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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' Rib Side Plug Door Box Car, No Roofwalk

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-511 00 000   Undecorated   • Actual color may vary from photo   $13.90 retail ea. #511 00 000   Includes:   • Brake Wheel   • Micro Trains Line Trucks   • MTL Truck Mounted Couplers   • Unpainted Body

PRR

#MTL-511 00 011   Pennsylvania   • Released November 2022   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #511 00 011 #112000 #511 00 012 #112210 Built in 1964, these 50’ plug-door boxcars featured Roller Bearing trucks, a cushioned underframe, load dividers, and car-side insulation, and were used in perishable food service. 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.

Norfolk Southern

#MTL-511 00 041   Norfolk Southern   • Released December 2023   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #511 00 041 #584877 #511 00 042 #584945 Includes:   • Brake Wheel   • Micro Trains Line Trucks   • MTL Truck Mounted Couplers

Great Northern

#MTL-511 00 051   Great Northern   • Released November 2022   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #511 00 051 #138717 #511 00 052 #138796 Built in 1968, these plug-door 50’ boxcars with Roller Bearing trucks had a 5,266 cubic foot capacity and were used for special equipment, such as in food service. They featured Car Pac loaders and cushioned underframes. Great Northern was a Class 1 railroad founded in 1881 and eventually was merged with Northern Pacific and others to form Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970.

Central Vermont

#MTL-511 00 061   CV   • Released February 2008   $28.15 retail ea. • $28.15 #511 00 061 #CV 50096 #511 00 062 #CV 50098 Sporting green "CV" logos, green/white lettering, on black roller bearing trucks. Built by Berwick Forge & Fabricating in '74 (two of 200 built for CV). Most of the series was painted standard boxcar red w/ white lettering; the final five cars of the series 50095-50099 were painted with white sides, black ends and green lettering. This paint scheme may have marked these cars for newsprint service, a common load for cars in service to the CV at this time.

Burlington Northern

#MTL-511 00 123   Burlington Northern   • Released June 2023   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #511 00 123 #321656 #511 00 124 #321853 Built by American Car and Foundry in 1975, this plug-door boxcar with Roller bearing trucks was equipped with moveable bulkheads and a cushioned underframe. Burlington Northern was formed through the mergers of Great Northern and Northern Pacific in 1970, and then merged with ATSF in 1995 to form BNSF.

Union Pacific

#MTL-511 00 163   Union Pacific   • Released February 2024   $30.95 retail ea. • $24.76 #511 00 163 #491091 #511 00 164 #491112 Includes:   • Brake Wheel   • Micro Trains Line Trucks   • MTL Truck Mounted Couplers

Santa Fe

#MTL-511 00 273   ATSF   • Released January 2023   $30.95 retail ea. • $24.76 #511 00 273 #152318 #511 00 274 #152396 These plug-door 50’ boxcars with Roller Bearing trucks were built in the late 1970s for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. They were assigned to food service, designated by the special equipment “XF” marking on the car. 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.

Missouri Pacific

#MTL-511 00 171   Missouri Pacific   • Released January 2013   $26.25 retail ea. • $21.00 #511 00 171 #MP 253668 #511 00 172 #MP 253675 The cars from this series, 253450-253749, were built by American Car & Foundry and delivered in April of 1976 for the Missouri Pacific®. They are painted light brown with aluminum roof and white lettering which includes the MP ‘buzzsaw’ logo. They were equipped with Evans load dividers and an ACF Freight-Saver cushioning system for additional protection of loads during transport.

Canadian National

#MTL-511 00 201   Canadian National   • Released October 2013   $29.75 retail ea. • $23.80 #511 00 201 #CN 404567 #511 00 202 #CN 404576 Painted brown w/ whilte ‘Wet Noodle’ logo and lettering. Built 8/1974, serviced in 3/2003, w/ Roller Bearing trucks; representing series 404400-404579. The CN Railway Co. (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I railway serving Canada and the Midwest and Southern United States. It is the largest railway in Canada in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, and is currently Canada’s only transcontinental railway company, spanning Canada from Nova Scotia to British Columbia.

New York Central

#MTL-511 00 281   NYC   • Released July 2020   $25.80 retail ea. • $20.64 #511 00 281 #NYC 48260 #511 00 282 #NYC 48264 These 50’ rib side box cars with plug door and no roofwalk are green with white lettering and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1966 for New York Central Railroad, this car featured a cushioned underframe and DFB loaders. New York Central was founded in 1853 and continued until the merger with Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 to form Penn Central.

Denver & Rio Grande Western

#MTL-511 00 291   D&RGW   • Released July 2020   $29.90 retail ea. #511 00 291 #50638 #511 00 292 #50641 These 50’ rib side box cars with plug door and no roofwalk are orange with black lettering and run on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in May 1966 and leased to the Denver & Rio Grande Western, these insulated cars featured cushioned underframes as well as load dividers. The D&RGW was a transcontinental line with the slogan “Main line through the Rockies,” with the highest rail line in the United States at over 10,000 feet.

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