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Congress enacted the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and we must now note that these ARE NOT TOYS, AND ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF 14. These products are Model Railroad Equipment and Accessories intended for use by adults.

50' Single Door Boxcar

Prototypical Features: • Accurate printing and paint schemes you have     come to expect from Micro-Trains® • Cast Zinc underframe for detail and durability • Fine Details • Truck Mounted Couplers • Magne-Matic Knuckle Couplers • Detailed brake wheel applied separately • Nicely Weighted • Jewel Case

Micro-Mouse Christmas 2025

#MTL-505 00 490   Christmas 2025   • Released October 2025   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 "Merry and Bright, 2025" #2025 #505 00 490 • Micro-Mouse is back for 2025! • He is decorating his Christmas tree!

Northern Pacific

#MTL-505 00 351   Northern Pacific   • Released October 2016   $26.90 retail ea. • $21.52 #NP 31500 #505 00 351 #NP 31526 #505 00 352 These 50' standard box cars with single door are brown with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. During the late 1960s, many cars on the Northern Pacific roster were rebuilt or replaced to increase load capacities. Originally, these 50-ton cars sported a red, white and blue scheme employed in general merchandise service. By 1969, they had been upgraded to 55-ton cars, downgraded from merchandise service, and repainted into the all-brown yin-yang scheme.

Pennsylvania Railroad

#MTL-505 00 361   Pennsylvania   • Released June 2017   $24.80 retail ea. • $19.84 #PRR 83030 #505 00 361 #PRR 83052 #505 00 362 These 50' standard box cars with single door are tuscan red with white lettering and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1958, these box cars were the first to carry the new "Shadow Keystone" scheme. They were equipped with specialized racks to secure auto parts such as radiators, axels, and engines.

"Cameo" Series #6

#MTL-505 00 426   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released August 2020   $34.95 retail ea. • $27.96 "Cameo" Series #6 #C&O 21494 #505 00 426 This 50 standard box car with single door is blue with yellow bands and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. Designed for C&O s Less-than-Carload service, this car was one of six specially painted for viewing by company stockholders in 1957, using the newly adopted Futura lettering style and featuring a yellow sill stripe to increase nighttime visibility. Ultimately, the LCL program did not have the required demand to be successful, and these cars were later painted back into standard fleet colors.

Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe

#MTL-505 00 431   ATSF   • Released September 2021   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #15537 #505 00 431 #15542 #505 00 432 These 50 standard box cars with single door are red with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1959 and rebuilt and repainted in 1975, these cars featured DF loaders, and Shock Control end-of-car cushioning to minimize load damage due to rough train handling. Founded in 1859, Santa Fe was one of the largest railroads in North America until 1996, when it merged with Burlington Northern to form BNSF.

New York Central

#MTL-505 00 441   New York Central   • Released September 2021   $26.80 retail ea. • $21.44 #4301 #505 00 441 #4348 #505 00 442 These 50 standard box cars with single door are green with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. They were built in 1964 and feature a cushioned underframe to help prevent damage to cargo due to rough train handling. 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.

Northern Pacific

#MTL-505 00 451   Northern Pacific   • Released September 2021   $26.80 retail ea. • $21.44 #505 00 451 #1130 #505 00 452 #1168 These 50 standard box cars with single door are green with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. They were built in 1955 and feature Evans DF Loaders. Northern Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1864, which merged with Burlington Northern in 1970 to later join ATSF in 1996 to become BNSF Railway.

Western Pacific

#MTL-505 00 481   Western Pacific   • Released October 2021   $31.95 retail ea. • $25.56 #505 00 481 #3019 #505 00 482 #3026 These 50 standard box cars with single door are orange with black lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1955 they featured a cushioned underframe and Evans DF Loaders. Western Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1903 in order to offer another rail option to the established Utah routes of the Southern Pacific. WP was acquired in 1982 by Union Pacific Railroad.

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