bearing trucks. Owned by GATX Rail Canada, a Canadian affiliate of General Tank Car Co., CGTX 17116 was one of a 25-car series leased by Casco for transporting corn syrup. Casco Inc. is one of Canada’s principal producers and suppliers of high-quality food ingredients and industrial products.
   
Micro-Trains 0310 0370 Kansas City Southern. Road Number #400
This 50' standard box car with single door is painted black with white lettering and red and yellow bands. It was built in October 1941 by Pullman-Standard, serviced in March 1948, and runs on Allied Full Cushion trucks. Originally numbered into series 25100-25288, KCS 400 is one of four cars converted into express box cars by KCS in 1948. These cars were equipped with special racks for loading Chevrolet front axles.
23.99  
Micro-Trains 0310 0076 Chesapeake & Ohio®. Road Number #21494
This 50' standard box car with single door wears two of the experimental paint schemes, each side painted C&O dark blue with 3" and 31" yellow bands each on a different side along the bottom. The left side bears the Chessie kitten emblem; the right side carries the C&O logo. The car is lettered in blue on yellow and yellow on blue. This car, sixth of six in the 'Cameo Car Series,' was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of Yellow striping along with monograms and the recently adopted "Futura Demi-Bold" font.
32.85  
Micro-Trains 0550 0370 MONON. Road Number #41501
This black 33' twin bay hopper with offset sides displays large yellow 'MONON' letters, 'The Hoosier Line' black Bettendorf trucks. The Monon Railroad (AAR reporting marks CIL, MON), also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway from 1897-1956, operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971, and much of the former Monon right of way is operated today by CSX Transportation.
18.05  
Micro-Trains 0340 0200 New York Central. Road Number #47030
This 50' standard box car with double doors is painted Century Green with black ends and roof. The side bears the New York Central 'cigar band' logo in black and white with red 'New York' letters. Lettering is in white. It was built in November 1959 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. #47030 is from a 100-car fleet, 26 of which were still in service as of 1981. XML standard box cars are loader-equipped and fully or partially lined with steel perforated side rails, or stanchions and cross members for the securing of certain types of lading or permanently attached moveable bulkheads.
15.95  
Micro-Trains 0470 0320 Erie. Road Number #39480
This 40' double-sheathed wood reefer is painted box car red, yellow sides and black logo and lettering. It was built in January 1937 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This reefer was leased by Union Refrigerator Transit Lines from Erie Railroad. It's capable of carrying 2,073 cubic feet of freight and boasts permanent floor racks.
17.45  

August New Items.

