Micro-Trains N scale heavyweight RPO

Micro-Trains N scale heavyweight RPO

Micro-Trains N scale heavyweight RPO Price: $19.35 ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line Co.351 Rogue River ParkwayTalent, OR 97540www.micro-trains.com Era: 1940s Comments: This 60-foot Railway Post Office (RPO) is typical of heavyweight mail cars built in the 1910s and ’20s. Many served into the 1960s. Micro-Trains had specifically modeled RPOs built for the Great Northern in 1918. The car […]

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Micro-Trains N scale bay window caboose

Micro-Trains N scale bay window caboose

Micro-Trains N scale bay window caboose Price: $32.85 ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line Co.P.O. Box 1200Talent, OR 97540www.micro-trains.com Era: 1980s Comments: The prototype for this N scale plastic model was one of the last cabooses purchased by the Southern Pacific Ry. in 1980. The model matches drawings in Freight Cars of the Southern Pacific, Volume 2: Cabooses by […]

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An MR quick look: Micro-Trains N scale test car

Micro-Trains N scale test car

Micro-Trains N scale test car Price: $13.95ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line Co.P.O. Box 1200Talent, OR 97540www.micro-trains.comDescription: plastic ready-to-run N scale test carComments: Modelers in N scale now have an excellent scale test car. These cars helped calibrate scales during car loading. Our sample came decorated in Baltimore & Ohio/CSX livery. All lettering, including the smallest stencils, is straight […]

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Micro-Trains Z scale turnouts

Micro-Trains Z scale turnouts

Micro-Trains Z scale turnouts Turnouts with North American tie-spacing, a 490mm (19.3″) radius diverging route, and built-in road-bed are now available for those who model in Z. Available in left- and right-hand versions, these new manual turnouts give Z scalers an easy way to add to their layouts. A versatile track system. Like other components […]

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Micro-Trains Line Z scale EMD GP35 diesel measures up in every way

Micro-Trains Line Z scale EMD GP35 diesel

Micro-Trains Line Z scale EMD GP35 diesel This extremely accurate model of an Electro-Motive Division GP35 is detailed enough for even the most demanding modeler. Rivets are visible (with a magnifying glass, unless you have young eyes), dimensions are right on, and the delicate, etched-metal handrails are accurate down to the number of stanchions. Micro-Trains […]

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Micro-Trains N scale general service tank car

Micro-Trains N scale general service tank car

Micro-Trains N scale general service tank car Micro-Trains has released a well-detailed ready-to-run model of an American Car & Foundry 56-foot, 30,000-gallon general-service tank car that nicely captures the proportions of its prototype. The model represents one of a lot of 1,370 tank cars that ACF built in mid-1974 at its Milton, Pa., shops and […]

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