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Micro-Trains - 108 54 460 - Open Hopper, 3-Bay, Ribbed, 100 Ton with Hopper Topper - Rock Island - 701237

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Stock Number108 54 460
Secondary Stock Number10854460
BrandMicro-Trains
ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line
Body StyleMicro-Trains 108 Hopper Open 3-Bay Ribbed Side 100 Ton
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
PrototypeOpen Hopper, 3-Bay, Ribbed, 100 Ton with Hopper Topper
Road or Company NameRock Island (Details)
Reporting MarksROCK
Road or Reporting Number701237
Paint Color(s)Light Blue
Print Color(s)White and Black
Paint SchemeRoute Rock
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileStandard
MultipackYes
Multipack Count4
Multipack ID Number993 00 191
Multipack Element4
Series NameRunner Pack
Series Release/Issue Number191
Announcement Date2022-04-01
Release Date2022-10-15
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeOpen Hopper
Model Subtype3-Bay
Model VarietyRibbed Side 100 Ton
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: Built in 1978 by Greenville Steel Car Company, this 100-ton, 3-Bay open hopper with Barber Roller Bearing trucks was painted blue with the large “Route Rock” logo. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was founded in 1852 and by the 1970s had over 10,000 miles of track. It entered multiple bankruptcies and failed buyouts in the 1970s, and by 1980 was liquidated.. Road #'s 700118, 700324, 700665, 701237
Packaged with foam family nest
Model Information: Micro-Trains launched this body style in April of 2000. Since then it has appeared in over 100 different regular releases (including multi-packs) as well as special runs. It features truck-mount couplers on barber trucks. These cars model prototypes that were built in in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Road Name History:
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RR) (reporting marks RI, ROCK) was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was better known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At the end of 1970 it operated 7183 miles of road on 10669 miles of track; that year it reported 20557 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 118 million passenger-miles. (Those totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.)

Its predecessor, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company, was incorporated in Illinois on February 27, 1847, and an amended charter was approved on February 7, 1851, as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Construction began October 1, 1851, in Chicago, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River.

In 1980 Rock Island was liquidated. The railroad's locomotives, rail cars, equipment, tracks, and real estate were sold to other railroads or to scrappers. William Gibbons (the trustee) was able to raise more than $500 million in the liquidation, paying off all the railroad's creditors, bondholders and all other debts in full at face value with interest. Henry Crown was ultimately proven correct, as both he and other bondholders who had purchased Rock Island debt for cents on the dollar during the low ebb in prices did especially well.

Read more on Wikipedia and Rock Island Technical Society.
Brand/Importer Information: Micro-Trains is the brand name used by both Kadee Quality Products and Micro-Trains Line. For a history of the relationship between the brand and the two companies, please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide.
Manufacturer Information:
Micro-Trains Line split off from Kadee Quality Products in 1990. Kadee Quality Products originally got involved in N-Scale by producing a scaled-down version of their successful HO Magne-Matic knuckle coupler system. This coupler was superior to the ubiquitous 'Rapido' style coupler due to two primary factors: superior realistic appearance and the ability to automatically uncouple when stopped over a magnet embedded in a section of track. The success of these couplers in N-Scale quickly translated to the production of trucks, wheels and in 1972 a release of ready-to-run box cars.

Micro-Trains Line Co. split off from Kadee in 1990 to form a completely independent company. For this reason, products from this company can appear with labels from both enterprises. Due to the nature of production idiosyncrasies and various random factors, the rolling stock from Micro-Trains can have all sorts of interesting variations in both their packaging as well as the products themselves. When acquiring an MTL product it is very important to understand these important production variations that can greatly enhance (or decrease) the value of your purchase.

Please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide
Item created by: CNW400 on 2022-10-13 13:45:54. Last edited by CNW400 on 2022-10-20 13:02:37

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