Micro-Trains
Pics Item Description.  Price £
Micro-Trains 0840 0021 Southern Pacific® Road Number SP 352005
These 40' drop bottom gondolas with side extensions are painted box car red with white 'SP' logo and white stenciling. End lettering is white. They were built in September 1946 by Pressed Steel Car Company and serviced in February 1965 in Fresno, CA. They run on Bettendorf trucks. Originally numbered as 89854-90403 series, these Class G-50-18 gondolas were fitted with different height extensions in the 1950s and renumbered into the 35000 series.
20.35  
  0840 0022 Southern Pacific® Road Number SP 352010 20.35  
Micro-Trains 0990 0060 Boston & Maine. Road Number BM 5404
This 40' Evans three-bay covered hopper is painted B&M blue with white logo and lettering. It was built in January 1979 by Evans Products Company and runs on Barber® roller bearing trucks. In 1988, most of the Evans covered hopper lease fleet was acquired by the Pullman Leasing Company, given PLCX reporting marks and renumbered. The primary commodity for these cars is grain.
15.60  
Micro-Trains 0530 0520 Northwestern Oklahoma. Road Number GNOKL 728102
This 60' Centerbeam flat car is painted white with blue lettering and carries two different lumber loads. It was built in July 1978 by Gunderson Manufacturing Company and runs on Barber® roller bearing trucks. The Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Woodward, OK, providing switching services for industrial customers. It interchanges with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Woodward.
23.05  
Micro-Trains 1140 0080 Modern Log Car w/ Uprights
This body style is typical of the log cars used on standard gauge railroads across the United States. This release carries a new square timber load.
14.99  
Micro-Trains 0310 0075 Chesapeake & Ohio®. Road Number C&O 21457
This 50' standard box car with Youngstown door wears two of the experimental paint schemes, each side C&O dark blue with 12" and 36" yellow bands each on a different side. Each side bears the Chessie kitten emblem. The car is lettered in blue on yellow and yellow on blue. This car, fifth of six in the 'Cameo Car Series,' was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and runs on roller bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of Yellow striping along with monograms and the recently adopted "Futura Demi-Bold" font.
33.70  
Micro-Trains 0770 0163 Newfoundland & Labrador Providence Car. Road Number NL 1949
This 50' Standard Box Car with single superior door is Car #13 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It displays the Atlantic Puffin and Pitcher Plant flower, Newfoundland & Labrador official provincial bird and flower. The flag of Newfoundland & Labrador is in the background. The road number 1949 represents the year the Newfoundland & Labrador joined the Confederation.
15.50  
Micro-Trains 0650 0170 Shippers Car Line Corp. Road Number S.H.P.X. 7675
This black 39' single dome tank car has white lettering and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Shippers' Car Line is a division of ACF Industries and operates cars under the SHPX reporting marks. Many cars were leased out to private companies. The diamond symbol on the dome denotes the manway bolted cover (dome closure) has a built-in safety feature so that internal commodity vapour pressure can't cause the cover to spring up when releasing the bolts. Newer tank cars we required to have this feature, eliminating the need for the symbol.
15.35  
Micro-Trains 0350 0110 Texas & Pacific. Road Number T&P 21600
This 50' despatch stock car is painted box car red with white stenciling. It was built in July 1920 by Pullman Car Manufacturing Corp. of Birmingham, AL, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. T&P 21600 was assigned to series 21000-21699.
10.95  

July New Items.

Pics Item Description.  Price £
0840 0011 Spokane, Portland & Seattle Road Numbers SP&S 22408.
These 40' drop bottom gondolas with side extensions are painted box car red with large white 'SP&S' letters and white stenciling. They carry wood chip loads and run on Bettendorf trucks. The Pressed Steel Car Company originally built this group of gondolas in 1948 for the D&RGW. The 1950s saw the rapid development of the paper industry in the Pacific Northwest. As a result, the SP&S began purchasing the second-hand drop bottom gondolas and adding wood side extensions to increase the capacity. They were acquired and converted between August 1964 and 1965, and numbered into the 22400-22474 series.
18.99  
0840 0012 Spokane, Portland & Seattle Road Numbers SP&S 22410. 15.70  
0660 0030

Pan-Am / Shippers Car Line Road Number SHPX 66.

