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October 2007 October 2007 October 2007 October 2007 October 2007 October Accepting Orders for October Releases Beginning September 28th • All Prices U.S. Dollars October 2007 These 89’ tri-level open auto racks are painted Santa Fe red with white Santa Fe “Circle/Cross” & “Auto-Veyer” placard on left, “Super Shock Control” in yellow and white on right placard and white lettering. They run on black Barber ® roller bearing trucks. AT&SF tried using the term “auto-veyer” for their auto racks, but the term never caught on. These cars also proudly declare their Shock Control equipment for providing a smoother ride for their cargo. These tri-levels were used for autos, while the bi-level auto racks were typically used for transporting trucks and larger cars. Open rack cars such as these gradually became extinct due to the problems with damage and vandalism while in transit. However, they were greatly responsible for securing a vast amount of the automobile delivery traffic that had been previously lost during the box car era. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road Number ATSF 89396 & ATSF 89363 #112 00 051...$27.85 #112 00 052...$27.85 SSW ® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacific This 33’ USRA panel side twin bay hopper is painted black with large Chesapeake & Ohio ® herald, reporting marks and various lettering in white. This hopper was built in December 1918, rebuilt in February 1933, and runs on black Andrews trucks. It is released with a coal load. The raised panel sides on this body style were developed in response to the need to replace the sides of heavily used and rusted hoppers and increase capacity at the same time. #085 00 040...$17.80 Chesapeake & Ohio ® Road Number C&O 63353 This 50’ box car with tall ladders, double plug doors and no roofwalk is painted yellow with red and deep red lower bands. The car carries the large LP logo in red and deep red as well as black, red, yellow and white lettering. It runs on roller bearing trucks. Built by Pullman Standard in Septemerb 1971 for the United States Railway Equipment Co. (USLX), this RBL class box car is part of a 50-car series leased by Louisiana Pacific. By 1992 there were 19 cars left in the series. Louisiana Pacific Road Number USLX 18019 #075 00 150...$23.40 Prince Edward Island Provincial Car Road Number PE 1873 #077 00 159...$18.25 This 50’ standard box car with single superior door is car #9 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It displays the Blue Jay and Lady’s Slipper flower, Prince Edward Island’s official provincial bird and flower. The flag of the province of Prince Edward Island is in the background. The road number 1873 represents the year the “The Small Under the Protection of the Great” province joined the Confederation. This SP brown 50’ flat car with fishbelly sides, side mount brake wheel and generator load has white lettering and runs on brown roller bearing trucks. This class F-70-52, 53’ 6” flat car was part of a 200 car series built by Thrall Car Manufacturing in April of 1969 and last serviced at SP’s Topeka shops in May of 1975. St. Louis Southwestern ® Road Number SSW 85382 #045 00 330...$16.90 NEW GENERATOR LOAD !

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October 2007

These 89’ tri-level open auto racks are painted Santa Fe red with white Santa Fe “Circle/Cross” & “Auto-Veyer” placard on left, “Super Shock Control” in yellow and white on right placard and white lettering. They run on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. AT&SF tried using the term “auto-veyer” for their auto racks, but the term never caught on. These cars also proudly declare their Shock Control equipment for providing a smoother ride for their cargo. These tri-levels were used for autos, while the bi-level auto racks were typically used for transporting trucks and larger cars. Open rack cars such as these gradually became extinct due to the problems with damage and vandalism while in transit. However, they were greatly responsible for securing a vast amount of the automobile delivery traffi c that had been previously lost during the box car era.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa FeRoad Number ATSF 89396 & ATSF 89363

#112 00 051...$27.85#112 00 052...$27.85

SSW® is a registered trademark of the Union Pacifi c

This 33’ USRA panel side twin bay hopper is painted black with large Chesapeake & Ohio® herald, reporting marks and various lettering in white. This hopper was built in December 1918, rebuilt in February 1933, and runs on black Andrews trucks. It is released with a coal load. The raised panel sides on this body style were developed in response to the need to replace the sides of heavily used and rusted hoppers and increase capacity at the same time.

