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Micro-Trains - 505 00 432 - Boxcar, 50 Foot, PS-1 - Santa Fe - 15542

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BrandMicro-Trains
Stock Number505 00 432
Secondary Stock Number50500432
Original Retail Price$29.95
ManufacturerMicro-Trains
Body StyleMicro Trains Boxcar 50 Foot PS-1
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 50 Foot, PS-1 (Details)
Road or Company NameSanta Fe (Details)
Reporting MarksATSF
Road or Reporting Number15542
Additional Markings/SloganShock Control
Paint Color(s)Red with Black Ends
Print Color(s)White & Yellow
Coupler TypeMicro-Trains
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Release Date2021-09-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype50 Foot
Model VarietySteel, PS-1
RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)



Specific Item Information: These 50’ standard box cars with single door are red with white lettering and run on Roller Bearing trucks. Built in 1959 and rebuilt and repainted in 1975, these cars featured DF loaders, and Shock Control end-of-car cushioning to minimize load damage due to rough train handling. Founded in 1859, Santa Fe was one of the largest railroads in North America until 1996, when it merged with Burlington Northern to form BNSF.
Prototype History:
The Pullman Standard or PS-1 design was one of the most popular and was widely used by North American railroads. These boxcars were built beginning in 1947 and share the same basic design, with certain elements such as door size, door style or roof type varying among the different railroads and production years. When production of these cars ceased in 1963, over 100,000 had been produced.

The original PS-1 measured 40 foot in length, but Pullman Standard also offered 50′ and later 60′ boxcars – also with the PS-1 designation.
Road Name History:
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. Chartered in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite the name, its main line never served Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the terrain was too difficult; the town ultimately was reached by a branch line from Lamy.

The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline (the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway). Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The ATSF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer's "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written for the film, The Harvey Girls (1946).

The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.

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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 2021-09-03 09:18:12. Last edited by CMK on 2021-10-07 06:44:39

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