This three-dome tank car is painted black with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. It was built by American Car & Foundry in May 1930 for Shippers Car Line—one of a four-car order in Lot #1137. Shippers leased to the Mexican Petroleum Corporation. The three-dome tank cars were designed to carry small quantities of multiple products, such as several grades of motor oil, gasoline or chemicals to be shipped in one car. American Car & Foundry began production of three-dome tank cars in 1930 and continued through 1946.
19.30  
0560 0290 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Road Number GM&O 60173
This 33' twin-bay hopper with rib sides is painted black with white herald and lettering. It was built in March 1944, serviced in May 1964, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This car was originally part of lot 2637, a 750-car build for the Alton as a war emergency composite hopper. The cars were converted to all steel in the 1950s.
15.99  
1140 0070 Modern Log Car w/ Uprights.
This body style is typical of the log cars used on standard gauge railroads across the United States. This release carries a square timber load.
14.99  
0310 0074 Chesapeake & Ohio® Road Number C&O 21294.
This 50' standard box car with Youngstown door wears two of the experimental paint schemes, each side with MOW gray and yellow bands. The right side of the car bears the C&O logo; the other side with the Chessie logo. This car, fourth of six in the 'Cameo Car Series,' was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and runs on roller bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of Yellow striping along with monograms and the recently adopted “Futura Demi-Bold” font.
28.99  
1080 0060 Denver & Rio Grande Western® Road Number D&RGW 14975.
This black 100-ton 3-bay open hopper with coal load proudly displays the ‘Rio Grande’ name in white speed lettering and runs on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. This car, built by Bethlehem Steel Company August of 1966, was delivered in black with white lettering on the sides and ends. This Class HT hopper was seen working Through the mid-eighties.
14.40  
0280 0120 Canadian Pacific Road Number CP 230103.
This box car red 40’ outside braced box car with single door proudly displays the ‘Canadian Pacific’ name in white gothic lettering and runs on black arch bar trucks. When built in March of 1921, this box car had special hopper doors fabricated into the floor for grain service. The hoppers could be covered on the inside of the car to allow service as an ordinary box car. The hopper doors were removed during the 1930s. Canadian Car & Foundry, National Steel Car, Eastern Car Company and Canadian Pacific’s own shops built 9,000 of these cars between 1920 and 1921.
10.85  
0380 0412 USS Constitution Navy Series #12 Road Number IX-21.
USS Constitution, known as “Old Ironsides,” is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named after the United States Constitution, she is the oldest commissioned ship afloat in the world. The Constitution was one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and was launched in 1797. Joshua Humphreys designed them to be the Navy’s capital ships and so Constitution and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed than the standard frigates of the period.
16.10  

June New Items.

Pics Item Description.  Price £
0660 0020 Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp. Road Number NATX 7018.
This three dome tank car is painted aluminium on the upper part of the tank and black on the lower. Lettered in black with Bettendorf trucks, this tanker was built in January 1932 by American Car & Foundry in Milton, PA. The vast majority of tankers through the steam era were single-compartment cars for transporting 6,000 to 10,000 gallons of one commodity. The three-dome tank cars were designed to carry smaller quantities of multiple products, such as several grades of motor oil, gasoline or chemicals to be shipped in one car.
15.90  
0770 0120 Illinois Central Gulf. Road Number ICG 511308.
This 50’ standard box car with single Superior door and no roof walk is painted orange with large black logo and lettering, and runs on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. Illinois Central Gulf railroad was formed by the merger of the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad Company in 1972. After merging, the railroad operated in 13 states. Today, the IC ships freight and operates passenger trains for Amtrak. It was a subsidiary of IC Industries, Inc. (later Whitman Corp.), a holding company formed in 1962. The railroad was privatized in 1989 and merged with Canadian National Railway Company (CN) in 1999.
10.65  
0550 0340 Delaware & Hudson. Road Number D&H 9471.
This 33’ twin bay hopper with offset sides is painted box car red with white herald and lettering. It was built by Bethlehem Steel in April 1967 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Hopper 9471 was serviced and repainted oxide red with D&H billboard scheme at Oneonta, NY, in March 1971. Hoppers like these carried a variety of loads including coal, iron ore and ballast.
13.15  
1050 0516 Florida East Coast. Road Number FEC 3842.
This 50’ steel side, 15-panel fixed end gondola is painted beige with white lettering and carries a sand load. It was built in May 1968, serviced in 2001 and runs on roller bearing trucks. This gondola was originally part of a 50-car series in general service to FEC. Many in this series were converted for specialized uses such as corn, aggregate and cement, hay or cross ties. Five of these cars were entered into MOW service and renumbered 3841, 3842, 3855, 3856 and 3865.
12.70  
0200 0786 Lehigh Valley. Road Number LV 62008.
This 40’ standard box car with single door is painted box car red with white lettering. It displays the black diamond ‘LV’ logo and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Built June of 1947 by Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing, this series of cars was the first delivered for one of the most successful freight car designs, the PS-1 box car. Over 76,000 PS-1s were built by Pullman-Standard between 1947 and 1968.
9.60  