#085 00 040...$17.80

Chesapeake & Ohio®

Road Number C&O 63353

This 50’ box car with tall ladders, double plug doors and no roofwalk is painted yellow with red and deep red lower bands. The car carries the large LP logo in red and deep red as well as black, red, yellow and white lettering. It runs on roller bearing trucks. Built by Pullman Standard in Septemerb 1971 for the United States Railway Equipment Co. (USLX), this RBL class box car is part of a 50-car series leased by Louisiana Pacifi c. By 1992 there were 19 cars left in the series.

Louisiana Pacifi c

Road Number USLX 18019

#075 00 150...$23.40

Prince Edward Island Provincial CarRoad Number PE 1873

#077 00 159...$18.25

This 50’ standard box car with single superior door is car #9 of a series representing each of the Canadian provinces and territories. It displays the Blue Jay and Lady’s Slipper fl ower, Prince Edward Island’s offi cial provincial bird and fl ower. The fl ag of the province of Prince Edward Island is in the background. The road number 1873 represents the year the “The Small Under the Protection of the Great” province joined the Confederation.

This SP brown 50’ fl at car with fi shbelly sides, side mount brake wheel and generator load has white lettering and runs on brown roller bearing trucks. This class F-70-52, 53’ 6” fl at car was part of a 200 car series built by Thrall Car Manufacturing in April of 1969 and last serviced at SP’s Topeka shops in May of 1975.

St. Louis Southwestern® Road Number SSW 85382

#045 00 330...$16.90

NEW GENERATOR LOAD!

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#065 00 190...$19.95

Colorado & SouthernRoad Number C&S 7132

#855 00 012...$29.60

Diamond Chemicals Road Number GATX 74350

This 39’ single dome tanker with black Bettendorf trucks is painted gray. It carries the black and red Diamond Chemicals logo with black lettering. This tanker, built in November 1952 by General American Transportation Corp. in Sharon, Pennsylvania, carried liquid chlorine for the Diamond Alkali Company.

#800 00 150...$14.65

Sandy River & Rangeley Lake Road Number SR&RL 74

This box car red 30’ box car with single door has white lettering and runs on brown Barber Coleman Arch Bar trucks. The Sandy River Railroad was started in 1879 to connect northern Franklin County with Maine Central Railroad, which terminated in Farmington. In 1908, the Sandy River merged with all of the other Franklin County Liliputs and emerged as the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, boasting over 120 miles of track and 13 engines.

This box car red 40’ double-sheathed wood reefer with vertical brake wheel has reefer yellow sides, black side lettering, displays the red, black & white “Burlington Road” herald, has white end lettering and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. Reefers were designed to haul perishable goods such as meat, dairy products, and beer, any load that required a cool temperature.

Colorado & SouthernRoad Number CX 50055

#049 00 370...$23.95

This 30’ fl at car is box car red with white lettering and runs on brown Bettendorf trucks. Originally built for the Colorado and Southern as stock car series 7015-7134 in the early 1900s, many of these cars were stripped down to their decks and used as fl at cars without changing the reporting marks or reassigning the cars to a different series

Day 11 Ornament:“Eleven Pipers Piping”#960 60 011...$9.99

CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT

The “Twelve Days of Christmas” is widely recognized as a delightful song celebrating Christmas. Many suggest that the “Twelve Days of Christmas” originated during the 16th century religious wars in England as a song of instruction offering basic references to religious teachings.

