May 2019

Thomas Kinkade Painter of Light™ Series Name: A Perfect Summer Day

This 60’ Excess Height Box Car is black with modified side detail featuring Thomas Kinkade’s A Perfect Summer Day painting from 2001. Each car in this 12-month series will feature an amazing painting by Thomas Kinkade in vibrant color!

SERIES CAR #2 #102 00 802...$31.95

Northern Pacific Canadian National Road Number 90 Road Number CN 704345

This RPO heavyweight is two-tone green with white lettering and runs on 6-wheel pas- This 89’ tri-level closed is yellow with white roof and black lettering and runs on Barber Roller senger trucks. Built by the Pressed Steel Car Company in 1914 for Northern Pacific, this heavyweight Bearing trucks. Built by National Steel Car in 1976, this 89’ enclosed autorack design became the Railway was painted in the classic two-tone green paint scheme developed by Raymond universal standard for most railroads. Commonly used to this day, the design prevented vandalism and Loewy. It continued to serve NP through the mid-1960s. pilferage and helped to protect vehicles from the elements.

Production Delay Shipping with orders placed after May 4th #140 00 320...$34.90 #111 00 300...$51.90

Southern Pacific® Stokely Brothers and Company Road Numbers SP 651556/651663 Road Number SBIX 12911 These 50’ standard boxcars with single door are brown with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing This 40’ double-sheathed wood reefer with vertical brake wheel is brown with grey decorated sides and runs trucks. These 4895 cubic foot capacity boxcars were built in 1957 and displayed a new paint scheme for on Bettendorf trucks. Built in March 1926, this North Western Refrigerator Line owned reefer was assigned to Southern Pacific to showcase the “Hydra-Cushion” underframe and DF loader systems. Stokely Brothers and Company in the early 1930s, receiving a new paint job and reporting marks. WITH TRACTOR TIRE LOAD! FARM-TO-TABLE SERIES CAR #4

#031 00 521...$28.90 #031 00 522...$28.90 #049 00 830...$27.95

Accepting Orders for May Releases Beginning April 30th • All Prices U.S. Dollars Southern Erie Western Road Number 35 Road Number ERES 7015

This RPO heavyweight passenger car is Pullman green with gold lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger This 3-bay covered hopper is white with black lettering and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. Built in trucks. It was built in 1928 by the Bethlehem Steel shops and served the Southern Railroad on many pas- 1978 by Evans , this three-bay covered hopper had a 200,000 pound capacity. Erie Western was senger through the mid-1960s before being sidelined and transferred to a museum. established in 1977 and operated 158 miles of track from Ohio to Indiana until 1979 when the railroad ceased operation.

#140 00 330...$29.95 #099 00 210...$27.90

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Reading Road Number GM&O 32633 Road Number RDG 63850

This 33’ twin bay hopper with offset sides is black with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built This 33’ twin bay hopper with offset sides is black with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. by Pullman-Standard in 1949, this car was built to AAR standard twin-bay hopper plans and had a 100,000 Belonging to a series of nearly 1500 cars, this 2,260 cubic foot capacity two-bay hopper was rebuilt in 1967 pound capacity. The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio was a Class I railroad that ran from Alabama to Illinois from 1917 by Reading. The Reading Railroad was one of the most famous anthracite coal shippers in the northeast to 1972. United States. After the decline of coal following WWII, Reading began a slow decline and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1971.