0310 0073 Chesapeake & Ohio®. Road Number C&O 21463.
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door wears two of the experimental paint schemes, each side with color blocks of unique dimensions. This car, third of six in the ‘Cameo Car Series,’ was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and runs on roller bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of yellow striping along with monograms and the recently adopted “Futura Demi-Bold” font.
32.40  
0440 0061 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Road Numbers ATSF 90820.
These 50’ flat cars with straight sides, side mount brake wheels and steel plate loads are painted box car red with white lettering and run on archbar trucks. The American Car & Foundry built these flat cars in December of 1929. The ampersand in the road number hints at the cars’ age; the railroad excluded that character from its road numbers in 1938. Santa Fe began life as a line following the Santa Fe Trail, assisting westward-bound immigrants.
10.30  
0440 0062 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Road Numbers ATSF 90835. 10.30  
0770 0162 Northwest Territories Province Car. Road Number NT 1870.
This 50’ standard box car with single Superior door is car #12 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It displays the Gyr Falcon and Mountain Avens flower, the Northwest Territories official territorial bird and flower. The flag of the Northwest Territories is in the background. The road number 1870 represents the year the Northwest Territories joined the Confederation.
12.75  

May New Items.

   
Pics Item Description.  Price £
Micro-Trains 0830 0041 Northern Pacific, Road Numbers #53200
These 40’ drop bottom gondolas are painted black with white logos and lettering. They were built by Pressed Steel Car Company in November 1936, serviced
in July 1964 and run on Bettendorf trucks. These tough drop bottom cars were more versatile than the open hoppers or solid bottom gondolas. They were seen
well into the 1970s, even after the NP merger with Burlington Northern.
11.80  
  0830 0042 Northern Pacific, Road Numbers #53035 11.80  
Micro-Trains 1210 0090 Canadian National, Road Number #52277
This scale test car is painted red with white “Wet Noodle” logo and white lettering. It was built by Eastern Car Company of Trenton, Nova Scotia, in March 1957 and serviced in September 1975. Charged with the responsibility of keeping all the track, truck, baggage and freight scales on their respective lines in perfect condition, the scale inspector’s arrival was often preceded by the appearance of the small scale test car. The scale test cars were always to be hauled just in front of the caboose. Immediately upon arrival at the terminal, they were set aside and subjected to a minimum of switching. Under no circumstances were they to be used in switching other cars in the train.
10.20  
Micro-Trains 0850 0060 Central Vermont, Road Number #20018
This 33’ panel-side twin bay hopper is painted mineral red with white herald and lettering. It was originally built in June 1912, but was rebuilt into the panel-side hopper in December 1948 and re-built many times after that. It runs on Andrews trucks. Principally used for rebuilding, the raised panel sides featured on this model was originally developed out of a need to provide parts to repair heavily used and rusted hoppers and increase capacity at the same time.
13.75  
Micro-Trains 0310 0072 Chesapeake & Ohio®, Road Number C&O 21299
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door wears two of the experimental paint schemes, each side similar with the colours reversed. The shape used here is a diagonal ‘chevron’ shape across each side, adorned with the Chessie kitten.
Lettering is in yellow and blue. This car, second of six in the ‘Cameo Car Series,’ was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and serviced in May 1956. It runs on roller bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of yellow striping along with monograms and the recently adopted “Futura Demi-Bold” font. Five of the six cars received two different schemes per side. These “Cameo” schemes were intended to promote Chessies (LCL) less-than-carload service.
24.95  
Micro-Trains 0380 0411 USS Midway Navy Series #11, Road Number CV-41
USS Midway, an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, was the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2004 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship. Her revolutionary hull design was based on what would have been the Montana class battleships and gave her superior manoeuvrability over all previous carriers.
13.25  
Micro-Trains 0380 0161 Burlington Northern, Road Number #745452
These 50’ standard box cars with plug door and no roofwalks are painted yellow with black heralds and lettering. They were built in December 1961, serviced in February 1971, and run on Barber® roller bearing trucks. These nonrefrigerated insulated cars were used by Western Fruit Express which was originally a subsidiary of Great Northern, predecessor of Burlington Northern.
9.70  
  0380 0162 Burlington Northern, Road Number #745455 9.70  

