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Medford, Talent, & Lakecreek - April Fools Head End Car
Road Number 63569

Built in the 1970s, this flatcar with Roller Bearing trucks can be seen carrying park restrooms relocated from Chuck Roberts Park, across from the MTL headquarters. The MT&L Railroad was established in 1918 to serve the communities throughout Oregon’s Rogue Valley, helping move commodities to the Southern Pacific interchanges. The success of the modest shortline revolved around serving various agricultural, timber, and manufacturing industries, as well as some passenger and tourist traffic in the region.

#064 00 510...$29.95

Pacific Fruit Express®
Road Number 456355

Built in 1967, these R-70-18 mechanical reefers with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were originally painted in the reefer orange scheme, and in the early 1980s, repainted into the all-white scheme with orange “speed lettering” PFE initials. Pacific Fruit Express, a joint venture between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, was founded in 1906 and continued jointly until 1978 when the assets were divided between the two railroads.

#081 00 070...$29.95

Pacific Fruit Express®
Road Number 459922

Built in 1967, these R-70-24 mechanical reefers with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were originally painted in the reefer orange scheme, and in the early 1980s, repainted into the all-white scheme with orange vertical PFE initials. Pacific Fruit Express, a joint venture between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, was founded in 1906 and continued jointly until 1978 when the assets were divided between the two railroads.

#081 00 080...$29.95

SIDE A

SIDE B

Burlington Northern ex-Railbox
Road Number 249244

Built in 1975 by Pullman-Standard for Railbox, this 50’ boxcar with Roller Bearing trucks was hastily repatched and placed into Burlington Northern series 249242-249460. Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of Great Northern and Northern Pacific in 1970, and then merged with ATSF in 1995 to form BNSF.

#025 44 436...$30.95

CSX®/ex-Louisville & Nashville
Road Number 26218

This CSX ex-Louisville & Nashville 65’ mill gondola with ASF Ride Control trucks was one of several cars specially outfitted to carry C-130 Hercules horizontal and vertical stabilizers. The L&N was a Class I railroad with just over 6,000 miles of track across the South-east US, running regular scheduled passenger service for decades, before being merged into Seaboard System in the early 1980s. Seaboard Air Line merged with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1967, forming the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which was then renamed Seaboard System in 1982.

#107 00 110...$34.95

Pennsylvania
Road Numbers 45743, 45747

Built in the 1940s, this X38K-Class boxcars with Bettendorf trucks was rebuilt in 1964 from an X38 boxcar and received new plug doors, and Evans Side Fillers. Pennsylvania was a large Class 1 railroad formed in 1846 and grew to be a predominant shipper on the east coast until 1968 when it merged with rival New York Central to form Penn Central.

#032 00 610...$28.90
#032 00 611...$28.90

Reading
Road Number 38925

Built in 1975 by Bethlehem Steel for the Reading Railroad, this GHy-class gondola with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was 2,263 cubic feet in capacity. Reading can be traced back to 1833 as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, one of the first railroads in the United States. Over time it became just ‘Reading,’ and remained profitable through World War I. By the 1960s, declining profits lead to bankruptcy in 1971. In 1976, the remaining assets were merged with other railroads to form Conrail.

#105 00 086...$27.95

Merchants Despatch / Illinois Central
Road Number 13550

Built in 1956 by Pacific Car & Foundry, this Merchants Despatch Transportation Company steel ice reefer with Bettendorf trucks was lettered for Illinois Central service. Illinois Central Gulf was formed after the merger of Gulf, Mobile & Ohio and the Illinois Central in 1972. Eventually, Canadian National purchased the railroad in 1998.

#059 00 270...$28.95

Jacob E. Decker & Sons
Road Number 2879

This meat reefer with Bettendorf trucks was built in October 1928 and repainted at East Chicago in July, 1931, for Jacob E. Decker & Sons of Mason City, Iowa. This car has billboard “DECKER” lettering on the roof. The J.E. Decker & Sons Meat Packer produced many brands of sausage, and competed with the Hormel Packing Company, run by George Hormel, a nephew of Jacob E. Decker.

#049 00 641...$29.95

Wheeling & Lake Erie/ex-CSX® 4-Car Runner Pack #235

These 3-bay open coal hoppers with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were originally owned by CSX® and were later purchased and patched out by Wheeling & Lake Erie. Wheeling & Lake Erie was founded in 1990, and uses the name of the former W&LE that operated from 1880 until 1949. Most of the 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.

#983 00 235...$114.95

MID-MONTH

TTX w/ Deep Submergence Rescue Training Vehicle
Road Number 942556

This 89’ JTTX flatcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks is loaded with a US Navy Deep Submergence Rescue Training Vehicle. With two vehicles in-class, the DSRV is designed to rapidly respond to disabled US Navy submarines. The DSRV-HTV is a Handling Training Vehicle that is nearly the same weight and dimensions and is used for movement, loading and unloading training.

#071 00 940...$39.95

Strates Shows Passenger Car 2-Pack
Road Numbers 5, 12

#983 02 265...$59.95

Strates Shows Passenger Car 3-Pack
Road Numbers 2, 3, 6

These Southern Pacific® class F-70-2 50' flat cars were built in early 1941 by the Sacramento General Shops. The 70-ton cars in series 79700-79824 feature Bettendorf trucks and carry a military load representing the M26 "Dragon Wagon" and M15 40-ton trailer. The "Dragon Wagon" was a tank recovery vehicle designed by Knuckey Truck Company, manufactured by Pacific Car & Foundry Co., and was in service from 1941 to 1955.

#983 02 266...$89.95

Union Pacific® Single with Locomotive EMD 645 Engine Load
Road Number 904500

This F-70-15 class flatcar was assigned to MOW service, specifically, hauling locomotive components like prime movers, alternators, and trucks. This flatcar is loaded with a Roots-blown EMD 645 V-12 prime mover and alternator. Union Pacific continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.

#045 00 810...$30.95

New York Central with SW9 Frames 3-Pack
Road Number 499118, 499123, 499125

These Class 690-F flat cars were built in 1941 for New York Central and had a capacity of 70-tons. These cars are hauling SW9 locomotive frames. New York Central was a Class 1 Railroad founded in 1853 and operated until 1968, when it was merged with long-time rival Pennsylvania, to form Penn Central.

#983 02 267...$84.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

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

CP Rail Runner Pack #239

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

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

HO Releases

HO Presidential Car

This 40’ box car with plug door and roofwalk representing the 47th president of the United States. It bears the portrait of Donald J. Trump.

#3100 001...$49.95

Railbox
Road Number 33960

#5600 003...$59.95