#055 00 540...25.80 #055 00 221...$25.80

Crowley 53’ Containers Great Northern 4-pack

SOLD OUT NOW AVAILABLE! NOW AVAILABLE! AT FACTORY

These items are not on N Great Northern 4-pack Standing Orders END 40’ Double-Sheathed Wood Box Car, Single Door, w/ Side BW Road #CMCU 6010887...#469 00 171...$17.95 Road#24640, 24652, 24763, 24874 Road #CMCU 6030409...#469 00 172...$17.95 Pre-orders were taken for this in December 2018 #993 00 153…$79.95 YOUR SOURCE FOR Z

Stokely Brothers and Company Canadian National Road Number SBIX 12911 Road Numbers 5379/5380

This 40’ wood reefer is brown with grey decorated sides and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Built in March 1926, These SD40-2 powered locomotives are black with red nose and white stripe. Built in August 1973 for this North Western Refrigerator Line owned reefer was assigned to Stokely Brothers and Company in the early Missouri Pacific, this SD40-2 was transferred to Union Pacific in the 1982 merger. In the mid-1990s it 1930s, receiving a new paint job and reporting marks. was acquired by Canadian National and repainted as a class GF-30v unit. The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000 horsepower, turbocharged locomotive with electronic control systems built from 1972 to 1989 with nearly 4,000 units produced. FARM-TO-TABLE SERIES CAR #4 NOW AVAILABLE!

*Renderings shown for representation only. #970 01 151...$225.95 Pre-orders were taken for these in June 2017 #518 00 740...$27.95 #970 01 152...$225.95

Southern Pacific® Pennsylvania Road Numbers SP 651556/651663 Road Numbers 473152/473173

These 50’ standard box cars with single door are brown with white and yellow lettering and run on Roller These 40’ flat cars are red with white lettering and run on Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1906 as part of series Bearing trucks. Built in 1957, as part of series 651400-651673, it displayed a new paint scheme for 473002-473697, they served on Pennsylvania’s extensive network for over 50 years. Rebuilt in 1954, it Southern Pacific to showcase the “Hydra-Cushion” underframe and DF loader systems. was used in a MOW capacity after being retired from revenue service. WITH TRACTOR TIRE LOAD! WITH MACHINERY LOAD!

#505 00 391...$28.90 #525 00 171...$21.80 #505 00 392...$28.90 #525 00 172...$21.80

N Lumber Load 2-pack N 737 Fuselage Decals NOW AVAILABLE! NOW AVAILABLE!

This item is not on Standing Order *Decals were produced by Cartograf and were included in TTX Fuselage packs #1, #2 and #3 Decorated Bulkhead Lumber Load 2-pack 737 Fuselage Decals (1-pack) #499 45 902...$14.95 #499 45 904...$5.95 Ringling Bros.® Clown Billboard Series

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

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Series Car #1 Series Car #2 #045 00 521...$29.95 #045 00 522...$29.95 Pre-orders were taken for this in February 2019

DODX Cascade Green 6-pack AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

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Pre-orders were taken for this in February 2019 *Renderings shown for representation only. #993 01 611...$134.95

Log Car 4-pack Log Car 4-pack

AVAILABLE MID-MONTH! AVAILABLE MID-MONTH!

30’ Log Car 30’ Log Car Pre-orders were taken for Pre-orders were taken for thisCNW ®in is Februarya registered trademark 2019 of the Union Pacific Railroad. #994 00 952…$124.95 CNWthis® is in a registeredFebruary trademark 2019 of the Union Pacific Railroad. #994 00 953…$84.95 Weathered Gondola Tie Loader 3-Packs Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st Maintaining miles and miles of track is a never ending task for railroads. Mechanical tie loaders ride atop gondolas, picking up discarded ties next to the repaired sections of track. Tie loaders are equipped with clamping and lifting hydraulics that allow the tie loader to move from one car to the next as the MOW moves forward. Our tie loader model is based on the prototype and is a multimedia kit* cast in color. All three gondolas in each set will come with railroad tie loads. Contact your dealer to place your order today!