Pics Item Description.  Price £
Micro-Trains 0660 0011

Shell Chemical Company, Road Number 651

These three dome tank cars are painted orange and black with black herald and lettering. Built in October 1941, they run on Bettendorf trucks. While the single dome tankers were generally intended to carry a large quantity of a single commodity, the three dome tankers were designed to carry smaller quantities of multiple products such as motor oil, gasoline or chemicals. ACF began producing these cars in 1934 and continued through 1946.
15.900  
  0660 0012 Shell Chemical Company, Road Number 652 15.90  
Micro-Trains 0830 0031

Western Pacific®, Road Number 9248

12.500  
  0830 0032 Western Pacific®, Road Number 9264. 12.50  
Micro-Trains 0990 0050 Milwaukee Road, Road Number 98762
This Evans three bay covered hopper is painted aluminum with black herald and lettering. It was built in 1966 for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway from an order of a 10 cars on Lot #16001. This car is a 4750-cuft, three Compartment aluminum covered hopper with 100-ton Barber® roller bearing trucks. Corrosion resistance and the lightweight of aluminum made it especially suited to the construction of large covered hoppers. The 4750-cuft aluminum covered hopper car offers a payload of 105 tons, nearly 7 profit-tons more than a steel car of comparable size.
11.75  
Micro-Trains 0310 0071 Chesapeake & Ohio®, Road Number 21290
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door is painted black Chessie cat monogram and Chessie script herald. Lettering is in yellow. This car, first of six in the ‘Cameo Car Series,’ was built in May 1956 by Pullman Standard and serviced in May 1956. It runs on roller bearing trucks. All of the Cameo Series car designs feature varying widths of Yellow striping along with monograms and the recently adopted “Futura Demi-Bold” font. Five of the six cars received two different schemes per side. These “Cameo” schemes were intended to promote Chessie’s (LCL) less-than-carload service.
20.90  
Micro-Trains 0770 0161 Nunavut Provincial Car, Road Number 1999
This 50’ standard box car with single Superior door is car #11 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It displays the Rock Ptarmigan and Purple Saxifrage flower, Nunavut’s official territorial bird and flower. The flag of the territory of Nunavut is in the background. The road number 1999 represents the year the “Our Land, Our Strength” territory joined the Confederation.
12.75  
Micro-Trains 0310 0250 Northern Pacific, Road Number 1265
This 50’ standard box car with Youngstown door is painted dark green with a horizontal white stripe across the sides and doors. The car displays the Monad logo, “Scenic Route of the Vista Dome” lettering, the arched “Northern Pacific lettering and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Originally, these 50’ single door cars built by NP in October 1950 were part of series 31000-31499. Some from this group were converted into “DF” service by the Northern Pacific at Brainerd in 1954-1956 and painted into NP’s dark green with the “DF” medallion on the door advertising the accommodations for their shippers. They were re-numbered into the 1100-1295 series.
13.05  
Micro-Trains 0320 0120 Seaboard Coast Line®
Road Number SCL 635336
This 50’ standard box car with plug door is painted black with a yellow logo and lettering. Built in 1972, it runs on black roller bearing trucks. The Seaboard Air Line merged with the Atlantic Coast Line on July 1, 1967, to form The Seaboard Coast Line. About 1974, SCL began advertising itself as “The Family Lines.” The title was a marketing device, not a corporate name. The names in this family: SCL, Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, Georgia Railroad, and the West Point Route. The SCL continued to operate trains of its predecessors. On November 1, 1980, SCL and Chessie System were merged into the CSX Corporation. On December 29, 1982, Louisville & Nashville was merged into SCL to form the Seaboard System Railroad.
10.655  

