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  MICRO-TRAINS - N SCALE NEW RELEASES

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Road Numbers 2604, 2632

This RR-83 class mechanical reefer with Roller Bearing trucks was built in 1964. It was 4,074 cubic feet in capacity and featured a shock control underframe. 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.

#070 00 120...$30.95
#070 00 121...$30.95

Chessie® System – Baltimore & Ohio®
Road Number 356823

Built in September 1976 by Pullman Standard, this Chessie System gondola with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was placed into general service. Chessie System was formed through the 1972 mergers of Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland. It remained one of the largest East coast railroads until 1986 when Seaboard System merged with Chessie to form today’s rail giant, CSX Transportation.

#105 00 790...$29.95

American Refrigerator Transit – BUDX
Road Number 91553

Built in 1958 by American Car & Foundry, this ice reefer with Bettendorf trucks was modified in 1965 to carry beer for the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company. It was one of 50 in the series 91400-91699 to receive this change. Founded in 1881, the American Refrigerator Transit Company was based in St. Louis, Missouri, and was jointly owned by Missouri Pacific and Wabash. Today, it’s a subsidiary of Union Pacific.

#059 00 290...$29.95

SIDE A

SIDE B

Erie Lackawanna/ex-Erie
Road Number 67070

This car was built for Erie Railroad before being repainted and absorbed into the 1960 Erie Lackawanna merger roster. Conrail was a Class 1 railroad operating in the Northeastern United States from 1976 until 1999. Conrail was formed by the federal government through the mergers of bankrupt Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, and other roads. Conrail eventually turned a profit, and in the late 1980s it was privatized, and continued operating until the late 1990s when it was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX.

#034 44 500...$30.95

SIDE A

SIDE B

Chesapeake & Ohio/ex-Railbox
Road Number 400785

Chessie System was formed through the 1972 mergers of Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and Western Maryland. It remained one of the largest East coast railroads until 1986 when Seaboard System merged with Chessie to form today’s rail giant, CSX Transportation. Railbox was established as a free-running nationwide pool of general service boxcars to help alleviate box car supply problems.

#025 44 443...$30.95

Norfolk Southern
Road Number 850706

Built in early 1996 by Trenton Works of Nova Scotia this car was a higher capacity than most 3-bay hoppers with Barber Roller Bearing trucks and featured a simple “Pool” logo scheme. They were destined to transport Canadian grain and could often be seen operating for companies like the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, owned by Canadian National, FURX, NOKL and Norfolk Southern.

#094 00 980...$34.95

New York, New Haven & Hartford
Road Number 36841

Built for New Haven by the Pressed Steel Car Company in 1941, this 40’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was serviced in 1956 and repainted into the “Large N over H” scheme. The New Haven Railroad was founded in 1872 and headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut. Even though it made it through several bankruptcies, the railroad eventually became unprofitable and was rolled into the Penn Central railroad conglomerate in 1968.

#020 00 557...$29.95

Union Pacific®/ex-Southern Pacific®
Road Number 496490

Built in 1980 by American Car & Foundry for Southern Pacific, this 4650 cubic-foot three-bay covered hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks soon found its way to Union Pacific’s roster to be re-painted after the 1998 merger, but retained its SP reporting mark. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s and 1980s.

#094 00 970...$34.95

Union Pacific®/ex-Southern Pacific®

This caboose with Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks was built in 1980 as a Southern Pacific C-50-9 by Paccar, and was among the last cabooses Southern Pacific ordered. It was repainted into Union Pacific colors in the late 2010s and was used as a “shoving platform,” allowing crews to be on the lookout during reverse switching movements. Southern Pacific was a Class 1 railroad from 1865 until 1996, when it was absorbed by Union Pacific after falling on hard times financially in the 1970s and 1980s.

#130 00 320...$37.95

Unlit

Lit

Micro-Mouse Christmas 2025

Wishing that your holidays be Merry & Bright from everyone at Micro-Trains!