“Eleven Pipers Piping”

Z Scale #502 00 410 (Magne-Matic®) ....................... $23.75Z Scale #502 00 411 (Marklin®) .................................$21.95

BOX CARS

N Scale #021 00 511 ..................................................$19.15

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YOUR SOURCE FOR Z

NOW AVAILABLE!Set includes:• (1) F7 Locomotive

• (1) 40’ Flat Car w/ Covered Tank Load

• (1) 40’ Tank Car

• (1) 50’ Standard Box Car

• (1) Center Cupola Caboose

#994 01 020...$179.95

#535 00 190...$26.30

Pennsylvania RailroadRoad Number PRR 477730

This steel caboose with center cupola is painted freight car red with black cupola and roofs. The caboose displays the white “Shadow Keystone” monogram with black shadow and white lettering. It was built in July 1942 and serviced in 1960. It runs on roller bearing trucks. PRR 477730 was stenciled with the large PENNSYLVANIA lettering introduced in the 1950s and the Keystone Monogram introduced during the 1960s The ‘modifi ed’ calendar-style stenciling for numbers was used during the period 1955 through 1960s.

New Z Scale Accessory Structure Kit!

Tool Shed

Trailer TrainRoad Number TTPX 80280 / TTPX 80252

These 60’ bulkhead fl at cars are painted dark box car red with white lettering, and white and yellow Trailer Train logos. They roll on black roller bearing trucks. They have oak decking, oak bulkhead boards and were built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1969. Trailer Train cars are seen across the country wherever wood products are transported. Primary commodities include lumber, wallboard, structural steel members and Christmas trees

TWO NEW LUMBER LOADS!

* Pre-orders were accepted for this item in April 2007.

Z Scale Micro-Track®

• Laser-cut micro-thin ply construction• Individual board details and structural supports• Easy assembly featuring “peel and stick” components• Clear, illustrated instructions• Acetate window inserts

#799 90 902...$13.95

New Z Scale Accessory Structure Kit!13° Left Remote Turnout (1 pack)Item #990 40 914...$29.95

13° Right Remote Turnout (1 pack) *shownItem #990 40 915...$29.95

r490mm x 13° Curved Track (12 pack)Item #990 40 912...$23.05

r220mm x 45° Curved Track (12 pack)Item# 990 40 913...$23.05

#527 00 021...$21.25#527 00 022...$21.25

Z Scale U.S. Army Set

* Kit comes undecorated.

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COMING APRIL ‘08!

NEW N Scale Runner Packs!Accepting pre-orders through October 31st

C&O Cameo SeriesAccepting pre-orders for all six cars through October 31st

Cameo Series Car #1 • Coming April 2008#031 00 071...$29.85 • Scheme is same on both sides

Cameo Series Car #6 • Coming September 2008#031 00 076...$38.65 • Scheme is different on opposite side

Cameo Series Car #5 • Coming August 2008#031 00 075...$39.65 • Scheme is different on opposite side

Cameo Series Car #4 • Coming July 2008#031 00 074...$34.25 • Scheme is different on opposite side

Cameo Series Car #2 • Coming May 2008#031 00 072...$35.65 • Scheme is different on opposite side

Cameo Series Car #3 • Coming June 2008#031 00 073...$46.25 • Scheme is different on opposite side

In 1956, Chesapeake & Ohio produced six different experimental paint schemes on 50’ Pullman Standard box cars. These six one-of-a-kind cars will be release over a six month period, with the fi rst car releasing in April ’08. Don’t miss out on this unique one-time offering from Micro-Trains. Place your order with your local dealer today.

To view both sides of all six cars, visit www.micro-trains.com

Canadian National Runner PackRoad Numbers: 290148, 290152, 290160, 290165#993 00 011...$54.95

Norfolk & Western Runner PackRoad Numbers: 39525, 39540, 39632, 39663#993 00 012...$54.95

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Haunted Hamlet

Micro-SeasonsHOLIDAY TABLE-TOP TRAIN AND VILLAGE COLLECTIONS

Visit us at www.micro-seasons.com to shopour entire Micro-Seasons® product line.