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MicroTrains 1050 0160 Chesapeake & Ohio® Road Number 31630
This 50’ steel side fixed end gondola is painted black with white lettering. It was built in April 1952 by General American Transportation Corporation and serviced in April 1958. It runs on roller bearing trucks. The series was originally built for general service, yet over half of the series was later converted to specialized uses: Coil steel, ferro-manganese ore, containers and glass.
12.700  
Micro-Trains 1050 0150 Reading Company. Road Number 33174
This 50’ steel side fixed end gondola is painted black with white lettering. It was built in July 1951 by Bethlehem Steel and serviced in September 1976. It runs on roller bearing trucks. The large ‘READING’ is spelled out in speed lettering and precedes the 1969 introduction of the green and yellow paint scheme. After this gondola was serviced in September 1976, it retained its original ‘built scheme’ and has been relegated to company scrap service.
12.15  
Micro-Trains 0200 0756 Union Pacific®. Road Number 903658
This 40’ standard box car with single door is painted aluminium with black logo, slogan and lettering. It was built in May 1940 and serviced in October 1963. It runs on roller bearing trucks. This car, now in company service, has been carefully painted aluminium in mixed schemes applied from the years 1950, 1952 and 1956. Last serviced in October 1963, the car was spotted assigned to motive power and machinery department service at Cheyenne, Wyoming, in June 1992.
10.45  
Micro-Trains 0200 0776 Denver & Rio Grande Western®. Road Number AX-69035.
This 40’ standard box car with single door is painted aluminium with black logo and lettering. It was built in April 1941 and serviced in January 1969. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. It is now in company service, assigned as a tool car for the SB-1 side-boom Cat outfit. Last serviced in January 1969, it was stationed at Minturn, Colorado, for years in MOW service. It was spotted in 1975 in silver MOW paint.
10.45  
Micro-Trains 1210 0070 Burlington Northern. Road Number 979001
This scale test car is painted yellow and lettered in green. It was built in April 1978 and charged with the responsibility of keeping all the track, truck, baggage and freight scales on their respective lines in perfect condition. The scale inspector’s arrival was often preceded by the appearance of this small scale test car. The scale test cars were always to be hauled just in front of the caboose. Immediately upon arrival at the terminal, they were set aside and subjected to a minimum of switching; under no circumstances were they to be used in switching other cars in
the train.
9.05  
Micro-Trains 1210 0080 New Haven. Road Number M-23
This scale test car is painted black with gold ends and is lettered in black on the sides and black on the ends. It was built by Lake Erie Engineering Corporation in 1940. Charged with the responsibility of keeping all the track, truck, baggage and freight scales on their respective lines in perfect condition, the scale inspector’s arrival was often preceded by the appearance of the small scale test car. The scale test cars were always to be hauled just in front of the caboose. Immediately upon arrival at the terminal, they were set aside and subjected to a minimum of switching; under no circumstances were they to be used in switching other cars in the train.
12.15  
Micro-Trains 0380 0410 USS Astoria Navy Series #10
Road Number CA-34
USS Astoria was one of three heavy cruisers guarding the northern approach to Guadalcanal and Tulagi, and was the only one afloat after a blistering night action against a Japanese cruiser force. However, she was gravely damaged in this Battle of Savo Island. Though her crew struggled all through the morning of 9 August to save their ship, USS Astoria succumbed to her wounds shortly after noon, sinking into the depths of a body of water that would soon be called “Iron Bottom Sound,” in recognition of all the ships that were lost there.
13.25  
MIcro-Trains 0370 0030 Southern Railway
Road Number SOU 43039
This 50’ standard box car with double doors and no roofwalk is painted box car red with white and green logo and white lettering. It was built in February 1962 and serviced in December 1981. It runs on roller bearing trucks. This car has been fitted with bulkheads, side rub rails and doorway bars, though equipment varies within the series. Its in assigned service to Conrail at Buffalo, New York.
15.80  
MIcro-Trains 0940 0200 Illinois Central. Road Number 799626
This three-bay covered hopper with elongated hatches is painted dark grey with white lettering. It was built in December 1996 and runs on roller bearing trucks. It was built in Canada by National Steel Car of Hamilton, Ontario. Illinois Central is a partner of Canadian National; by lettering the cars for an American railroad, it allowed CN to avoid Canadian sales taxes.
16.95  

February New Items.

