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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

Undecorated

#MTL-505 00 000   Undecorated   • Actual color may vary from photo   $16.45 retail ea. • $13.16 #505 00 000 #N/A Includes:   • Brake Wheel   • Unpainted Body   • Sliding Single Doors   • Micro Trains Line Trucks   • MTL Truck Mounted Couplers

Northern Pacific

#MTL-505 00 351   Northern Pacific   • Released October 2016   $26.90 retail ea. • $21.52 #505 00 351 #NP 31500 #505 00 352 #NP 31526 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 #505 00 361 #PRR 83030 #505 00 362 #PRR 83052 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.

Kansas City Southern

#MTL-505 00 371   KCS   • Released July 2017   $26.90 retail ea. • $21.52 #505 00 371 #KCS 400 #505 00 372 #KCS 402 These 50' standard box cars with single doors are black with white lettering and red and yellow band and run on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in October of 1941 and originally numbered into series 25100-25288, four cars were eventually converted into express box cars in 1948 and numbered into the series 400-403. They were equipped with special racks for loading Chevrolet front axles.

Southern Pacific

#MTL-505 00 391   Southern Pacific   • Released May 2019   $28.90 retail ea. • $23.12 #505 00 391 #SP 651556 #505 00 392 #SP 651663 These 50' standard boxcars with single door are brown with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. These 4895 cubic foot capacity boxcars were built in 1957 and displayed a new paint scheme for Southern Pacific to showcase the "Hydra-Cushion" underframe and DF loader systems.

Great Northern

#MTL-505 00 401   Great Northern   • Released September 2019   $26.90 retail ea. • $21.52 #505 00 401 #G.N. 39651 #505 00 402 #G.N. 39673 These 50' standard box cars with single door are green with white lettering and red door and run on Roller Bearing trucks. Belonging to a 200-car series, this 4940 cubic foot capacity car was built in 1963 by American Car & Foundry. Featuring a cushioned underframe and DF loaders, it was used for shock-sensitive cargos.

Santa Fe

#MTL-505 00 411   ATSF   • Released September 2019   $26.90 retail ea. • $21.52 #505 00 411 #ATSF 11111 #505 00 412 #ATSF 11129 These 50' standard box cars with single door are mineral brown with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. This 4870 cubic-foot box car was built in 1953 by ATSF, and advertised "The Chief" on one side, Santa Fe's Chicago to Los Angeles premier passenger train. Belonging to class Bx-64, it belonged to a series of 300 cars.

"Cameo" Series

As of February 2020 Micro-Trains began a new series, titled C&O "Cameo" Series, a monthly Box Car series in both N and Z. In 1956, Chesapeake & Ohio produced six different experimental paint schemes on 50' Pullman Standard box cars. These six one-of-a-kind cars will be released over a six month period, with the first car releasing in February 2020. Don't miss out on this unique one-time offering from Micro-Trains. If you preordered yours with an email go ahead and place your order now!

"Cameo" Series #1

#MTL-505 00 421   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released February 2020   $34.95 retail ea. "Cameo" Series #1 #505 00 421 #C&O 21290 This 50' standard box car with single door is black with yellow lettering 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.

"Cameo" Series #2

#MTL-505 00 422   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released March 2020   $34.95 retail ea. "Cameo" Series #2 #505 00 422 #C&O 21299 This 50' standard box car with single door is blue with yellow triangle 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.

"Cameo" Series #3

#MTL-505 00 423   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released May 2020   $34.95 retail ea. "Cameo" Series #3 #505 00 423 #C&O 21463 This 50' standard box car with single door is blue with yellow band 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.

"Cameo" Series #4

#MTL-505 00 424   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released June 2020   $34.95 retail ea. • $27.96 "Cameo" Series #4 #505 00 424 #C&O 21294 This 50’ standard box car with single door is blue with yellow band 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.

"Cameo" Series #5

#MTL-505 00 425   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released July 2020   $34.95 retail ea. "Cameo" Series #5 #505 00 425 #C&O 21457 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.

"Cameo" Series #6

#MTL-505 00 426   Chesapeake & Ohio   • Released August 2020   $34.95 retail ea. • $27.96 "Cameo" Series #6 #505 00 426 #C&O 21494 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 #505 00 431 #15537 #505 00 432 #15542 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 #505 00 441 #4301 #505 00 442 #4348 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.

Reading

#MTL-505 00 461   Reading   • Released September 2021   $27.95 retail ea. • $22.36 #505 00 461 #19312 #505 00 462 #19312 These 50’ standard box cars with single door are green with yellow lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1945 as 40’ cars, they were later rebuilt into a 50’ cars featuring DF loaders, joining Class XMLc. 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.

Southern Pacific

#MTL-505 00 471   Southern Pacific   • Canceled   $26.80 retail ea. #505 00 471 Canceled #N/A #505 00 472 Canceled #N/A

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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