CONRAIL 3-PACK

COMING OCTOBER 2019 #993 01 880...$99.95

UNION PACIFIC® 3-PACK

*Tie Loader is made of resin parts, 3D printed parts and etched metal for the claw. Parts come unassembled and unpainted. Decals for the tie loader will be COMING NOVEMBER 2019 included (not shown). *Renderings shown for representation only. #993 01 890...$99.95

CSX® 8-Pack TTX Weathered 8-Pack Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st

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N CSX® 100-Ton 3-Bay Open Hopper, Rib Sides, w/ Coal Load Z TTX COMING 70’ Well Car Road #834173, 834615, 835598, 836146, Road #56780, 56790, 56797, 56824, COMING 836560, 837537, 837481, 838909 SEPTEMBER 2019 56829, 56844, 56860, 56871 SEPTEMBER 2019 #993 00 817…$184.95 *N Scale renderings shown for representation only. #994 00 812…$239.95 New 60’ Rib Side, Double Plug Door High-Cube Accepting Pre-Orders thru May 31st ALL-NEW 36” METAL National Steel Car company was one of three manufacturers enlisted by Trailer Train Company to build WHEELS! their new fleet of 60’ excess height boxcars in 2003. These heavy-duty cars featured double plug doors giving the customer a 12’ opening to easily load everything from paper products, appliances to consumables. Referred to as “Super Duty” cars, they join the growing fleet of “Plate F” cars providing higher capacities for shippers looking to streamline their deliveries. Our model will feature fine mold detail and micro-fine printing, separate end ladders and brake rod detail, etched-metal brake platforms and painted underframe. The car will also have correct ride height with body-mounted couplers and all-new 36” metal wheels! Contact your dealer to order yours today!

TTX (vers. 1) 3-pack TTX (vers. 2) 3-pack #993 01 840...$119.95 #993 01 850...$119.95

CSX® 3-pack Canadian National 3-pack #993 01 860...$119.95 #993 01 870...$119.95

*Renderings shown for representation only. COMING SPRING 2020

April Weathered Cars

SOLD OUT AT FACTORY N Southern Pacific® #111 44 310...$54.95 N DODX ‘Olive Drab’ 3pk #993 05 520…$74.95 SOLD OUT AT FACTORY

N Cotton Belt® #111 44 320...$54.95

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Z NATX 2pk N WLO/CN ‘Elephant Toss’ #530 44 440...$49.95 Cotton Belt and SP® is a registered trademarks of the Union Pacific Railroad. #025 44 156...$29.95 Member benefits include: • Five regular magazine issues and one convention timetable • Auctions

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HEINZ® Series Cars

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N HEINZ® Car #8 Rel. 04/18 N HEINZ® Car #9 Rel. 05/18 N HEINZ® Car #10 Rel. 06/18 N HEINZ® Car #11 Rel. 07/18 #058 00 330...$28.95 #058 00 340...$28.95 #058 00 350...$28.95 #058 00 360...$28.95

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The Heinz trademarks are owned by H.J. Heinz US Brands LLC and Kraft Heinz Canada ULC and are used under license. ® N HEINZ® Yellow Car #5 Rel. 01/19 N HEINZ Yellow Car #6 Rel. 02/19 #058 00 051...$29.95 #058 00 440...$29.95

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® ® Z HEINZ Car #7 Rel. 03/18 Z HEINZ Car #8 Rel. 04/18 Z HEINZ® Car #9 Rel. 05/18 Z HEINZ® Car #10 Rel. 06/18 Z HEINZ® Car #11 Rel. 07/18 Z HEINZ® Car #12 Rel. 08/18 #518 00 520...$28.95 #518 00 530...$28.95 #518 00 540...$28.95 #518 00 550...$28.95 #518 00 560...$28.95 #518 00 570...$28.95

AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED Z HEINZ® Yellow Car #1 Rel. 09/18 Z HEINZ® Yellow Car #3 Rel. 11/18 Z HEINZ® Yellow Car #4 Rel. 12/18 Z HEINZ® Yellow Car #5 Rel. 01/19 Z HEINZ® Yellow Car #6 Rel. 02/19 TIME ONLY! #518 00 630...$29.95 #518 00 650...$29.95 #518 00 660...$29.95 #518 00 670...$29.95 #518 00 680...$29.95 351 Rogue River Parkway P.O. Box 1200 Talent, OR 97540-1200 U.S.A. Email: [email protected] First Class

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