N Scale ATSF - Rd# 22222 Rel. 2/24 This 40’ boxcar with Bettendorf trucks was built in 1966 and was class Bx-115. It was primarily used to haul grain. 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....
N ScaleChessie Rd# 631517 - Rel. 2/24 This PS-2 hopper, with Bettendorf trucks, was built in 1957 in a series of 500 cars for the Baltimore & Ohio. The Pullman-Standard all-welded steel, 2,003 cubic-foot two bay covered hopper would become one of the most popular cars of its type with railroads and private industry. It was designed to haul everything from powdered chemicals, to grains, to construction materials such as sand or cement. Versatile and durable, this car continued in revenue service into the early 2000’s, and was sometimes found later in MOW service....
N ScaleCSX 4-pk RP#220 FOAM These single-door boxcars with Roller Bearing trucks were used in general service by CSX. 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. MSRP $119.95*packaged in foam family nestpre-ordered in September 2023...
N ScaleCSX 4-pk RP#220 JEWEL These single-door boxcars with Roller Bearing trucks were used in general service by CSX. 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. MSRP $134.95pre-ordered in September 2023...
N Scale Seaboard Air Line - Rd# 25303 - Rel. 2/24
This 40’ PS-1 boxcar was built for Seaboard Air
Line in 1952. Seaboard used this car to ship beer from a Florida manufacturing
facility, which necessitated the all-silver paint to help control interior
temperatures. Seaboard Air Line merged with Atlantic Coast Line in 1967,
forming the Seaboard Coast Line. The SCL merged with several other smaller
roads, such as the Louisville & Nashville, and was then known as the Family
Lines. In 1982, the Seaboard System name was adopted, and in 1987, the Seaboard
System railroads merged with Chessie System to form CSX Transportation.
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N Scale Utah-Idaho Sugar Co ACFX Rd# 47900 - Rel. 2/24 Three-bay covered hoppers are designed to carry everything from grain, to plastic pellets, to dry chemicals depending on the needs of the lessee. This ACF-owned covered hopper with Barber Roller Bearing Trucks was leased by Utah-Idaho Sugar Company (also called U and I Sugar), a large sugar beet processing organization originally owned and operated by a large U.S.-based church. The company was sold off in the 1980s and renamed AgraWest. Today, it is focused primarily on Brazilian sugar production....
Z ScaleMT&L RR SOS Pears - Rd#5896The Medford, Talent and Lakecreek Railroad was established in 1918 to help local Rogue Valley communities move commodities to the Southern Pacific interchanges. The success of the model shortline in the early days brought not only commercial interests, but tourist traffic to the region. With the completion of track to the coast in 1929 the Rogue Valley flourished as did the MT&L Railroad enabling both to survive the coming Depression and Beyond.MSRP $28.95pre-ordered in July 2023...
Z ScaleMT&L RR Piggy Pears - Rd#5875The Medford, Talent and Lakecreek Railroad was established in 1918 to help local Rogue Valley communities move commodities to the Southern Pacific interchanges. The success of the model shortline in the early days brought not only commercial interests, but tourist traffic to the region. With the completion of track to the coast in 1929 the Rogue Valley flourished as did the MT&L Railroad enabling both to survive the coming Depression and Beyond.MSRP $28.95pre-ordered in July 2023...
N Scale P&E #3 Kansas Egg & Poultry Rd# 3520 - Rel. 2/24 This ice reefer with Bettendorf trucks was leased to the Kansas Egg & Poultry Company (the “Sunflower Brand”) of Hillsboro, Kansas. North American Despatch was founded in the early 1900s and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, primarily leasing tank cars and refrigerator cars....
N SCALE Norfolk Southern FT # 10 NS/ex-Old NS Rd#406818 Rel. 02/24 This general purpose 50’ boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was built for the original, unrelated Norfolk Southern Railway that operated until 1982. It eventually made its way to the modern Norfolk Southern, coincidentally founded in the same year following a merger between Norfolk & Western and Southern Railways. ...