Light Up Version #102 00 854...$39.95 (Light UpVersion Sold Out at Factory)
No Light Version #102 00 855...$29.95

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-Car Runner Pack #240

Built by the CB&Q’s Havelock Shops in 1963, this 40’ boxcar featured Damage Free loaders. The CB&Q, commonly known as the Burlington, was founded in 1849 and was based in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1970s, it was merged with the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and SP&S to form Burlington Northern, which is now part of BNSF.

#983 00 240...$109.95

N SCALE LOAD RELEASES

Sci-Fi Scrap Load

#499 94 009...$5.95

Metal Pipes 2-Pack

#499 94 010...$9.95

Metal Train Wheels 2-Pack

#499 94 011...$9.95

Coil Load 9-Pack

#499 94 017...$9.95

MICRO-TRAINS - Z SCALE NEW RELEASES

Side A

Side B

Micro-Mouse Christmas 2025

Wishing that your holidays be Merry & Bright from everyone at Micro-Trains!

#505 00 490...$29.95

MID-MONTH

Akron, Canton & Youngstown 2-Pack

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.

#983 02 287...$59.95

U.S. Army Anniversary Car

The United States Army is the primary land branch of the Department of Defense and the largest. It employs around 400,000 vehicles, 450,000+ active duty personnel, 325,000+ national guard, and 176,000+ reservists. It was founded as the Continental Army in 1775 and is celebrating 250 years in 2025.

#101 00 841...$27.95

U.S. Navy Anniversary Car

The United States Navy is the world’s most powerful navy. It employs 11 aircraft carriers, nearly 300 combat vessels, over 4,000 aircraft, 336,000+ active duty personnel and 101,000+ reservists. It was founded as the Continental Navy in 1775 and is celebrating 250 years in 2025.

#101 00 842...$27.95

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Christmas Graffiti 3-Pack

This 3 pack of BNSF 100 ton box cars in series 712961-713095 have been repainted in the bold heritage scheme. Built in 1976, the cars ride on Barber Roller Bearing trucks and have received Christmas handiwork on the sides.

#983 02 289...$89.95

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Christmas Caboose with Graffiti

Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of Great Northern and Northern Pacific in 1970, and later with ATSF in the mid 90’s to form BNSF. BN caboose #11469 has received some artistic decoration for the Christmas season.

#100 44 063...$34.95

Pacific Fruit Express® – Ice Storage House

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.

#059 00 280...$34.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

CSX® Caboose

Built by Fruit Growers Express as a B&O class C-27 in the late 1970s for Chessie System, it was painted in the CSX YN2 yellow, blue, grey scheme in the early 2000s before being painted in CSX MOW Orange, and eventually in the YN3 blue and gold scheme. 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.

#130 00 330...$39.95

CSX® Hoppers with Extension 4-Car Runner Pack #245

These CSX coal hoppers have added extensions which allow them to carry a larger supply of coke loads. Coke is a product created by baking coal. The process creates a porous and therefore lighter load than coal. This clean burning product is largely used in the iron and steel industries and often transported by hopper railcars.

#983 00 245...$134.95

Freedom Singles

The United States of America will be celebrating 250 years of Independence in 2026. As a part of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebration, a number of railroads have repainted their prototype locomotives into patriotic red, white and blue schemes, which Micro-Trains is replicating on commemorative 40’ smooth-side high-cube boxcars.

East Penn

#101 00 821...$27.95

Nevada Northern

#101 00 822...$27.95

PA & Southern

#101 00 823...$27.95

Wheeling & Lake Erie

#101 00 824...$27.95

HOn3 LOAD RELEASES

Dark Grey Gravel 3-Pack

#499 94 012...$12.95

Light Grey Gravel 3-Pack

#499 94 013...$12.95

HO RELEASES

Decorated Log 3-Pack

#499 94 015...$14.95

HO PRE-ORDERS

Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Road Number 406020

#2200 007...$49.95