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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.

Modernized Heavyweight Business Car

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

Pennsylvania Railroad 'Philadelphia'

#MTL-556 00 021   Pennsylvania RR   • Released January 2024   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #556 00 021 Rd #180 This PRR modernized heavyweight business car is tuscan red with buff lettering and runs on 6-wheel Commonwealth trucks. Built in 1928 by the Altoona Shops, number 120, the “Pennsylvania,” was assigned to the highest tier of company business. It was used by PRR Presidents and also U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt through John F. Kennedy, and has been privately owned since 1971.

Burlington Northern 'Yellowstone River'

#MTL-556 00 030   Burlington Northern   • Released May 2018   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #556 00 030 Yellowstone River This BN modernized heavyweight business car is green with a white band and runs on 6-wheel Commonwealth trucks. Originally built for Northern Pacific in 1955, it was named “Yellowstone River.” In 1971 the car received the Burlington Northern two-tone green scheme, and a year later was painted in the green and white “Hockey Stick” scheme which lasted until 1995.

Union Pacific

#MTL-556 00 061   Union Pacific   • Released January 2024   $30.95 retail ea. • $24.76 #556 00 061 Rd #103 This modernized heavyweight business car is yellow with Harbor Mist Grey roof and red lettering. Built in 1919 and sold to the Baldwin Estate, then purchased by UP in 1942, it was renumbered and refurbished with air conditioning and assigned to the Oregon Division Superintendent through the 1970s.

Southern Pacific

#MTL-556 00 070   Southern Pacific   • Released November 2018   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #556 00 070 Rd #SP 106 This modernized heavyweight business car is two-tone grey with white lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built in the 1920s, SP business car 106 was originally named “Shasta.” In the late 1950s, Shasta was given the two-tone grey paint scheme, and by late 1964, the business car was renamed “Oregon.”

Norfolk & Western 'Layfayette'

#MTL-556 00 240   Norfolk & Western   • Released January 2024   $29.95 retail ea. • $23.96 #556 00 240 Rd #700

Kansas City Southern 'Kay See'

#MTL-556 00 010   KCS   • Released February 2018   $29.95 retail ea. #556 00 010 Kay See This modernized heavyweight business car is black with yellow and red stripes and runs on 6-wheel Commonwealth Equalizer trucks. Named “Kay See,” it was rebuilt with new sheet metal sides, improved windows and upgraded interiors, giving it new life, and is still used by Kansas City Southern on excursion and company business passenger trains.

Pennsylvania Railroad 'Harrisburg'

#MTL-556 00 020   Pennsylvania RR   • Released April 2018   $29.95 retail ea. #556 00 020 Rd #7503 This PRR modernized heavyweight business car is tuscan red with buff lettering and runs on 6-wheel Commonwealth trucks. Built in 1928 by the Altoona Shops, number 120, the “Pennsylvania,” was assigned to the highest tier of company business. It was used by PRR Presidents and also U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt through John F. Kennedy, and has been privately owned since 1971.

Southern Pacific 'Airslie'

#MTL-556 00 040   Southern Pacific   • Released March 2018   $29.95 retail ea. #556 00 040 Rd #SP 100 This modernized heavyweight business car is aluminum with red band and runs on 6-wheel Commonwealth Equalizer trucks. Built in 1926, the SP #100 “Airslie” was originally assigned to Southern Pacific Board Chairman, Henry Wheeler Deforrest and was often seen in New York for company business. Deforrest named the car “Airslie” for a family hunting lodge in Scotland.

Union Pacific

#MTL-556 00 060   Union Pacific   • Released June 2018   $29.95 retail ea. #556 00 060 Rd #UP 113 This modernized heavyweight business car is yellow with Harbor Mist Grey roof and red lettering. Built in 1919 and sold to the Baldwin Estate, then purchased by UP in 1942, it was renumbered and refurbished with air conditioning and assigned to the Oregon Division Superintendent through the 1970s.

Canadian National

#MTL-556 00 140   Canadian National   • Released July 2018   $29.95 retail ea. #556 00 140 Rd #CN 95 This modernized heavyweight business car is black with white band and red lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger car trucks. Built by Grand Trunk in 1908, this car was used on CN trains through the 1970s as part of long distance and regional trains for company business and special events.

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