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Question about Micro-Trains #147 00 360 PRR Baggage Car
« on: March 18, 2026, 12:52:14 PM »
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I was not doing PRR in N scale back in 2019 when this was introduced...



But I haven't seen it on the aftermarket. Looks like the standard Micro-Trains heavyweight baggage car (which, with Keystone Details door overlays, makes a decent PRR B70) but with a round roof that looks very Pennsy. The description Micro-Trains gives for this car is:

"This 70’ heavyweight baggage car is tuscan red with keystone logo and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built in the 1900s for Reading Railroad, this baggage car was later obtained by Pennsylvania Railroad. PRR was one of the largest Class 1 railroads until the 1968 merger with NYC to form Penn Central."

Is this an actual one-off from the Reading? I can't find any information about it. In my limited research I didn't find any B70s with round roofs. So was this a single car the PRR bought from the Reading, or a subclass of cars? The Scotchlite keystones on the side are clearly too late for my 40s-mid-50s era but I'm OK with that. I just want to learn more about this car before I search the ends of the Earth for it.
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Re: Question about Micro-Trains #147 00 360 PRR Baggage Car
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2026, 01:12:12 PM »
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Heh, found the information in the PRR Yahoo group. There actually was a purchase of 12 baggage cars from the Reading which became B62s on the Pennsy...in 1964. Too late for me. Carry on!