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1 ovember 2009 November 2009 November 2009 November 2009 November 2009 Great Northern Road Numbers GN / These 40 standard box cars with double doors are painted Omaha Orange with Pullman Green side trim and black ends and roof. Lettering is black and Pullman Green. The pair were built in October 1947 and run on Roller Bearing trucks. This paint scheme has the 54 herald See America First Glacier National Park. Upon repaintings, they received the following era-specific paint schemes: Standard post-1947 all mineral red scheme with a white stripe on each right hand door; after 1956 they received the vermillion red scheme; and in 1967 some received the Big Sky lettering scheme. FELD ENTERTAINMENT Burlington Road Number CB&Q 2322 This 60 railway post office car is painted Pullman Green with gold herald and lettering. It was built in October 1917 by American Car & Foundry and runs on passenger trucks. The Burlington had at least 20 of these Railway Post Office cars in number series Number 2322 was built by American Car & Foundry Company in October of # $25.65 # $25.65 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Billboard Car #4 This wood-sheathed car is painted brown and features a colorful representation of an actual Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster. This poster depicts acrobatic and aerial acts performed by over 200 women. These acts would include extraordinary feats of balance, wonderful mid-air performances and many other agility routines. # $20.90 Mandan Creamery & Produce Co. Road Number MCPX 2000 Penn Central Road Number PC Micro-Trains 2009 Christmas Car Road Number MTL 2009 November 2009 This 36 wood-sheathed ice reefer with truss rod underframe is painted with reefer yellow sides and brown roof and ends. It s lettered in black and red with black turkey silhouette. It was built in November 1927 by the Pressed Steel Car Co., serviced in April 1934 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Mandan Creamery & Produce Company of Mandan, ND, also leased NAC cars under its own MCPX reporting marks. MCPX 2000 was assigned to Mandan for a brief period beginning in April Billboard car side advertising was extensively used by meat packers, breweries and producers of food products 1920 s thru # $24.30 This bay window caboose is painted Penn Central green with black roof and white logo and lettering. It was built in January 1946, serviced in November 1969 and runs on Swing-Motion caboose trucks. Originating on the Southern Railroad as Southern 3126, it was acquired by Penn Central and repainted in its final PC scheme in November # $25.40 Our old friend Micro-Mouse is once again center stage, sledding down the slope on this year s colorful Excess Height Christmas Box Car. Never one for the conventional, our daring holiday mouse has converted an old tennis shoe into a slope shredder. The holiday greeting with the Micro-Mouse signature will prove this car to be a holiday classic. # $25.95 # $23.40 Accepting Orders for November Releases Beginning October 30th All Prices U.S. Dollars

2 James K. Polk Presidential Car Road Number This 40 standard box car with plug door and no roofwalk is car #15 of a 44-car series representing each of the presidents of the United States. It bears the portrait of our 11th president, James K. Polk. The car comes with a commemorative pin replicated from that era. Committed to geographic expansion, Polk was responsible for the second-largest expansion of the nation s territory by securing the Oregon Territory. He then purchased 525,000 square miles in the southwest through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican American War. Chesapeake & Ohio Road Number C&O This two-bay Centerflow covered hopper is painted yellow with dark blue sill, logo and lettering. It was built in June 1976 by American Car & Foundry in Huntington, WV, and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. This ACF Center Flow design is more compact in design than the cylindrical car style. They have a LO classification, four 30-inch round hatches and two gravity outlets, a 2700 cubic foot capacity and an interior length of 32-foot 1-inches. Oath of Office Trivia Contest Question: Which President was the only President to have their wedding ceremony held in the White House and was the sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant? *All answers must be submitted by to mtl@micro-trains.com by the 15th to be eligible. # $23.95 # $27.55 CP Rail Road Number CPI Micro-Trains 2009 Christmas Car Road Number MTL 2009 This 61 bulkhead flat car is painted red with white logo and lettering. It was built in November 1973 by Marine Industries Limited of Sorel, Quebec, serviced in Ontario in September 1987, and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. The reporting mark CPI indicates these cars are restricted to international service only and are not to be loaded for domestic points. The cars were leased from North American Car Company by CP Rail. WITH PIPE LOAD Our old friend Micro-Mouse is once again center stage, sledding down the slope on this year s colorful Christmas Box Car. Never one for the conventional, our daring holiday mouse has converted an old tennis shoe into a slope shredder. The holiday greeting with the Micro-Mouse signature will prove this car to be a holiday classic. # $24.15 # $24.80 N Scale Runner Pack Z Scale Runner Pack Pre-orders were taken for this item in May 2009 Trailer Train # $89.95 Road Numbers: , , , Pre-orders were taken for this item in May 2009 Trailer Train # $84.95 Road Numbers: 56815, 56816, 56817, 56818

