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Micro-Trains - 995 05 202 - Mixed Freight Consist, North America, Transition Era - Various - 4-Pack

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BrandMicro-Trains
Stock Number995 05 202
Secondary Stock Number99505202
Original Retail Price$114.95
ManufacturerMicro-Trains
Body StyleMicro-Trains Body Style Assortment
Prototype VehicleMixed Freight Consist, North America, Transition Era (Details)
Road or Company NameVarious (Details)
Reporting MarksNorthern Region Grab Bag
Road or Reporting Number4-Pack
Additional Markings/SloganNorthern Region "Grab Bag"
Paint SchemeWeathered - Graffiti
Coupler TypeMicro-Trains
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
MultipackYes
Multipack Count4
Multipack ID Number995 05 202
Release Date2016-10-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeMixed Consist
RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)



Specific Item Information: The Northern Grab Bag Contains:
489-53444060 - Canadian National – Weathered 489-54844060 - Canadian Pacific – Weathered and graffitied 489-51844330 - Northern Pacific – Weathered 489-51244022 - Railbox – Weathered and graffitied
Prototype History:
A mixed freight train is a train that hauls a variety of different freight cars or wagons. A mixed freight depends on the locale and industries. The train will be carrying cars to be brought to a yard where a local will bring them to the various industries. The location determines the industries, and the industries determine the cars.

Which cars are in which trains is determined by the waybills they are assigned - which is close to a totally random process. For example, through freights simply run from up staging to down staging and back, stopping long enough to trade out 30 percent of their cars and change from steam to motor (catenary) or vice-versa. Thus freights will have a variety of cars, changing each time they pass through a switching yard.
Road Name History:
This set of items is comprised of more than one name. Please look at the component items for details on the specific roadnames and/or manufacturers.
Brand/Importer 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.
Item created by: CNW400 on 2022-01-26 18:08:08. Last edited by CNW400 on 2022-05-03 09:06:34

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