Micro Trains

The Micro Trains line of HOn3 Rolling Stock has been very popular. Each of the liveries and road numbers is produced in a limited run and once they're gone that's it there aren't any more.

When we started stocking the Micro Trains Line of H0n3 Cars they sold very well and they remain good models but sales have been eclipsed by the superior quality [and price] of the Blackstone Models H0n3 range. When we started we had a standing order for a fixed number of each release but have discontinued this as the new models dried up and just became re-numbers of the originals.

We are now selling our remaining stock and, unless there are some new models, will probably discontinue stocking the cars but keep the trucks in stock

30' Gondola	30' Reefers	30' Log Car

	30' Flat Cars

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30' Flat Cars

This 30’ flat car is painted box car red with white lettering. It was seen running the rails throughout the southwestern U.S. on Bettendorf trucks.

D&RGW 30' Flat Car

This series of 100 30’ flat cars was built during the late nineteenth century and was numbered from 6000 to 6099.

The railroad soon found they required cars with greater capacity and cars in this series were replaced with heavier capacity cars as needed. Some of these were still on the rails into the early 1940s.

D&RGW Flat #6000
D&RGW Flat #6019

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad 30' Flat Car - with load

This 30' flat car with wood stack load is painted box car red with white lettering

It was originally built in 1900 by American Car & Foundry for Nevada-California-Oregon Railway. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad began operations 1876 to provide reliable year-round transportation to the rich mining districts of western Nevada County, CA.

During sixty-six years of operation, it hauled out more than $200,000,000 of gold while bringing in mining machinery, lumber, petroleum products and all of the essentials necessary to maintain the thriving county.

NCNGR #155 with load

Rio Grande Southern® Road Number 7455 With Oil Tank Load

RGS 7455 with load

This 30' flat car is painted box car red with white lettering. It was built in 1910 and runs on Bettendorf trucks. Originally built for the Colorado and Southern as stock cars in the 1910, these cars were stripped down to their decks and used as flat cars on the Rio Grande Southern shortly after being acquired by that railroad in 1938. Today much of the former Rio Grande Southern rolling stock has new life in tourism, including Knott’s Berry Farm railway.

Sumpter Valley Railway Road Number SVRY 145 With Timber Load

SVR 145 with load

This 30’ flat car is painted box car red with white lettering and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Sumpter Valley Railway Company was incorporated in the state of Oregon, August 18, 1890, hauling people, logs and lumber. The Great Depression forced the short line to abandon its mainline and discontinue is passenger service, though the line continued to haul logs and lumber from the sawmills to South Baker. The last freight train steamed into South Baker in 1947. The new Sumpter Valley Railway dates to the early 1970s. It was incorporated as a nonprofit in the hope of reviving the old railroad as a tourist line. SVRY 145 is one of the cars now on the new SVRY. The line continues to grow and advocates work hard to preserve and promote this small short line’s history

Colorado & Southern #7127 Flat Car with Timber Load

Colorado & Southern Road #7127

This 30’ flat car with log load is painted box car red with white lettering. It was built early in the 20th century by St. Charles Car Works of St. Charles, MO, serviced in July 1938, and runs on 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 flat cars without changing the reporting marks or reassigning the cars to a different series.

30' Gondola

Micro Trains have produced this basic 30' Gondola and have then put it out in a variety of different liveries and road names. Commonly called "coal cars" these cars were actually used for hauling ore, scrap iron, lumber and ballast as well.

Colorado & Southern Road

Number C&S 4527 With Steam Engine Scrap 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 4498-4547, 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

C&S Gondola with Steam Engine Scrap Load

Florence & Cripple Creek 30' Gondola

This 30' gondola is painted box car red with white lettering and runs on Arch Bar trucks. It was built in 1900 by American Car & Foundry of Detroit, MI. Finished in 1894, the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad (F&CC) quickly became the major transportation link between the Cripple Creek gold camps and the Arkansas Valley. Twelve stations were established along the F&CC Railroad grade to service the trains hauling coal and supplies upgrade and gold ore downgrade to Florence’s smelters. On November 17, 1899, the line’s name was changed to Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.

F&CC Road Number #399

Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad 30' Gondola

This 30' gondola is painted box car red and lettered in white. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad was formed in April 1909 to take over the foreclosed Colorado & Northwestern, which was organized in 1897.

DB&W Road Number #206

30 foot Refrigerator Cars

White Pass and Yukon 30' Reefer

This 30’ refrigerator car is box car red with yellow sides and runs on brown Bettendorf trucks. The White Pass and Yukon was the last remaining narrow gauge common carrier in the U.S. The road quit operation in 1986.

It has now reopened during the summers as a tourist operation. Most of the equipment has been advertised for sale.

WP&Y Reefer - Number #400
WP&Y Reefer - Number #406

UNDECORATED REEFER KIT

Undecorated HOn3 Reefer

Undecorated Reefer

30 Foot log Car

30 Foot log Car

This 30’ log car is typical of log cars utilized on narrow gauge railroads across the United States early in the 20th century. Included is a custom resin log load complete with scale chain wrappers for a prototypical appearance. The log load is unattached to allow the load to be displayed on or off the car.

30 Foot Log Car

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