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Micro-Trains - 985 52 602 - Passenger Car, Lightweight, Great Northern Baggage - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey - 60004

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N Scale - Micro-Trains - 985 52 602 - Passenger Car, Lightweight, Great Northern Baggage - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey - 60004
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Stock Number985 52 602
BrandMicro-Trains
ManufacturerCon-Cor
Body StyleCon-Cor Passenger Smoothside 84 Foot Baggage
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, Lightweight, Great Northern Baggage (Details)
Road or Company NameRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (Details)
Reporting MarksRBBX
Road or Reporting Number60004
Paint Color(s)Silver
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel ProfileStandard
Multipack ID Number993 00 041
Multipack Element2
Series NameRunner Pack
Series Release/Issue Number41
Release Date2010-07-01
Item CategoryPassenger Cars
Model TypeLightweight/Streamlined
Model SubtypeSmoothside
Model Variety84 Foot Baggage Car
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Years Produced1947-1950s
Scale1/160



Model Information: This model has been around for a while. The originals were produced by Kato Japan operating as Sekisui Kinzoku. Later versions were made in China. The models are based on prototypes from the late 1950's and reasonably accurate though somewhat "generic".
This baggage car model is a close match to Great Northern’s baggage cars, which they rebuilt from heavyweight passenger cars from 1947 through the early 50’s.

As of 2016, these have been produced in 40 road names across 7 different varieties for a total of 280 cars. Each road name has a Baggage-Mail, Baggage, Coach, Sleeper, Dome, Diner and Observation variety

The models are currently available in both Micro-Trains Magnetmatic couplers as well as Con-Cor's "Rigid Face" couplers. They are fully assembled "RTR" models with detailed interiors, and add-on lighting kits are separately available.
Prototype History:
Great Northern’s baggage cars were rebuilt from heavyweight passenger cars from 1947 through the early 50’s. Though the Great Northern ordered RPO cars new from AC&F and PS during 1947-1951, baggage cars were rebuilt from old heavyweight cars. Thus GN had a variety of lengths (74' to 85'), trucks, doors, door spacing, and roofs.
GN rebuilt baggage cars roster here on the Friends of BN Railroad website.
Road Name History:
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor shows ran from 1871 to 2017. Known as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, the circus started in 1919 when the Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, a circus created by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey, was merged with the Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows. The Ringling brothers had purchased Barnum & Bailey Ltd. following Bailey's death in 1906, but ran the circuses separately until they were merged in 1919.

From Wikipedia
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.
Item created by: gdm on 2016-01-15 13:15:42. Last edited by CNW400 on 2020-11-23 10:04:37

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