Freight cars are where a roster turns into a railway. One boxcar is a model; twenty cars in the right mix of hoppers, gondolas, tank cars and boxes is a train that tells anyone looking at it what era and what territory you are modelling.
Atlas, Bowser and Rapido carry this section, with Bachmann, Micro-Trains and InterMountain filling in around them. Representative of the range: the Atlas 20007767 Master 1932 ARA Box Car in Canadian Pacific #225068, the Bowser 44044 100-Ton Hopper for Pittsburg & Shawmut #1574, the Rapido 149010 Enterprise 2-Bay Covered Hopper in CN maintenance-of-way grey, and the InterMountain 46315 8,000 Gallon Union Tank Car.
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific are the two largest road names here, ahead of Norfolk Southern, Southern Pacific, Conrail, BC Rail, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Grain is particularly well covered — the Bachmann 19145 CN 4-Bay Grain Hopper with the North American logo, #371897, and the 19136 Government of Canada cylindrical hopper are the cars that make an Ontario or prairie train read correctly. Atlas 20005893 and 20005894 2-Bay Offset Hoppers in Canadian Pacific script lettering cover the earlier end of the same idea. Some listings in this collection are Atlas, Bowser or Rapido pre-orders taken with a 25% deposit.
See also HO Rolling Stock, CN model trains and Couplers & Trucks. Ships from Oakville, Ontario. Free shipping on orders over $250.
