Built from 1973-1974 by Ortner Freight Car Company for the Mac Millan-Bloedel Company, these 65’ log cars with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were acquired by Southern Railway in 1986 and repainted. The Southern Railway was a Class 1 railroad that operated over 6,000 miles of track across the southern United States from 1894-1982. Today, it is now part of the Norfolk Southern system following a 1980 merger with Norfolk & Western Railway.
#115 00 130...$29.90
#115 00 131...$29.90
St. Louis Southwestern
Road Number 73994
Buit in 1971 by ACF, this 4,650 cubic foot capacity 3-bay covered hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was placarded for edible or chemical commodity loading. St. Louis Southwestern, commonly known as Cotton Belt, was founded in 1891 and became a Southern Pacific subsidiary in 1932, before eventually fully merging in 1992. It is now a heritage component of Union Pacific.
#093 00 210...$33.90
Northern Pacific
Road Number 36297
Built by the Northern Pacific Brainerd Shops in 1967, these cars were some of the last 40’ boxcars with Bettendorf trucks to be built for the NP. Northern Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1864, and eventually acquired in 1970 by Burlington Northern Railroad through mergers, which went on to merge with Santa Fe becoming BNSF.
#024 00 600...$29.90
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Union Pacific®/ex-Railbox
Road Number 130866
Railbox Repatched #2
Pre-ordered May 2024
Built in 1980 for Railbox, this 50’ boxcar with Roller Bearing trucks soon made it’s way to the Union Pacific fleet. Union Pacific continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.
#025 44 437...$30.95
Canadian Pacific
Road Numbers 316385, 316414
This bulkhead flatcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built in 1971 by National Steel Car Co. It belonged to a series of 600 cars in the Canadian Pacific fleet. Incorporated in 1881, Canadian Pacific Railway is one of the largest Class 1 Railroads in Canada, owning over 12,000 miles of track in Canada and the United States.
#054 00 450...$28.90
#054 00 451...$28.90
Great Northern
Road Number 11821
Built in the late 1940s, this 40’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was eventually upgraded, its running board removed, and repainted into the GN red scheme. 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.
#024 00 590...$29.90
New York Central
Road Number 87227
This boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was built in 1956 in the last lot of 40’ boxcars for New York Central, and featured SL load devices. 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.
#020 00 437...$29.95
Central Western Railway - Target Wildfires
Road Number 80164
Not on standing orders.
This Central Western Railway single dome tank car with Bettendorf trucks is decorated to help promote wildfire awareness and safety across Canada. The Central Western Railway Company is a shortline based in Alberta, Canada, and has junctions with CP, and CN.
#065 00 366...$30.90
New York Central & Hudson River 4-Car Runner Pack # 236
Pre-ordered in January 2025
This 80,000 pound capacity 40’ wood sheathed reefer with Bettendorf trucks was built in 1913 for the New York Central & Hudson River, known as the New York Central Line, and was used for dairy and egg service. The New York Central & Hudson River was known as the "Water Level Route" as its main line ran along the Hudson River, the Mohawk River, and along the lines of Lake Ontario and Erie.
#983 00 236...$114.95
MID-MONTH
Strates Shows Packs
Strates Shows Flat Car 3-Pack
Road Numbers 24, 31, 45
Pre-ordered December 2024
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Founded in 1923, the James E. Strates Shows is America’s only railroad carnival, travelling the United States during a seven-month season and transporting personnel and equipment with rail cars and trucks. In 1959, Strates Show founder, James E. Strates, suddenly passed away immediately propelling his 29-year-old son, E. James “Jim” Strates, into the spotlight to manage and modernize the Show. Part of his modernization program was the hiring of circus and carnival artist Duke Ash to completely transform the Strates’ signature 50-car train – and thus began the “Duke Ash Era” paint scheme, used between 1961 and 1970. Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 269...$74.95
Founded in 1923, the James E. Strates Shows is America's only railroad carnival, travelling the United States during a seven-month season and transporting personnel and equipment with rail cars and trucks. In 1959, Strates Show founder, James E. Strates, suddenly passed away immediately propelling his 29-year-old son, E. James “Jim” Strates, into the spotlight to manage and modernize the Show. Part of his modernization program was the hiring of circus and carnival artist Duke Ash to completely transform the Strates’ signature 50-car train – and thus began the “Duke Ash Era” paint scheme, used between 1961 and 1970. Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 272...$54.95
Founded in 1923, the James E. Strates Shows is America's only railroad carnival, travelling the United States during a seven-month season and transporting personnel and equipment with rail cars and trucks. In 1959, Strates Show founder, James E. Strates, suddenly passed away immediately propelling his 29-year-old son, E. James “Jim” Strates, into the spotlight to manage and modernize the Show. Part of his modernization program was the hiring of circus and carnival artist Duke Ash to completely transform the Strates’ signature 50-car train – and thus began the “Duke Ash Era” paint scheme, used between 1961 and 1970. Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 273...$54.95
Founded in 1923, the James E. Strates Shows is America's only railroad carnival, travelling the United States during a seven-month season and transporting personnel and equipment with rail cars and trucks. In 1959, Strates Show founder, James E. Strates, suddenly passed away immediately propelling his 29-year-old son, E. James “Jim” Strates, into the spotlight to manage and modernize the Show. Part of his modernization program was the hiring of circus and carnival artist Duke Ash to completely transform the Strates’ signature 50-car train – and thus began the “Duke Ash Era” paint scheme, used between 1961 and 1970. Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 274...$54.95
TTX Weathered Well Car 3-Pack
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Pre-ordered December 2024
Built in early 1992, this TTX well car accepted containers up to 48’ in length in its bottom well position. Founded in 1955 as “Trailer-Train,” the company standardized TOFC practices and fostered the growth of rail transportation. The Trailer-Train brand was retired in 1991 as the company rebranded simply as “TTX.”
#983 02 262...$114.95
CSX®
Road Number 4024
Honoring Class 1 RR
Pre-ordered July 2024
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A Class 1 railroad is defined as any railroad with annual revenue of more than $504,803,294 (the 1992 threshold of $250 million, set by the ICC, adjusted for inflation). There are six Class 1 Railroads operating in the United States; BNSF, CSX, CN, CPKC, NS and UP. 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.
#102 00 849...$29.95
NEW PRE-ORDERS
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4-Car Runner Pack # 240
Accepting Pre-Orders through June 15th
Available October 2025
Multi-Media kit.
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The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States and was commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q. Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West".
#983 00 240...$109.95
Akron, Canton and Youngstown 2-Pack
Accepting Pre-Orders through June 15th
Available October 2025
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These boxcars were lettered for the Akron, Canton & Youngstown, which was a Class 1 railroad that operated between Mogadore and Akron, Ohio from 1907 until 1982. In 1964, the Norfolk & Western Railway acquired operating control of the AC&Y. It was fully merged into the N&W in 1982.
May 8th, 2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II. On this day in 1945, the Allied Forces accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany, now known as Victory in Europe Day, or “VE Day.”
#137 00 074...$36.95
Ice Storage House
Accepting Pre-Orders through June 15th
Available October 2025
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This PFE reefer in class R-40-25 was built in 1949-1950 and was in the series 2001-5000 while in service. The series features orange ladders, hinges, and other hardware on the sides. PFE 3204 has been repurposed and is now prominently advertising ice service.
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