3 YOUR SOURCE FOR Z Wyoming State Car Road Number WY 1890 This 40 standard box car with plug door is car #17 of a 50-car series representing each of the 50 states in the union. It bears the Western Meadowlark and Indian Paintbrush, Wyoming s official state bird and flower. The flag of the state of Wyoming is in the background. The road number 1890 represents the year the Equality State was admitted into the union. Kansas City Southern Road Numbers 641 / 646 These SD40-2 powered locomotives are painted gray with red and white logos, yellow stripes and red lettering. They were built in 1972 as part of order 7226 for KCS. The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000 horsepower (2,240 kw) model of C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1972 and February 1986; 3,957 examples were built, and every class 1 railroad in North America has operated this type of loco. The SD40-2 is one of the best-selling diesel locomotive models of all time. # $22.95 # $ # $ Great Northern Road Number GN / These 40 standard box cars with double doors are painted vermillion red with black roofs and ends. They bear the white Rocky logos and are lettered in white. They were built in March 1940, serviced in April 1963 and run on Bettendorf trucks. Originally built for the Erie-Lackawanna in March 1940, they were part of the and series. Trailer Train Road Number TTX / These 60 flat cars with loads are painted brown with yellow TT logos and white lettering. They were built in November 1975 and run on Roller Bearing trucks. TTX Company provides railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. Pooled railcars are for service in the intermodal, automotive, lumber, machinery, building materials, steel and other commodity groups where flatcars, boxcars, and gondolas are required. WITH COVERED MECHANICAL LOADS # $29.15 # $29.15 # $21.70 # $21.70 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Billboard Car #4 This wood-sheathed car is painted brown and features a colorful representation of an actual Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey poster. This poster depicts acrobatic and aerial acts performed by over 200 women. These acts would include extraordinary feats of balance, wonderful mid-air performances and many other agility routines. Southern Pacific Road Number SP 6637 This passenger baggage car is painted dark gray with light gray lettering. It was built in December 1959 by St. Louis Car Company and runs on passenger trucks. Between December 1959 and December 1960 St. Louis Car Co. built 50 baggage cars under lot FELD ENTERTAINMENT # $29.95 *SP is a registered tradmark of the Union Pacific Railroad # $26.60

4 Colorado & Southern Road Number C&S 4527 Coke Container Load This 30 gondola with load is painted box car red with white logo and lettering. It was built in 1910 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Commonly called coal cars, they were actually used for hauling ore, scrap iron, lumber and ballast as well. The series , of which this car is a member, was the first group of steel-framed gondolas built by the Colorado & Southern. Many of these gondolas were later converted to flat cars and continued to be usable for several more years WITH STEAM ENGINE SCRAP LOAD 6-Wheel Passenger Trucks and 36 Wheel Sets # $41.60 # (3-pack) $12.55 Swing Motion Caboose Truck with Generator PS 6-wheel Passenger Truck (1 pair) # $ Diameter Wheel Sets (12 axles) # $3.20 # (1 pair) $3.60 N Scale Military Barracks Kit More Military Kits Coming Soon: Two-Story Barracks HQ Building Base Chapel *Kit comes undecorated and unassembled. # $29.95

5 N & Z Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 3-Car Runner Packs! Accepting Pre-Orders through November 30 th COMING MAY 2010! * Renderings for representational purposes only. For more information visit Flat Cars w/ 6 Containers & Tent Pole Load FELD ENTERTAINMENT # $ Flat Cars w/ 6 Containers & Tent Pole Load # $ Z Scale Sawmill Kit Kit Features: Log ramp Loading bay Detailed head saw and machinery deck Saw pit Acetate windows Shingled roof Wood slat siding Other Logging Kits Office / Dining Camp Cars (2 pk)...$44.95 Dormitory Camp Cars (2 pk)...$44.95 Blacksmith / Shower Camp Car (2 pk)...$39.95 *Kit comes undecorated and unassembled $74.95

