This 50’ Rib side box car with plug door and no roofwalk is painted blue with white lettering and aluminum roof. It was built by National Steel Car in 1979 and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.  In 1970, CN’s three U.S. subsidiaries: Grand Trunk Western; Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific; and Central Vermont began to operate together as the Grand Trunk Corporation.  Today, CN and its subsidiaries operate as CN North America.

These 50’ standard box cars with double doors are painted brown with white lettering and herald, and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.  Built by Southern Pacific®, as part of series 209548-210547, at the Sacramento Shops in 1955.  These double-door cars are two of thousands built during the ‘50s to meet the growing demand for larger doors, permitting the use of fork-lifts and larger loading devices.

These 50’ standard box cars with double doors are painted brown with white lettering and herald, and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.  Built by Southern Pacific®, as part of series 209548-210547, at the Sacramento Shops in 1955.  These double-door cars are two of thousands built during the ‘50s to meet the growing demand for larger doors, permitting the use of fork-lifts and larger loading devices.

This 50’ steel side, 14 Panel, fixed end gondola with low cover is painted black with yellow lettering.  Built in 1964 as part of series 700515-700822, it ran on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.  This gondola has an AAR designation of GBSR.  GB defined by the AAR as “An Open Top Car, having fixed sides, fixed or drop ends and solid bottom, suitable for (steel) mill trade.

This 100 Ton 3-Bay open hopper with rib sides is painted UP synthetic red with yellow lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks.  It was built in 1962 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation as part of series 17950- 18199.  The AAR designation HT identifies the car as an open top self-clearing car with fixed sides and ends and bottom consisting of three or more divided hoppers with doors hinged crosswise of car and dumping between rails.

This 89’ tri-level closed auto rack is from TTBX series 965419-965508 built by Bethlehem Steel Corp., in 1975 and then rebuilt in 2014.  This new group of rebuilt BNSF enclosed auto racks arrived in bright orange rather than TTX Yellow, and were painted with the new BNSF logo.

Perfect for many branchline or shortline service facilities.  Add a few Stewart accessories on the same track and keep your small locos running in tip-top shape betwen the 1472 day inspections. (OOPS! 1472s are for steam loco boilers!)

*Kit comes unassembled and undecorated.
* Loco and scenery shown not included.

The year 1972 marked the beginning of a new line of N scale model
train cars for the world of model railroading. Micro-Trains’ first N scale
body style, the 40’ Standard Box Car with Single Door, was released in
November, 1972 in 4 paint schemes and again in December, 1972 in 5
paint schemes. These first 9 schemes offered by Micro-Trains Line Co.
over 40 years ago will now be made available again together in a series
beginning this November.
Each car will feature a road number within their series ending in ‘72’ in
honor of the year they were first released. Vintage custom inserts will also
accompany these special cars. This nine month series will not include a
loco or caboose. Contact your local dealer to reserve yours today!

This Christmas season will mark the beginning of a whole new series; the ‘Vintage Christmas Postcard Series’!  The series will feature real vintage  Christmas postcard artwork on one side of the car and the back side of the postcard with a special greeting from Micro-Trains on the other side of the car.  A single car will release each October, November and December
for 3 years for a total of nine cars in the series.  A locomotive and caboose will also be offered with this series.  Contact Wig-Wag today to guarantee you don’t miss the first cars in this special series.

Get your very own copy of Micro-Trains’ newest factory tour video which is now available on DVD!  You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how Micro-
Trains produces cars start to finish at our factory in southern Oregon.