Haunted HamletCelebrate Halloween with

Brimstone ManorWith ornamental bats at the windows and threatening gargoyles on the gables, this eerie old manor brings to mind a world of crashing thunder and fl ashing lightning.#960 07 011...$18.95Cider Shack CaféYou can almost smell baked apples wafting from this cozy little café where bushels of brightly colored apples are lined up in preparation for the cider press or kitchen. This popular gathering place offers a variety of treats and eats, but ‘Spider Cider’ remains the house specialty.#960 07 012...$14.95Creepy Critters Pet ShopYou’ll fi nd more than cute little puppies at the Creepy Critters Pet Shop. Delightfully detailed critters await the unsuspecting pet lover—including giant spiders, one-eyed monsters and a man-eating plant!#960 07 013...$14.95Ghostly Spirits TavernThis is one bar where everyone is ‘dying’ to know your name. This quaint Tudor-style tavern features glow-in-the-dark ghosts peering from the windows as well as a pair playing checkers on the back porch. Barrels of ‘Deathly Pale Ale’ are lined up, ready to quench those ghostly thirsts.#960 07 014...$16.95Booville Train StationWith its wrought iron fi ligree, stately slate roof, and whimsical coffi n and tombstone benches, this festive building with lights is the perfect headquarters for the Booville & Beyond Railroad. Daily shipments of both live and dead freight make this netherworld train station the center of activity in our little Haunted Hamlet.#960 07 015...$20.95Misery MansionVisitors beware! This granddaddy of haunted houses is frightfully decorated with broken windows, bat wing gingerbread and spider web detailing. At fi rst glance it appears this old Victorian mansion is abandoned, but look closer and you can see a ghostly resident peering out the second fl oor window.#960 07 016...$18.95

Nightmare FactoryDeep into the night, bone-chilling noises can be heard from this dilapidated old building. With its broken windows, crooked pipes, and sacks of gloom, doom, screams and fright, it’s the perfect setting for cooking up scary nightmares.#960 07 017...$18.95Spooky’s Costume ShopCreepy costumes are no problem at Spooky’s Costume Shop. Skeletons, witches, mummies, and ghosts fi ll the display windows, while vicious gingerbread ‘fangs’ adorn the eaves.#960 07 018...$14.95Witches Brew Spell ShopEye of newt and toe of frog are but two nasty ingredients to be had at Witches Brew Spell Shop. Spider web gable vents, boiling cauldrons and a broom ‘parking garage’ are a few of the bewitching details that add to this scene.#960 07 019...$16.95Pumpkin PatchThis little harvest garden, with its rustic wood shack and cart overfl owing with pumpkins, is one of the busiest places in town. It supplies all of Booville with jack-o’-lanterns to decorate for Halloween, which is every day in this Haunted Hamlet!#960 09 061...$14.95Booville CemeteryNo Halloween town is complete without its own cemetery and ours is no exception. Booville cemetery features a creepy crypt, tombstones and a freshly dug grave waiting for its occupant.#960 09 062...$14.95Spooky TreeAn ominous old hollowed-out tree with a peek-a-boo owl looms over the stone footbridge that crosses the stream in the center of town. Many of Booville’s residents pause under its menacing branches as they make their way from one side of town to the other.#960 09 063...$9.95

Center BaseThe center base provides a perfect setting for your Haunted Hamlet display. A brown base, supported by a low-rise brimstone wall. #960 05 0 04...$24.95

Haunted Hamlet Premium PackIncludes: Table-Top Town Haunted Hamlet (12 pc. set), Table-Top ‘N Track, Glow-in-the-Dark Booville & Beyond Train Set (trees and people not included)#960 00 110...$449.95Haunted Hamlet Complete SetOrder all your favorite haunted Hamlet pieces individually to mix and match, or purchase the complete 12-pc. set with center base and save!#960 00 111...$199.95Haunted Hamlet Starter SetIncludes: Spooky’s Costume Shop, Misery Mansion, Cider Shack Cafe, Booville Train Station and Cemetery. #960 00 113...$76.95Booville & Beyond Train SetIncludes: Glow-in-the-dark Micro-Trains FT locomotive, two box cars (one with ghostly fi gures), and a Booville & Beyond caboose. #993 21 040...$149.95 Glows-in-the-Dark!Autumn Mix Trees#960 09 064...$14.95Bare Trees#960 09 065...$5.95Table-Top ‘N Track (legged)#960 01 100...$199.95Table-Top ‘N Track#960 01 110...$129.95

With its wrought iron fi ligree, stately slate roof, and whimsical coffi n It’s Lighted!

