A convincing N scale train is mostly freight cars. Thirty of them trail the locomotive, and every one has to sit level, roll freely and couple on the first try — which is why most modellers build a roster one road number at a time rather than buying a set.
Atlas supplies the largest share here, from the 50007365 Master 40' PS-1 Boxcar GTW #516852 to the 50003542 70T Hart Ballast Car SOO Line #60125 and the 50005156 53'6" Flat Car in Conrail. Bowser adds hoppers such as the 38264 100-Ton Hopper for Wheeling & Lake Erie #526. Micro-Trains, Aurora Miniatures (602069 Greenbrier 7550 cf 60' Plate F Boxcar, TBOX #638521), Bachmann and Kato round out the rest.
Canadian content is deep for N scale: Canadian National and Canadian Pacific together account for more cars than any single US road on the page. Look for the Atlas 50006192 Trainman 40' DD Box Car CN #537937, the Bachmann 19181 Canada Grain 4-bay cylindrical grain hopper #606902 and 19163 4-bay grain hopper CN #382005, and the Kato 106-5510 TTGX autorack in Canadian Pacific aluminum. Norfolk Southern, Chessie System, BNSF, Conrail, Burlington Northern and GATX cover the US side.
See the wider N rolling stock range, the CN collection, or couplers and trucks if you are upgrading what you already own. Ships from Oakville, Ontario. Free shipping on orders over $250.
