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Union Pacific®
Road Number 163533

This BC-50-2-class 50’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was one of 500 built at the Union Pacific Omaha shops in 1956. Union Pacific continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.

#033 00 210...$29.90

Pennsylvania
Road Number 439752

This G-26-class 65’ mill gondola with Bettendorf trucks was designed to haul finished structural steel shapes and other bulky loads, and featured drop ends that allowed the gondola to carry loads longer than the car. 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.

#107 00 091...$33.95

Pennsylvania
Road Number 980020

This N6B-class caboose with Bettendorf trucks was built in 1922 and served the Philadelphia Region. It was repainted into the Keystone scheme with a black cupola. 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.

#050 00 260...$33.95

Maine Central
Road Number 612R

This Maine Central caboose with Bettendorf Swing Motion trucks was built in the early 1940s and painted in the yellow/green “Think Safety, Work Safely” paint scheme. Maine Central was founded in 1862 and was one of the largest railroads in New England, with over 1,000 miles of track by the 1970s.

#100 00 610...$35.95

Union Pacific® Honoring Class 1 RR
Road Number 6224

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. The Union Pacific, founded in 1862, continues to operate today as one of the largest Class 1 railroads in North America with over 32,000 miles of track.

#102 00 844...$29.95

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CIC/ex-Oregon & Northwestern Railroad
Road Number 8008

This ex-Oregon & Northwestern incentive per diem boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was later obtained by Cedar Rapids & Iowa City. The CIC, also known as the CRANDIC, this Class III railway was formed in 1904 and has around 60 miles of track within Iowa. It serves a number of large industrial and agricultural companies.

#030 44 320...$30.95

Southern

Road Numbers 62872, 62878

This 100-ton gondola with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built in late 1970, and in 1978, converted into a covered coil car at the Coster Shops. 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.

#105 00 036...$29.95
#105 00 037...$29.95

Reading

Road Numbers 88209, 88030

This HTx-Class 2-bay coal hopper with Bettendorf trucks was built in the late 1950s and continued in revenue use through the 1970s. 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.

#055 00 630...$27.95
#055 00 631...$27.95

Pinion Gear Load 2-Pack

#499 45 025...$14.95

Undecorated 50' Rib Side Box Car

#025 00 000...$15.25

Pacific Fruit Express® Reefer 4-Pack

These class BR-40-10 refrigerator cars were converted from R-40-10’s between 1951-1953. They received overhead electric fans and several additional updates. These express cars were painted a passenger dark olive with dulux gold lettering, and featured Bettendorf trucks.

Packaged in Foam Nest #993 00 225...$114.95
Packaged in Jewel Case #983 00 225...$129.95

MID-MONTH

Aurora Borealis

During the second weekend of May, 2024, much of the world was treated to an exquisite Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) display, after a large cluster of magnetically active sunspots released a series of high powered coronal mass ejections and solar flares directed at Earth. This led the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch; the first since 2005. The solar storm that followed resulted in very active Aurora Borealis displays across much of the Northern Hemisphere, wowing spectators with brilliant curtains of greens and pinks in the night sky.

#038 00 650...$28.95

Northern Pacific Weathered 3-Pack with Sugar Beet Load

These Northern Pacific gondolas in series 118541-118590 were built in 1936-1937. Decades later, these GS gondolas were converted with the addition of wooden extensions. The extensions allowed for loads such as woodchips, or sugarbeets as represented here. Sugarbeets are root crops with farms in over 10 states across America. These foot long beets account for the production of over 5 million tons of sugar in the U.S. each year!

Packaged in Foam Nest #993 02 248...$99.95
Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 248...$111.95

CSX®/ex-Clinchfield RR Weathered 3-Pack

These ex-Clinchfield flatcars were converted into icebreaker cars in 1984 by the Seaboard Railroad, and they later made their way to CSX. To prevent impact damage to revenue railcars and lading, these cars featured large vertical steel frames to physically clear icicles from the inside of tunnels and low bridges. The phenomenon is more prevalent during spring and fall, when freeze/thaw cycles allow for the formation of large and damaging icicles.

Packaged in Foam Nest #993 02 249...$89.95
Packaged in Jewel Case #983 02 249...$101.95

NEW PRE-ORDERS

BNSF & CSX® "Honoring Class 1 RRs"

CSX®

These ex-Clinchfield flatcars were converted into icebreaker cars in 1984 by the Seaboard Railroad, and they later made their way to CSX. To prevent impact damage to revenue railcars and lading, these cars featured large vertical steel frames to physically clear icicles from the inside of tunnels and low bridges. The phenomenon is more prevalent during spring and fall, when freeze/thaw cycles allow for the formation of large and damaging icicles.

#102 00 849...$29.95

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

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. BNSF is one of the largest freight railroads in the country with over 32,000 miles of rail, and was formed through the mergers of Burlington Northern and ATSF in 1995.

#102 00 848...$29.95

MT&L RR Christmas Set 2024

The Medford, Talent & Lakecreek Railroad, while primarily a freight railroad, did operate a number of dinner excursion trains to various landmarks and destinations, including Crater Lake, the Oregon coast, and the northern California Lava Beds. During the holidays, the MT&L had a popular tradition of hosting dinner trains, adorned with festive Christmas decorations. This set includes an F7 loco, 3 78' Heavyweight Paired-Window Coach Cars, and a 83' 3-2 Heavyweight Observation Car, and all cars come with a snowy roof decoration.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 21 388...$249.95

Chapel Car Singles

These ex-Clinchfield flatcars were converted into icebreaker cars in 1984 by the Seaboard Railroad, and they later made their way to CSX. To prevent impact damage to revenue railcars and lading, these cars featured large vertical steel frames to physically clear icicles from the inside of tunnels and low bridges. The phenomenon is more prevalent during spring and fall, when freeze/thaw cycles allow for the formation of large and damaging icicles.

Unprinted Chapel Car with 3D printed Facade

#144 00 300...$32.95

Baptist Church Car

#144 00 301...$32.95

Catholic Church Car

#144 00 302...$32.95

Chesapeake & Ohio® 4-Car Runner Pack

These Chesapeake & Ohio® 40 foot box cars were built in 1947. During a major C&O box car shortage, the Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co. leased C&O a number of secondhand box cars. This newly shopped 4 pk in series 460000-460999 feature a fresh coat of paint and Bettendorf trucks.

Packaged in Jewel Case #983 00 230...$109.95

TTX "TBOX"

CSX®

#123 00 021...$51.98

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

#123 00 022...$51.98

Western Pacific® Caboose

#051 00 221...$45.95

HO PRE-ORDERS

UP®/ex-SP®/ex-GWS
Road Number 496071

#2000 002...$49.95

D&RGW
Road Number 76029

#2000 003...$49.95