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N Scale Loads Z Scale Loads

60’ Bulkhead Pipe Loads #799 43 910 (3-pack)...$12.55

Tall Log Loads (for 50’ gondolas)#799 43 909 (3-pack)...$12.55

Canadian Province & Territory Series

Industrial AC Units#499 43 927 (3-pack)...$12.55

60’ Bulkhead Covered Lumber Loads#499 43 925 (2-pack)...$12.55

The Canadian series is our exciting N scale series featuring the provinces and territories of Canada. Similar to our popular ‘States of the Union’ series, each of the 13 Canadian series cars will feature the province or territory fl ag, fl ower, bird, motto and more. This series also includes an FT A unit and will later include an FT B unit as well as a caboose.

*Factory is out of stock

*British Columbia • Rd# BC 1871Item# 077 00 151…$18.25

Quebec • Rd# QC 1867Item# 077 00 152…$18.25

*Saskatchewan • Rd# SK 1905Item# 077 00 153…$18.25

Nova Scotia • Rd# NS 1867Item# 077 00 154…$18.25

*Alberta • Rd# AB 1905Item# 077 00 155…$18.25

*Ontario • Rd# ON 1867Item# 077 00 156…$18.25

Yukon Territory • YT 1898Item# 077 00 157…$18.25

New Brunswick • NB 1867Item# 077 00 158…$18.25

*Canadian Series FT loco • Rd# 1867Item# 987 01 561…$99.95

NEW! 50’ Gondola Rail Loads#499 43 928 (3-pack)...$12.55 NEW! 50’ Gondola Stone Loads

#799 43 911 (3-pack)...$12.55

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Dealer Alert!The following rolling stock is no longer available from Micro-Trains.

Please remove these items from your price list.

N Scale021 00 412 ..............................................................Connecticut State Car031 00 200 ..................................................................... Southern Pacifi c®

053 00 062 .......................................................................Western Pacifi c®

054 00 160 .......................................Northwestern Oklahoma w/ load085 00 022 .................................................... New York Central w/ load099 00 012 ......................................................... Missouri-Kansas-Texas®

099 00 040 ............................................................................................ADM110 00 100 ...................................................................... Southern Pacifi c®

Z Scale520 00 140 ......................................................................................Soo Line522 00 130 .................................................... Baltimore & Ohio® w/ load524 00 030 ...................................................................... Missouri Pacifi c®

527 00 010 ............................................................................Union Pacifi c®

SP®, WP®, MKT ®, MP®, SSW ® and UP® are registered trademarks of the Union Pacifi c Railroad

Soon-To-Be-Out

50’ Rib Side Box Car, Single Door w/o RoofwalkWisconsin Central • Rd# 25324Item #025 00 680…$ 16.25

50’ Standard Box Car, Plug Door w/o RoofwalkNavy Series-USS Gilbert • Rd# 107

Item #038 00 406…$ 18.95

89’4” COFC Flat Car, w/ Containers Canadian Pacifi c • Rd# 521135Item #072 00 230…$ 36.60

33’ USRA Panel Side Twin Bay HopperNew York Central • Rd# 850268

Item #085 00 021…$ 17.80

3-Bay AFC Covered Hopper, w/ Round HatchesNew York Central • Rd# 886029Item #093 00 030…$ 25.20

3-Bay AFC Covered Hopper, w/ Elongated HatchesCSX® • Rd# 254238

Item #094 00 060…$ 24.75

3-Bay AFC Covered Hopper, w/ Elongated HatchesChesapeake & Ohio® • Rd# 607190

Item #094 00 250…$ 28.75

Scale Test CarSt Louis Southwestern® • Rd# 99203

Item #121 00 040…$ 12.95

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