6 Z Scale Train Sets All Z sets include a loop of Micro-Track Southern Pacific (F-7)... # $ Canadian Pacific (GP-35)... # $ C&O (GP-35)... # $ Soo Line (GP-35)... # $ Rock Island (GP-35)... # $ Northern Pacific (GP-9)... # $ Canadian National (GP-9)... # $ New Haven (GP-9)... # $ Milwaukee Road (GP-9)... # $ D&RGW (GP-9)... # $ Penn Central (GP-35)... # $ ATSF (GP-9)... # $ C&NW (GP-9)... # $ Missouri Pacific (GP-35)... # $ Guilford (GP-9)... # $ Western Pacific (GP-9)... # $ D&RGW, SP, C&NW, MP, WP and SN are registered trademarks of the Union Pacific Railroad. Sacramento Northern (GP-9)... # $ Baltimore & Ohio (GP-9)... # $ Illinois Central Gulf (GP-35)... # $ SL-SF (GP-35)... # $ Southern Pacific (GP-9)... # $ SSW (GP-9)... # $ GTW (GP-9)... # $ Central Vermont (GP-9)... # $ Santa Fe (GP-35)... # $ Southern Pacific (GP-35)... # $ BNSF (GP-35)... # $ MRL (GP-35)... # $ NEW CB&Q (GP-35)... # $ NEW PRR (GP-9)... # $ NEW B&O (GP-35)... # $ NEW C&O (GP-35)... # $ Undecorated GP-9 Powered Loco Undecorated Bay Window Caboose Unassembled Kit Subject to Availability Shell/Detail colors may vary Quantity limits may apply Ready-to-run Subject to Availability Shell/Detail colors may vary Quantity limits may apply Ready-to-run # $ # $17.15 Special Runs Advertise your new Special Run here! Micro-Trains will advertise your Micro-Trainsproduced Special Run in our monthly Micro-News Brooklyn Locomotive Works U.S. Army 40 Box Cars Go Army! BLW is pleased to offer a limited run of the U.S. Army 40 Box Car. This is available as a four-car set or as individual cars (taken from the set.) There are a total of four unique road numbers. BLW U.S. Army 40 Box Car 4 Pack Set $74.95 BLW S Single Box Car (car taken from the set) $19.49 Shipping: $8.50 USA only. Please check out all of our Micro-Trains special run cars at publication. Want to boost your Special Run sales? Take advantage of our large circulation and get your special run project in front of thousands! For more information and for advertising rates please visit our website and select N or Z scale, Special Runs and Program Information.

7 April 30 May 1, 2010 Medford, Oregon You can now register to attend the first National Z Scale Convention! Visit to access registration information. In addition to the Micro-Trains factory tour, the private trip to Medford s Railroad Park with BBQ dinner, the public show, clinics, contests and dinner banquet, attendees will receive a 2010 Convention Car and a Banquet Car for those who attend the banquet! Able to come a little early or stay a little longer? Southern Oregon has lots to entertain. Visit the National Z Scale Convention website and click on Local Attractions to see some of the fun and exciting things you can do while on you visit to Medford next spring. Various other attractions MTL Factory Tour Medford Railroad Park Previously Released Rolling Stock SOON-TO-BE-OUT N Scale New York Central Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Ringling Billboard# Canadian Northern Presidential Andrew Jackson Presidential Martin Van Buren Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Conrail Z Scale State Car Montana State Car New Hampshire Western Pacific Denver & Rio Grande Western Ringling Billboard # Norfolk & Western CSX Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe GATX OUT OF STOCK N Scale Northern Pacific Canadian National Erie BC Rail American Refrigerator Canadian National Wisconsin Southern Denver & Rio Grande Western Weathered ATSF Southern Pacific Southern Pacific Great Northern New York & New Haven Z Scale Lehigh Valley Burlington Northern Reading MKT, SLSW/Cotton Belt, D&RGW, UP, C&NW, MP, WP, SN and ART are registered trademarks of the Union Pacific Railroad.

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