Do you like free stuff?
Are you an n-scale train enthusiast? Is your basement or garage chock full of hundreds of locomotives? Box cars? Hopper cars? Flatbed cars?
Do you have some spare time?
Yes? Then the TroveStar Rewards Program for N-scale Trains might be right up your alley. Participate and earn free rolling stock, engines and structures!About our Rewards Program
So far our n-scale database features thousands upon thousands of items. But there are tens of thousands of engines and rolling stock yet to be cataloged.
We need your help. We need n-scale enthusiasts to populate this database with reference data on unique (new to the database) n-scale trains.
To reward your efforts, you get free items of your choice from the list below. We even provide free shipping in the U.S.
Initial response to our Rewards program has been very positive. Read our blog.Here's what you can earn!
We want to make our Rewards Program as appealing as possible to as many train enthusiasts as possible. That is why we have collected a variety of trains / train sets (less expensive to very expensive) that you can earn by entering just 25 trains or as many as 2000 trains. We also realize that train enthusiasts collect different rolling stock and engines, which may not be listed below. As a result, we are also including a "general-appeal" item, a 1-year subscription to N-Scale magazine. Here are items you can earn, how many entries are required for each item and how long you will have to add them to the database.
All items are in new or like-new condition and come with the original box and insert unless otherwise marked. Some items are NOS (New Old Stock) and their boxes may show signs of shelf wear.
Reward Program Rules & Notes
Enter ONLY 5 trains and you can earn (limit 2 cars per participant from this group)- Micro-Trains 50' Boxcar - Great Northern
- Micro-Trains 33' Rib Side Open Hopper - Pennsylvania
- Micro-Trains 34' Cupola Caboose - Burlington Northern
- Micro-Trains Hopper Open 2-Bay Ribbed Side - Western Maryland - 10372
- Micro-Trains Hopper Open 2-Bay Ribbed Side - Western Maryland - 10725 (56093 Version with MTL Trucks Added)
- Micro-Trains Hopper Open 2-Bay Ribbed Side - Western Maryland - 10800
- Bowser B&M N-5 Caboose: 50 Entries
- Athearn Rutland Stock Car
- Atlas Buffalo Creek 40' PS-1 Box Car
- Atlas BASF Beer Can Shorty Tank Car
- Atlas Dupont Beer Can Shorty Tank Car 62673
- Atlas Vermont Railway 40' Steel Rebuilt Box Car
- ExactRail 50' Evans Boxcar - Illinois Central
Enter 50 trains and you can earn ....
- Micro-Trains Western Maryland 33' Hopper (scuffed box)
- Micro-Trains Wood Reefer 40' Gerber's Strained Vegetables 1001 (scuffed box)
- Micro-Trains Boxcar Wood Sheathed 40 Foot - Northwestern Pacific 1946
- Micro-Trains 51 Foot Mech Reefer - Canadian Pacific 286005
- Micro-Trains 40 Foot Boxcar - Chicago & Eastern Illinois 3
- Micro-Trains 40 Foot Boxcar - Chicago & Eastern Illinois 4
- Micro-Trains 50 Foot Boxcar - Santa Fe 49633
- Micro-Trains 50 Foot Boxcar - Canadian National 401527
- Micro-Trains 50 Foot Boxcar - Bangor and Aroostook 6630
- Micro-Trains 39 Foot Tank Car - Seaboard 073222
Enter 75 trains and you can earn ....
- Atlas Fruit Growers Express 50 Foot Box Car (BNSF)
- Atlas Fruit Growers Express 50 Foot Box Car (CSX)
- Atlas - Republic Steel - RSCX 53 Foot Gondola (2 road numbers available)
- Life-Like L&NE FA1/FB1 Set
- Micro-Trains Boston & Maine 40' Box Car
- Micro-Trains US Army Flat Car, 50 Foot, (scuffed box)
Enter 100 trains and you can earn ....
- Micro-Trains Reefer Wood Sheathed 40 Foot Horizontal Brake Wheel - The Adolphus - 2198
- Micro-Trains Reefer Wood Sheathed 40 Foot Vertical Brake Wheel - Crazy Water Crystals - 419
- Micro-Trains 48 Foot Trailer - Norfolk & Western 210245
- Micro-Trains 40 Foot Boxcar - Empire Fuel
- Micro-Trains 3-Bay ACF Covered Hopper
Enter 125 trains and you can earn ....
- Micro-Trains Wisconsin & Southern Box Car with Weathering and Graffiti
- Micro-Trains Gondola 50 Foot 14 Panel Fishbelly Side Fixed End - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie - 801990 with Graffiti
- Micro-Trains Canadian National Box Car with Weathering and Graffiti
- Micro-Trains Union Pacific Gondola with Weathering
- Micro-Trains Buffalo & Pittsburgh Box Car with Graffiti
- Micro-Trains Boxcar Wood Sheathed 40 Foot - Northwestern Pacific 1952
Enter 200 trains and you can earn ....
- Kato F-7A (Santa Fe Blue Bonnet)
- Micro-Trains NSC Clinchfield 50' Boxcar 2-Pack
- Micro-Trains Penn Central Weathered 50' Boxcar
- Bluford Open Hopper 2-Bay USRA - Pennsylvania - 220057, 220265, 220190 (this car is missing a logo)
- Broadway Limited Operating Water Tank with Sound
Enter 300 trains and you can earn ....
- NSE MTL 14-104 - Commissioned by George Hollwedel / Micro-Trains Tank Car Single Dome 39 Foot Riveted - Santa Fe - 100810, 100847, 100861
- Kato Container Car Well MAXI-I - Trailer Train - 759300
- Kato Maersk SDP40F Locomotive
- Micro-Trains Chessie System B&O Weathered Autorack
