Micro Trains - February 2025 announcements

[wes_sutton]

https://www.micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit2502.html

[learmoia]

Nothing for me this month but those flats look nice..

[Missaberoad]

Still waiting for a '70s scheme on those 70s flats 

[Mark5]

Different New Release link: https://micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=235

The BNFE reefer is a temptation: https://micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=235&product_id=5506

MT did BNFE 791 & 802. Looking for proto photos, closest numerically that I found so far is BNFE 652: https://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=bnfe652&o=bn

If anyone can point to a proto photo in this range, thanks! 

Mark

[Missaberoad]

791 in 1977 with a 10-1974 reweigh date.
Looking very yellow in this B/W photo 

https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bn/bnfe000791a24.jpg

[Mark5]

791 in 1977 with a 10-1974 reweigh date.
Looking very yellow in this B/W photo 

https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/bn/bnfe000791a24.jpg

Perfect - thanks! (unless it turns out to be yellow!  )

[bbussey]

Still waiting for a '70s scheme on those 70s flats 

Yup.  I pointed that out during the Amherst show last week.

[bbussey]

Perfect - thanks! (unless it turns out to be yellow!  )

Also the first mechanical reefers to be released without roofwalk.  New number series also it appears (082).

[Missaberoad]

Some cars from the same number series. (BNFE 700-852)
Both in yellow.

https://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5417126

https://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1858153

[Missaberoad]

Also the first mechanical reefers to be released without roofwalk.  New number series also it appears (082).

The recent SPFE and UPFE releases were without roofwalks aswell.

Yup.  I pointed that out during the Amherst show last week.

Thank you Sir! 

[Mark5]

Yup.  I pointed that out during the Amherst show last week.

More thanks! I want the "as built" scheme. 

"these TTX-owned flat cars were built in 1974 by Thrall"

[GaryHinshaw]

In the meantime, I will happily buy both HTTX numbers.  These are great models; the deck finish is amazingly nice.  Hopefully the as-built schemes aren't too far behind for you guys.

[reinhardtjh]

https://www.micro-trains.com/archives/mediakit/medkit2502.html

Interestingly, nothing in Z scale this month?

The PRR MOW cars are only good for post 1953 when they switched from battleship grey to camp car yellow.  Pre 1940 the MOW scheme was the standard Freight Car Color (of that era since FCC varied as well).

Here is the February 2025 Micro News pdf:  http://www.micro-trains.com/publicfiles/monthly/MN2502.pdf

[Dave V]

Interestingly, nothing in Z scale this month?

The PRR MOW cars are only good for post 1953 when they switched from battleship grey to camp car yellow.  Pre 1940 the MOW scheme was the standard Freight Car Color (of that era since FCC varied as well).

Here is the February 2025 Micro News pdf:  http://www.micro-trains.com/publicfiles/monthly/MN2502.pdf

Many PRR MoW cars were also gray prior to '53. I don't need the set because I don't model PRR under the wire, but damn. So hawt. I may get it anyway.

[Missaberoad]

Looking at the MFCL group there are a number of discussions about orange BNFE cars and the consensus seems to be there was never such a prototype and the number of models produced have been in error.

https://groups.io/g/MFCL/search?q=Bnfe%20orange

I think I'm confident enough to say the cars should be yellow, but I stand to be corrected.

I have a memory of an orange car but it may just be models playing tricks on my memory.