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1080 0181
Southern Pacific®, Road Number #481087

These 100-ton three-bay open hoppers are painted freight car red with white logos and lettering. They were built in September 1977 by American Car & Foundry and run on Barber® roller bearing trucks.
14.50  
1080 0182 Southern Pacific®, Road Number  #481089 14.50  
0380 0470 Napierville Junction, Road Number #801
This 50' standard box car with plug door and no roofwalk has yellow sides, black ends and an aluminum roof. It bears blue and white lettering and runs on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. Napierville Junction Railway was the corporate arm of the Delaware & Hudson Railway in Canada. It operated some 28 miles of line between the U.S. border at Rouses Point, N.Y. and a junction with the CP and CN at St. Constant, Quebec, 20 miles southwest of Montreal. Canadian Pacific absorbed the NJ reporting mark into their listings by 1992 when it purchased D&H.
16.75  
0850 0050 St. Louis-San Francisco, Road Number #87422
This 33' USRA panel-side twin-bay hopper is painted black with white logo and lettering, and is released with a coal load. It was built in May 1923 and serviced in February 1935. It runs on Andrews trucks. The hoppers in this series were re-built many times with some of the series receiving panel sides in 1935. The remaining hoppers in the series kept their flat sides.
13.75  
0730 0090 Illinois Central, Road Number #31920
This 40' standard box car with single Superior door, tall ladders and no roofwalk is painted freight car red with white logo and lettering. It was built in October 1948, serviced in November 1967, and runs on Bettendorf trucks. This car, one of a group of 1500 XM box cars, uses a six-foot Superior door and was repainted into IC’s brand new ‘split rail’ "Mainline of Mid-America" scheme in November 1967.
11.75  
0710 0080 Alaska Railroad, Road Number #18519
This 89' 4" TOFC flat car is painted blue with white stencilling and runs on blue Barber® roller bearing trucks. The Alaska Railroad Corporation is a self-sustaining, full-service railroad serving ports and communities from the Gulf of Alaska to Fairbanks. Owned by the State of Alaska since 1985, the railroad is governed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the Governor of Alaska.
19.90  
0770 0160 Manitoba Provincial Car, Road Number  #1870
This 50' standard box car with single Superior door is car #10 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It displays the Great Grey Owl and Prairie Crocus flower, Manitoba's official provincial bird and flower. The flag of the Province of Manitoba is in the background. The road number 1870 represents the year the "Glorious and Free" province joined the Confederation.
12.75  
0460 0030 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Road Number #82182
This red 50' gondola with fishbelly sides and drop ends displays large, white "Burlington" letters, white stenciling and the "Burlington Route" herald. It exhibits white lettering and runs on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. Last shopped in July 1959, this gondola was one of 200 built in 1955. From Lake Michigan to the Rockies, and from Montana to the Gulf of Mexico, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and its subsidiaries operated 12,000 miles of track in 14 states.
13.40  
0200 0150 Port Huron & Detroit, Road Number #1309
This 40' standard box car with single Superior door is painted blue with white stencilling, white and red "PHD" herald, and white "St. Clair Blue Water Route" lettering. It runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Originally built in October 1947, this box car was rebuilt by the U.S. Railway Equipment Company in February 1966.
12.95  

January New Items.

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0270 0300 Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Road Number #714083.
This 50' rib side box car with plug door and no roofwalk is painted box car red with white Burlington Northern circle cross and lettering. It was built in March 1975 and runs on roller bearing trucks. This car is one of over 400 cars in its series. Paint schemes varied somewhat within the series, suggesting the series may have been comprised of many similar cars not necessarily built at the same time or part of the same build order.
10.65  
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